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http://ift.tt/2q5PKav Cast member Adele Renee attends the world premiere of the Showtime limited-event series "Twin Peaks," May 19, 2017 at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Robyn Beck / AFP “Twin Peaks,” the quirky TV show turned cult classic that gave way to a new age of television, makes its hotly anticipated return Sunday, nearly three decades after its debut. Little has emerged about the third season’s 18 episodes, the first of which will air Sunday evening on the cable network Showtime, which took the series over from ABC, home of the first two seasons. Even most of the show’s actors are in the dark about all the details of the small-town drama’s revival — only Kyle MacLachlan, who returns in his role as FBI special agent Dale Cooper, was able to have a single read of the entire script. Although viewers have known since the beginning of the second season who killed Laura Palmer — a high school student whose shocking murder launched the plot — an air ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Legislatures all over the world are usually the butt of criticisms and jokes, and Nigerian parliaments are no different. Despite the fact that our Senate and House of Representatives (the National Assembly, NASS) tower above their state counterparts in the core constitutional functions of legislation, appropriation, and oversight, it is still mired in a withering image problem due mainly to the lack of transparency in its internal financial affairs. The NASS has been under great pressure to fully disclose its budget and the earnings of its members. This year, however, the Federal parliament took the bull by the horns and unveiled the details of its budget as its leadership had pledged. This is the first time it is happening since our return to democracy in 1999. It is a giant leap for our democracy. A lawmaking body that has powers over the finances of the Federation and superintends the way appropriated funds are spent must also be transparent. Its financial re...

http://ift.tt/2p1yML6 PHOTO: fueltek.co.uk The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has unveiled plans to exit importation of petroleum products by 20I9. Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, made this known while fielding questions from journalists on the sidelines of the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, United States, yesterday. Baru who was represented by the Chief Operating Officer, Gas & Power, Saidu Mohammed, told reporters that as at today, all the nation’s three refineries were producing petroleum products. “We load out at least five to six million litres of PMS daily and about that same quantity of AGO daily from the three refineries. That is part of what is making the PMS market in Nigeria stable today. We believe that the set target of exiting PMS importation in 2019 is achievable,” he stated. He maintained that because the rehabilitation of the refineries has been hampered by lack of regular Turn Around Maintenance (T...

http://ift.tt/2pCziSG A view of "Elaine", a 7-bedroom Victorian mansion located on the waterfront in the suburb of Point Piper in Sydney on May 1, 2017. The harbourside home was sold by the Fairfax family of media fame to Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar for 56 million USD, a report said on April 28, 2017, breaking the national house price record.<br />PETER PARKS / AFP Tech billionaire Scott Farquhar has bought a Sydney waterfront mansion for an Australian record Aus$75 million (US$56 million), a report said Monday, after the owners resisted selling the 1863-built home to developers. The co-founder of Australian software giant Atlassian, which floated in the United States in late 2015, snapped up the iconic “Elaine” from John Brehmer Fairfax, whose family formerly owned the Sydney Morning Herald. The estate, which stretches down to a harbour beach in Sydney’s prestigious Point Piper, had been in the Fairfax family since 1891 when it was bought for 2,100 pounds...