LADY OF BEAUTY (192 pp.) — Kikou Yamata—John Day ($3).
The Japanese say that in the finest tea one can taste the water with which it was made. Lady of Beauty is just such a subtle cup of literary tea. In it, Kikou Yamata, daughter of a Japanese diplomat and a French mother, tells the story of Nobuko Hayashi, aloof, highborn and exquisite, and how the war racked and finally killed her without using a bullet or a bomb. Read More...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday night arrived in the country after a two-week trip to the United Kingdom. Naija News reports that the president’s aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 18:45 pm on Friday.
The President travelled to attend the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) organised Global Education Summit (GES) before undergoing a scheduled medical check-up.
Buhari had on Thursday paid a visit to the National Chairman of the All Progress Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Read More...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Ahmed Idris Wase, on Friday, led Northern caucus lawmakers on a visit to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in London. It was gathered that the Representatives of the State Caucuses from the North East, North West and North Central geo-political zones were part of the delegation to London on Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration.
Tinubu and lawmakers having lunch. Read More...