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The judgement, delivered by Justice Abdulkadir Abdu-Kafarati, was one in the series of recent decisions of the CCT and other courts dismissing the numerous legal actions filed by the Senate President at various levels of court asking for an order to stop his trial. Saraki had, through the fundamental human rights enforcement suit, asked the […]

President Buhari arrives Guanghzou ahead of his meeting with Governor of Guangzhou Province H.E. Zhu Xiaodan on 15th April 2016 President Buhari with Ambassador of China to Nigeria Amb. Gu Xiaojie as he departs Guanghzou province for Nigeria on 15th April 2016 President Buhari alongside Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Trade […]

In the early hours of Friday, Nigerian troops repelled an attack in Borno State by Boko Haram members who came in five gun trucks, many motorcycles and two gulf cars laden with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), the Army said in a statement. The terrorists came from the Sambisa forest axis and attempted an attack on the […]

The Federal Government has said that 363,000 companies doing business in Nigeria have never paid tax. Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, made this disclosure on Friday, at a discussion panel on “Sub-Saharan Africa: Just a Rough Patch” on the side-line of the ongoing 2016 spring meetings of the IMF-World Bank in Washington DC. Adeosun […]

In what appears to be a Doha party-pooping statement, Saudi deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman stated unequivocally that The Kingdom won’t restrain its oil production unless other producers, including Iran, agree to freeze output at a meeting this weekend in Doha. This a major problem because – if you remember – this week’s melt-up in oil […]Read More

Over the past several months we have repeatedly noted a recurring peculiarity of the Vancouver housing bubble: there are numerous multi-million dollar mansions, which rot, abandoned, their owners having long ago disappeared. Two months ago, we first postulated the hypothetical timeline that starts with the purchase of a Vancouver mansion Chinese investors smuggled out millions […]

Authored by StraightLineLogic’s Robert Gore, via The Burning Platform blog, Every socialist is a disguised dictatorLudwig von Mises, Human Action Human progress has been three steps forward, two steps back. That a non-fringe candidate of a major political party in the United States can call himself a socialist constitutes a leap backward. That it can […]

A new survey of the best and worst jobs in the country has declared that being a newspaper reporter (blogger may or may not fall under the umbrella) is the worst career you could be pursuing. Careercast.com has released their annual job rankings, where they rank 200 jobs from best to worst. At the very […]

Two weeks ago we showed something striking: while combing through Janet Yellen’s recently disclosed daily diary, we noticed that on February 11 and 12, the Fed chair held two critical phone calls, one with BOE governor Marc Carney and the next day, with BOE president Mario Draghi. But what was especially shocking, and the reason […]

Submitted by Mike “Mish” Shedlock Deutsche Bank Admits Rigging, Will Expose Other Riggers Deutsche Bank has admitted it rigged both the Gold market and the Silver market. ZeroHedge has the details in his report Deutsche Bank Agrees To Expose Other Manipulators. Many asked me to comment. I am shocked? No. In the wake of admissions […]

A year ago today, European equities hit their highest levels ever. But, as Bloomberg reports, the euphoria about Mario Draghi’s stimulus program didn’t last, and trader skepticism is now rampant. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index has lost 17% since its record, and investors who piled in last year are now unwinding bets at the fastest […]

From the Slope of Hope: When I was a boy growing up in Louisiana, our youth group at church had us do an enlightening exercise: we all fasted for a day. Now, not eating anything for 24 hours isn’t a huge deal. No one is going to die from hunger. But for suburban kids accustomed […]