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Actress Natalie Portman (R), winner of the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for 'Black Swan', poses in the press room during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. Photo Credit: Zimbio . The leading lady of the silver screen Natalie Portman won the Oscar for Best Actress to add to the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her classic performance as "Nina Sayers" in Black Swan . "I want to thank my parents ... for giving me my life," she said with a smile. "And for giving me the opportunity to work." Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in “The Fighter” Actress in a Leading Role Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Actress in a Supporting Role Melis...

Infinity TV brings Modern Times Group to Nigeria The new satellite pay-TV station Infinity TV has brought the Modern Times Group (MTG), to Nigeria with the launch of four pay-TV channels in Africa. The company released the details of the Viasat History, Viasat Nature, Viasat Explorer and Viasat Crime channels at the first press conference on Friday February 25, 2011, at the Sofitel Hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos. Viasat is the brand for the digital satellite TV platforms operated by MTG, a leading international entertainment broadcasting group with over 50 million subscribers and attracting over 125 million viewers in 31 countries worldwide. The channels have award winning documentaries such as Nature’s Babies , Untamed Europe and Winter in Yelowstone on Viasat Nature Channel. Visual History… Bringing History to Life , Gladiators: Back From the Dead , The Somme and The Black Death on Viasat History Channel. Star Wars Tech , Toughest Career Jobs and Escape To The Legion on Viasat Explore...

President Jonathan, the New Style of Academic Leadership by Aluko, Okogbaa and Farouk needs Bold, Full and Open Autonomy to control change. Sir, the soon to come Academic Leadership approach to the new federal universities will enormously gain from an Executive order-type autonomy in order for it to fully evidence excellent practices, sustained outcomes and well defined changes in university educational system in Nigeria. Sir, as an academic yourself, you have seen firsthand the lamentable nature of Nigerian higher institutions in spite of millions of money that have been poured into the system. Sir, you will agree that in the last fifteen years the existing academic leadership in many of these higher institutions have had very little impact on the overall health of our universities, and this is partly because of some members of the leadership being all about self-interest rather focusing on matters of national interest. Mr. President, as you rightly know, every great development sta...

Super Eagles led by Kanu Nwankwo The Super Eagles of Nigeria will clash with the national teams of Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama in an international soccer tournament from Saturday February 26 to Sunday February 27, 2011, in the popular Cotton Bowl in Dallas, USA. The details are in the following news release. 21 Feb 2011 19:20 Africa/Lagos International Soccer Tournament Coming to Dallas Features Four National Teams, Feb. 26-27 Cotton Bowl to Host Teams From Nigeria, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama in Green Soccer Bowl Event PR Newswire DALLAS, Feb. 21, 2011 DALLAS, Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The highest level of soccer competition in the world is coming to Dallas for the Green Soccer Bowl tournament, Feb. 26-27 at the Cotton Bowl. The weekend tournament will pit the national teams from Nigeria, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama against each other. Nigeria will be using the tournament as a tune-up in preparation for its upcoming Africa Nations qualifier. Tournament brackets and weeke...

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18 Feb 2011 05:16 Africa/Lagos IMF Executive Board Concludes 2010 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria ABUJA, February 17, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On February 11, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Nigeria.1 Background Nigeria has weathered the global economic recession and its own domestic banking crisis reasonably well. Economic growth in the first half of 2010 remained above 7½ percent and is expected to reach about 8½ percent for the whole year on the back of a recovery in oil production and continued strong growth in other sectors. However, inflation has been stuck in the low double digits for the past two years and foreign reserves have been falling as the Central Bank of Nigeria has focused on maintaining exchange rate stability and low interest rates. The fiscal stimulus intensified in 2010, notwithstanding the already solid growth performance and high inflation. After rising by 10 pe...

"Basically, the two-party system is like a stale marriage. Democrats and Republicans need something to spice it up. They need to go on Craigslist and find a third party." ~ Arianna Huffington 16 Feb 2011 19:07 Africa/Lagos 'America's House Divided' Intelligence Squared Debates Examines America's Two-Party System Arianna Huffington & David Brooks Square Off Against P.J. O'Rourke & Zev Chafets to Debate: America's Two-Party System is Making America Ungovernable Debate to broadcast on NPR stations nationwide and telecast on Bloomberg TV globally beginning February 21 at 9PM EST PR Newswire NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2011 NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The latest round in America's premier debate series, Intelligence Squared Debates, pitted President and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post Media Group, Arianna Huffington and New York Times columnist David Brooks, against America's premier political satirist P.J. O'Rourke...