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Ekiti State Government on Wednesday sealed off the premises of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Ecobank in the State for non-remittance of withholding tax.Armed with the court order to shut the premises of the banks located at Secretariat Road, Ado-Ekiti, men of the Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) stormed the banks around 7.45am and […]

Major General Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (retd) a Former Communications Minister, is dead.The former Senator who represented  Kebbi South constituency in 2007 died at the age of 70 on Wednesday afternoon at the Lagos State University teaching Hospital (LUTH).He attended the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1978, and the MNI National Institute for […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that there was no better time to diversify the Nigerian economy than now.Buhari said this at the 56th Annual General Meeting and Conference of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) in Dutse.Represented by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, the […]

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has endorsed the immediate removal of the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Baba Shehu Lawan who has been replaced by Mrs. Oluwatoyin Omolola Olanipekun. The Minister made these changes on Wednesday after he and the FCT Permanent Secretary; Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye met with the former management team […]

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which signals the commencement of the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge has been signed between the Lagos State Government and private investors on Wednesday.The 38km 4th Mainland Bridge is expected to cost about N844bn.The bridge is being constructed under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT), concession of 40 years under […]

Following the Peoples Democratic Party’s national convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, eight out of the 12 members have said that they have accepted the outcome of the party’s national convention, which dissolved their committee. This is coming even as the erstwhile Chairman Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, and the […]Read More

Inflation is out of control.  Now, we mostly agree that the Fed’s official inflation numbers are just – ridiculous.  But the real inflation, is even harder to quantify, and more subtle – as we explain in Splitting Pennies – Understanding Forex.  What drives inflation is NOT Adam Smith’s “Supply and Demand” – an interesting idea […]Read More

Via KeepTalkingGreece.com, Weird things are happening in the Mediterranean Sea. Almost simultaneously three countries in the Mediterranean have closed their airspace and territories for aircraft departing from Libya. The exceptions are very few and involve the transport of military and evacuees. At the same time, three NATO exercises are taking place but the airspace closure […]

After last summer’s Jade Helm military drills, and just weeks after FEMA’s mass arrest drills in Texas, it is little wonder that the residents of Beech Grove, Indiana were terrified upon being awoken last night by the sound of bombs and helicopters, and flooded the emergency 911 call network with requests for information and reports […]

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration set a record for the number of times its federal employees told disappointed citizens, journalists and others that despite searching they couldn’t find a single page requested under the Freedom of Information Act, according to a new Associated Press analysis of […]

Fighters with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) raise their riffles to celebrate news of a successful operation by their colleagues against the Nigerian army in the Niger Delta on September 17, 2008. MEND has declared a full-scale ‘oil war’ against the Nigerian authorities in response to attacks by the Nigerian […]

Fighters with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) raise their riffles to celebrate news of a successful operation by their colleagues against the Nigerian army in the Niger Delta on September 17, 2008. MEND has declared a full-scale ‘oil war’ against the Nigerian authorities in response to attacks by the Nigerian […]