While it’s not celebrated too widely outside of New England, Patriots’ Day (or “Patriot’s Day” if you live in Maine) is a big deal there, primarily in the state where the Battles of Lexington and Concord actually took place – Massachusetts. For anyone reading this from New England who isn’t aware: No, you’re not getting the third Monday in April off so you can stay home and watch the Boston Marathon.
Even before the Declaration of Independence was written, there were the Battles of Lexington and Concord – the true beginning of the American Revolution. To be sure, this is something that had been brewing for some time. There was the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts. But the Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the first shots fired between Patriots and Tories, beginning what would eventually lead to the independence of the American colonies from the British Empire.
While the battles began as a small skirmish, they quickly became a bona fide fight – and a bridge from which the American rebels could not walk back.
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Aalborg, Denmark and Seongnam, South Korea: Danish company MyDefence Communication and South Korean company ESOM have signed an agreement that makes ESOM the sales partner of MyDefence, thus enabling the provision of Counter UAS products and systems from MyDefence to the South Korean market.
“Answer: UNPRECEDENTED BRAIN DRAIN! And today, the nation is not only the loser, but the worse for it. Whilst it can be said the military destroyed everything that was the best of Nigeria and dearest to the Nigerian people, it will be recorded for posterity that Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida was the lead locust, revelling in purposeless malignity while militarism lasted, and Muhammadu Buhari, the evil Sasabonsam!” A Diaspora Note to Wole Soyinka and other Buharists on the current blackness of darkness in Nigeria
An international trade body is on a mission to recruit new members who can help fight the fraudulent trade of tobacco, alcohol and other products.
The International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) was founded in 2015 by several leading industry companies and stakeholders to ensure better understanding of the benefits of tax stamp programmes and to promote the highest professional standards within the sector.
Building on its success, ITSA is now looking to widen its membership base to include government authorities, universities, foundations, NGOs and other associations.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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