The
holiday season is a time for families to reunite and, in some cases,
forgive and forget past differences. And it looks like Guns N’ Roses is
doing the same thing.
The band’s official website has recently been updated with their classic logo, the very literal guns in roses. And on December 24th, their Facebook page changed
their profile picture to that of a screaming crowd. Now they’ve even
latched on to the biggest buzz out this year – Star Wars. A short teaser of a crowd going wild, to the tune of “Welcome to the Jungle”, has reportedly been attached to screenings of the new Force Awakens movie.
All this points to an upcoming reunion tour in 2016, one involving the two central GN’R members, Slash and Axl Rose.
Their well-known frigid relationship has only increased demand for a reunion of the classic line-up. In 2009, Axl Rose told Billboard, “…the
two of us will die before a reunion.” But earlier this year, Slash
mentioned that they’ve since patched things up, saying their supposed
reconciliation was “long overdue.” Whether or not either of them is
being sincere is almost beside the point – a reunion tour would without a
doubt yield massive sales.
Jonathan, 58, was named the ‘Person of the Year’ by The African Sun Times, Africa’s number one and largest newspaper in the United States of America (USA).
The former president conceded defeat to incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, via a phone call even before the results of the presidential elections were announced
That singular seem act seem to have elevated the status of the Otuoke-born to a global citizen and as a reference for African leaders, who are known for holding on to power for too long.
In October 2015, Jonathan was named the chairman of the Commonwealth Observer Group for the presidential election in Tanzania.
In November 2015, Jonathan rounded off a two-week visit to the USA with a meeting with students of the Howard University School of Political Science where he was the special guest at the university event with the theme: “Elections And Constitutions In Africa: A Timely Issue”.
In December 2015, one of Nigeria’s online newspapers, The Trent named Jonathan the Person of the Year 2015.