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Submitted by Soeren Kern via The Gatestone Institute, “I am a soldier of the Caliphate and am launching a martyrdom operation in Germany. … I have lived among you, lived in your homes. I planned this in your own land. And I will slaughter you in your own homes and in the streets. … I […]

Last December 30, creditors in Portugal’s Novo Banco received a very unpleasant parting present to 2015: a bail-in, which sent their bonds crashing from just shy of par to barely above worthless. As a reminder, Novo Banco was the “good” bank forged from the ashes of Banco Espirito Santo which had to be bailed out […]

Authored by Ben Tanosborn, Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orban, Nigel Farage and myriad other populist, right-wing leaders sprouting over much of the Western World, are being tagged by the political ruling class as an  ill-conceived, hate-fest phenomenon; and often portrayed as the mutant offspring of fascism.   Such interpretation, however, might be only serving […]

By Simon Ateba/Lagos  President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has cleared the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, of corruption allegations, without any investigation, according to critics, and his recent interview may suggest that 73 year old Buhari might have learnt from ‘mistakes he made’ 31 years ago when he was overthrown by his then […]Read More

I have just finished reading Simon Kolawoles piece in Thisday. As usual he simply just painted a true picture of our present predicament as a nation. He said in four points, that we did not take advantage of the robust oil earnings during the Jonathan regime, that we squandered that opportunity handing over a lame […]

Seems like the favorite pastime nowadays is to bash economists. More recently the fate of the naira since the alleged float has been to….you guessed it…bash economists for getting it wrong. I’m not here to indulge you. But I do think it’s important, even you are not an economist, to learn. Or at least try […]Read More

News Jonathan Is Responsible For Current Hardship, Economic Recession- Mbaka Controversial Enugu-based Catholic Priest,Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Sunday, during his homily at Adoration Ministry,Emene, Enugu, slammed former President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of having ran a wasteful government which plunged the nation into its present economic recession. The cleric equally disclosed that he had […]

Comments AA Provincial officials in Saskatchewan say a riverside city whose water supply is threatened by an oil pipeline spill is building a hose dozens of kilometres long, to draw water from another river. Sam Ferris with Saskatchewan’s water security agency said Prince Albert is constructing a line with irrigation pipe along the ground to […]

Comments Print /License AA Hedge funds, always quick to take advantage of a crisis, have ramped up their offerings of Europe-focused investments this year to take advantage of perceived opportunities coming from the Brexit vote. It’s a strategy that says as much about fund marketing as potential returns. In the second quarter of this year, […]

Comments Print /License AA “It’s not about how hard you can hit,” Jared du Toit tweeted earlier this month, “it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” That appeared to be du Toit’s mantra at Sunday’s RBC Canadian Open, where he started the final round tied for second with Dustin Johnson […]Read More

Comments Print /License AA Ontario will become the first province to stop paying for high-dose opioid medications under its public drug plans, as part of a measure aimed at combatting the widespread abuse of prescription painkillers. The Ministry of Health has posted a notice on its website saying all opioids that exceed the equivalent of […]

Comments AA A paralympic cyclist whose two racing bicycles were stolen in Quebec City just weeks before the Rio Olympics said on Sunday she’s overwhelmed by the support she’s received. Marie-Eve Croteau added that police believe they may have found one of the two bicycles, but she won’t be able to confirm it’s hers until […]Read More