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The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, on Wednesday said there is no date yet in sight for President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the 2016 Budget. According to him, talks on the grey areas in the budget are still in progress. He spoke with State House correspondents at the end of the […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday said the fuel scarcity plaguing the country will end by next week. The minister insisted that every part of the country will be adequately supplied with fuel by that period. He gave the assurance while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the […]

Apparently due to widely expressed outrage by Nigerians, the Senate has resolved to suspend the discuss and consideration of the amendment of the CCT/CCB Act. The lawmakers also however clarified that the resolve to drop the case does not mean lack of support for the embattled Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki.  The lawmakers said they […]

The Edo House of Assembly and Gov. Adams Oshiomhole, have disagreed over the resolution on tenure of local government chairmen passed by the legislature. On 18th April,  the House passed a resolution directing LG chairmen to hand over administration to their respective council’s heads at the expiration of their three-year tenure on 21st April. In […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) . Wednesday, announced the appointment of Shaibu Amodu as Technical Director of the NFF and Salisu Yusuf as coach of Super Eagles.  This was part of the decisions taken after Wednesday’s meeting of the NFF Technical Committee, which took place at the NFF secretariat. Huhuonline.com gathered that the appointment would see the coaches lead the Eagles to […]Read More

The cost of Sweden’s generous asylum policy can now be seen in its unemployment data (not just the rising crime rate). While a reinvigorated economy is driving down the overall jobless rate, Bloomberg notes that recent arrivals are being left behind as the majority of Sweden’s unemployed are now foreigners, up from about 40% two […]

With the topic of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Sept 11 attack on everyone’s lips, if certainly not those of president Obama who is currently in Riyadh where he is meeting with members of Saudi royalty in what may be his last trip to the Saudi nation as US president, many have been clamoring for […]

Submitted by Nick Giambruno via InterntionalMan.com, If you’ve never heard of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), you’re not alone. Few people have, and even fewer fully grasp the terrible things it foreshadows. FATCA is a U.S. law that forces every financial institution in the world to give the IRS information about its American […]Read More

Tomorrow’s ECB meeting “looks set to be sleepy” according to Saxo Bank’s Mads Koefed as Draghi is largely cornered into confirmation he will do “whatever it takes” and some additional details on the corporate bond purchase plan. Most of the sell-side’s research suggests the same, as Bloomberg notes, ECB will probably leave the door open […]Read More

Presenting an artist’s impression of what your new $20 bill will soon look like. It’s official. Moments ago Politico reported that the U.S. Treasury will announce that it plans to replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the sources said. There will also be changes to the $5 bill to […]Read More

Ron Paul offers his detailed assessment of the 2016 presidential campaign this far. This is no candidate play-by-play, but a look at the strong undercurrents in society that are driving the debate. The people are very angry. But why? And what should be done about it? [embedded content] Full Speech (via RonPaulLibertyReport.com), [yes it’s long […]

As we reported over the weekend, based on NYT info, the Saudi finance minister said the kingdom would sell up to $750 billion in Treasury securities and other assets if Congress passed a bill that would allow the Saudi government to be held responsible for any role in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Senators […]