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R-L: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd right), with his wife, Bolanle; Couple, Omobolane & Akorede; Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; Husband of the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr. Saheed Adebule and Senator Olugbenga Ashafa during the Nikkai Ceremony of Alhaji Akanni Seriki’s Son at the Classique Events Place, […]

Fellow Nigerians, I rejoice with you all, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as we celebrate Easter. For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind. The Gospels also tell us that during his earthly ministry, Jesus Christ repeatedly urged […]

Back in October when we first looked at ground zero of the commodity price collapse, we found something striking: as of the end of 2014, one half of China’s commodity companies with corporate debt were totally insolvent – based on Macquarie data they were unable to cover even one interest payment (let along debt maturity) […]

Update: Electrabel says none of its staff or subcontractors were killed, but did say Belgian nuclear sites are under “special protection.”  “Electrabel deplores that its sites are being used regularly this week to illustrate articles without any link to the company or its 5,000 workers,” a statement reads. *  *  * Hours after brothers Khalid […]Read More

Following yesterday’s breakdown of 2015 GDP growth components, there was little surprise that the biggest source of “growth” for the US economy in the past year was healthcare growing at an absolute dollar pace nearly double that the second highest category (recreational vehicles of all things, because in the eyes of the BEA the US […]

PDP The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, urged Nigerians celebrating Easter to put aside bitterness and divisions threatening to tear the country apart. The party said Nigerians should use the occasion to “renew the bond of love, forgiveness and peaceful co-existence, irrespective of religious, ethnic and political persuasions”. “Just as Easter represents the triumph of life […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari EASTER MESSAGE TO THE NATION FROM PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Fellow Nigerians, I rejoice with you all, especially our Christian brothers and sisters, as we celebrate Easter. For Christians all over the world, this celebration is in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice which Jesus Christ made for the salvation of mankind. The Gospels […]

The Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors Association of Nigeria, have backed the banning of the importation of rice through land borders by the Federal Government, saying the policy will remove the major problems local producers are facing. Speaking through its President, Tunji Owoeye, the association said the policy would boost diversification of the nation’s economy.Owoeye […]

This table list total taxes collected by the Nigerian Government since the year 2000. The taxes include both oil and non-oil taxes. Nigeria Tax Revenues YEAR N’billions 2000 455 2001 586 2002 433 2003 703 2004 1,194 2005 1,741 2006 1,846 2007 1,846 2008 2,972 2009 2,197 2010 2,839 2011 4,628 2012 5,007 2013 4,805 […]Read More

While the US manufacturing sector has been in a clear recession for the past year as a result of the collapsing commodity complex, so far the stable growth in low-paying service jobs – at least according to the BLS’ statistical assumptions – such as those of waiters and bartenders have kept the broader service economy […]

Members of the GOP foreign policy establishment are open to supporting Hillary Clinton for president if that’s what it takes to prevent Donald Trump from becoming commander in chief. As The Hill reports, a number of prominent Republicans who signed a scathing open letter denouncing Trump said they aren’t wavering from their opposition to him…“Donald […]Read More

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, Just weeks before Blackwater guards fatally shot 17 civilians at Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007, the State Department began investigating the security contractor’s operations in Iraq. But the inquiry was abandoned after Blackwater’s top manager there issued a threat: “that he could kill” the government’s chief investigator and “no one could or would […]Read More