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  • What To Expect From Tomorrow’s Jobs Report And One Troubling Chart

    Remember all those hyperbolic warnings over the years that “this is the most important jobs report” ever? Well, the one due out tomorrow may not be that, but it certainly is one of the most important ones in the past year, and one that will certainly have an impact if not on the Fed’s future […]
  • What Are You Going To Do About It?

    Authored by StraightLineLogic’s Robert Gore via The Burning Platform blog, Even small children recognize injustice, especially when they are its victims. “No fair” is the common schoolyard refrain. A sense of justice undoubtedly serves a host of evolutionary purposes. Imagine a world where the unjust, the wrong, always triumphed. Thieves prospered as crime went unpunished, […]
  • 63 Drug Suspects Arrested At Lagos Airport In 6 Months, NDLEA Promises Hell To Others

    At least 63 suspected drug traffickers were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos between January and June this year, the Nigerian anti-drug trafficking agency said on Thursday, vowing to dismantle all syndicates in one of Africa’s biggest drug transit countries. In a statement, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said 484.11 […]
  • Shinkafi To Be Buried Friday

    The remains of late Umaru Shinkafi, who died Wednesday at a London Hospital, will be interred Friday after the Islamic funeral prayer to be held at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Sokoto. A statement issued by a senior counsellor in the Caliphate and Magajin Garin Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, said the Janaza prayer will be […]
  • War Not Over Yet As Nigerian Air Force Bombs #BokoHaram Location In Northern Borno

    Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter A signpost painted by Boko Haram is seen in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun The Nigerian Air Force said on Thursday it recorded another success on Wednesday against Boko Haram terrorists, striking one of their locations in northern  Borno, and destroying their […]
  • Is This Proof That Nigeria’s Official Exchange Rate Is Rigged?

    The Central Bank caved a few weeks ago and dropped its naira fixing policy. According to the official announcement they were going to adopt a new floating regime with exchange rates determined by market conditions aka demand and supply. A policy shift that most, including myself, applauded. Except one guy like that who didn’t seem […]
  • The Fear Of A Skye Bank “Contagion” Could Trigger A Massive Sell-Off

    Investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange are probably not looking forward to the end of the holiday. As markets open on Friday, analysts believe the stock market is set for a massive sell-off as the fear of the financial state of banks sends chills down the spine of investors. On Monday, Skye Bank and the […]
  • $7B Credit Card Settlement Killed Over Inadequate Representation

    A $7.25 billion antitrust settlement between credit card companies and 12 million merchants was nixed by the Second Circuit last week. For over ten years, merchants had pursued a class action antitrust suit against Visa and MasterCard, alleging that they abused their market power to force unfair fees on businesses that accepted credit cards. The […]
  • Should Hillary Worry About the D.C. Cir.’s New Email Ruling?

    As the FBI announced that it would not recommend indicting Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of state on Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit simultaneously ruled that emails kept on private accounts could be subject to Freedom of Information Act requests. The ruling didn’t touch on Hillary’s emails. Rather, it […]Read More
  • ADA Suit Affirmed by 7th Circuit in Favor of City Driver

    A man who had worked for the city for the greater part of three decades was vindicated by the Seventh Circuit in a non-accommodation claim. The man had claimed that the city fired him for not having a commercial license — an item that was impossible for him to acquire because of diabetes he’d developed […]
  • 5th Circuit: No Fundamental Right to Machine Guns Under 2nd Amendment

    According to the Fifth Circuit, citizens do not have a fundamental right to own or possess machine guns under the Bill of Rights. It’s a blow to Rambo and Commando fans nationwide. The case of Hollis v. ATF might very well be the next case to draw a line in the sand after Heller with […]