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Having lost the presidential primary in dramatic fashion against Donald Trump, the man originally considered a frontrunner for the GOP candidacy, Jeb Bush, laid out his “vision” to reclaim the Republican Party from Donald Trump’s “nativist rhetoric.”   Picking the Washington Post as his chosen op-ed venue, Bush said that Trump does not represent the future […]Read More

Late on Friday afternoon, just as the market was closing and news of the Turkish coup spread, Turkish ETFs tumbled and the Lira dropped the most in 8 years on investor concerns about the future of the country, and a spike in social media reports that local depositors were – understandably – pulling their money […]

Police have closed streets between Baton Rouge Police Headquarters and I-12 where at least three law enforcement officers have been shot. According to local media WBRZ, shots were fired around 9 a.m. Sunday morning kicking off a manhunt for the shooter or shooters. There is an active shooter situation in the area of Airline and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined President Obama and other world leaders in vehemently condemning the abortive coup attempt in Turkey by a group of rebel army officers and men, which resulted in the reported death of more than 250 people. Reacting to the tragic events in Ankara, Istanbul and other centres, President Buhari says he […]

Muhammadu Buhari The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government of  Nigeria over its failure to name Nigerian mega looters following the disclosure that billions of naira were recovered from them. The suit filed last Friday at the Federal High Court Ikoyi followed a Freedom of Information request to the Minister […]

Reuben Abati Turkey is about five hours away from Nigeria by air, about 2, 634 miles from here, but the night there was a coup attempt in Turkey, July 15, with soldiers shutting down parts of Ankara and Istanbul, you’d think Ankara is a city somewhere in Nigeria and Istanbul is an extension of our […]

Nigerians are quick to judge political events, and often show little wisdom in interpreting their outcomes. The insults some followers of the ballyhooed attack by Senator Dino Melaye on Senator Oluremi Tinubu during a Senate Executive Session are unwarranted. I repeat, unwarranted. In fact, to use the beloved official description of our politicians: “it is […]

Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gather at Taksim Square in central Istanbul, Turkey, July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s supporters rallied in public squares, at Istanbul airport and outside his palace overnight in a show of defiance after a failed coup attempt killed at least 265 people and raised expectations of […]

Nigeria Breweries has released its 2015 Half Year results. See the summary below; Nigeria Breweries Plc 2016 H1 2015 H1 %age Change N’m N’m Revenue  79,819  81,752 -2% Pre-tax profits  10,541  16,551 -36% Profit after tax  8,612  11,376 -24% EPS  109  143 -24% This result was Published on the 13th of July 2016. View the […]Read More

Comments AA Bessma Momani is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation and a professor at the University of Waterloo’s Balsillie School of International Affairs. Turkey’s failed coup d’etat will be a night few Turks will forget and will be noted as the first in Turkey’s tumultuous modern history of coups […]Read More

Comments AA Former NBA great Nate Thurmond, a tenacious defensive centre who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic sports figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 74. The Golden State Warriors announced the death of one of the team’s most iconic players less than a month […]

Comments AA What we know so far At least 265 people killed, 2,839 plotters arrested President Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to conduct a purge of the armed forces while a purge of the judiciary is already underway Uprising appears not to have been backed by the most senior ranks of the military Many world leaders […]