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It gives me great pleasure today to sign the first full-year budget of this administration into law. I thank the leadership of the National Assembly, in particular, the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and indeed all members of the National Assembly for their cooperation in making this a reality. The […]

from The Great Recession Blog by David Haggith   Establishment Republicans have a plan to help workers because they hear you after all the clamor that has formed around Donald Trump. That is how they bill it anyway — a plan to help laborers. They have heard through their marble walls that some of you are not […]

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, I simply cannot stress enough how important Greece is to freedom, liberty and civilization across the globe. Greece is not a one-off, or merely a small nation in big trouble that holds little relevance for the rest of us. Greece is everything. What is happening to Greece follows […]

With her country’s political landscape shifting significantly before her, Angela Merkel has now put her political hat on in order to survive politically in Germany. As France 24 reports, Angela Merkel is urging European Leaders to protect the EU’s external borders or risk a “return to nationalism.” Merkel said the “freedom of movement” in Europe […]Read More

Rotimi Amaechi The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he divulged a letter which a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor and now Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, wrote to former President Goodluck Jonathan on oil revenue theft in order to check corruption. Amaechi said the claim that he ‘clandestinely’ leaked the letter was […]

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday and Thursday embarked on a mass arrest of individuals believed to have received part of the $115m (N23bn) disbursed by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, through Fidelity Bank PLC. The money, according to the EFCC, […]

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai The authorities of the Nigerian Army have convened a Special Court Martial to try two senior officers of the service, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Sani and Maj. Gen. Patrick Falola. It was gathered that because of the status of officers involved in the court martial, the convening order for […]

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun The Federal Government on Thursday ruled out the possibility of providing bailout funds for state governments to meet their financial obligations, including the payment of salaries of workers, due to declining allocation from the Federation Account. It insisted that rather than providing fresh funds for the states to run […]

President Buhari receives Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Minister of Budget and National Planning Senator Udo Udo Udoma in Statehouse on 19th April 2016 There were indications on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari would not immediately proceed to sign the corrected version of the 2016 Budget, transmitted to him by the National Assembly, as being […]

Forte Oil Plc released its 2016 Q1 results showing pre-tax profits rose 55 percent to N1.3 billion. Revenues also rose 7.7 percent to N35.6 billion. This follows an impressive 2015 full year results where the company reported a profit after tax of N5.7 billion up 30% from the previous year. Profits attributable to shareholders of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja urged the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to facilitate the faster recovery of Nigeria’s stolen wealth stashed abroad. Receiving the Executive Secretary of UNODC, Mr Yury Fedotov, President Buhari stated in a press release that the process of recovering the stolen assets had “become tedious’’ to […]Read More

The Nigerian Army on Thursday inaugurated a special court martial at the Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu cantonment to commence the trial of two major generals, Patrick Falola and Major General Ibrahim Sani. The accused persons were both present in court for the inauguration of the panel, which would sit in judgment on charges leveled against them. The […]