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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed its lawyers to file an appeal against the court ruling that mandated it to reverse the 45 per cent increase in electricity tariff across the country. The NERC had earlier stated that it would uphold the decision of the court, but the commission changed its stance after consulting […]

The man in the news, Dino Melaye, a Nigerian senator visited Lagos State, following his spat with fellow senator, Remi Tinubu, who is wife of Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The fiery senator arrived Lagos on Saturday, July 16, 2016 and headed street for Bourdillon Road in Ikoyi, where […]

Photo have emerged online showing the devastation done to St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Niger State after an estimated 200-strong Muslim mob attacked the church in Niger State. You may view the photos by clicking on any of the images, which are shocking. You may also read our earlier report on the story reproduced below the […]

Submitted by John Rubino via DollarCollapse.com, Pretend you’re running a corrupt government and something big and scary happens in another part of the world. Brexit, for instance. You’re quite naturally worried about the impact on your local economy and political system. What do you do? Well, one obvious thing would be to call the statisticians […]Read More

Remember the “Google Maps Pokemon Challenge”? Probably not. It was a one time event that took place on April Fools day in 2014. This is how Google explained it. Dozens of wild Pokémon have taken up residence on streets, amidst forests and atop mountains throughout Google Maps. To catch ’em all, grab your Poké Ball […]Read More

Via FinancialRepressionAuthority.com, FRA Co-Founder Gordon T.Long and Jeffrey Snider, Head of Global Investment Research at Alhambra Investment Partners discuss earnings, the Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen and the falling credibility of central banks. [embedded content] EARNINGS “It is no doubt that earnings have been under-performing.” What’s even more concerning is that not even is the top […]Read More

Hi.  I’m SantaFe… Or Aristotle of Greece.  Well, whichever account I happen to be logged into.  My goal at ZH is to spam the shit out of the comments section on every article.   I then log out of my current account, and into the other one.  That insures I get at least one up-vote. […]Read More

Via The Daily Bell, How the CIA Hoodwinked Hollywood… Since its inception, the agency has wooed filmmakers, producers, and actors in order to present a rosy portrait of its operations to the American public. –Atlantic This is a good article by the Atlantic, a neo-con publication that aspires to be a “thought publication.” This article rehashes […]Read More

Long before Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric who lives in self-imposed exile on 1857, Mt.Eaton Road in  Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, last night and again today of being the “terrorist” mastermind behind Friday’s failed coup attempt and demanding – unofficially, on prime time TV but not via diplomatic channels – that […]Read More

It seems that such events are always planned for the weekend.  News of the attempted Turkish coup reached FX investors just hours before the close.   Turkey’s currency is an exotic currency, commonly traded against USD, EUR, and JPY.  Near the close, a huge spike in USD/TRY: Just as FX traders were worried about not […]Read More

Submitted by Yves Mamou via The Gatestone Institute, For French President François Hollande, the enemy is an abstraction: “terrorism” or “fanatics”. Instead, the French president reaffirms his determination to military actions abroad: “We are going to reinforce our actions in Syria and Iraq,” the president said after the Nice attack. So confronted with this failure […]Read More

Femi Aribisala, a public affairs analyst recently said on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily Show that N25.7 billion disappeared under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch as chairman of the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF. During a recent appearance on the show, Dr. Femi Aribisala called to question President Buhari’s anti-corruption credentials and reminded his hosts that Buhari said […]Read More