UPDATE: Abuja protest turns bloody as Police fire bullets at protesters
Gay Reporter Is Spared Possible Deportation, Torture, and Prison
Openly gay journalist, Khudoberdi Nurmatov, who works at an investigative newspaper in Russia under the pen name Ali Feruz, faced possible deportation by Moscow to the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan. According to ABC News, a Russian court ruled last week that Nurmatov violated immigration laws and must be removed from the European nation. He […]
Resume Or Resign: Nigerians Protest Against President Buhari’s Absence
Nigerians are asking their President to get back to work or resign. ‘Resume or Resign’; those were the strong words of Nigerians who took to the streets of Abuja Monday to protest the continued absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from office The protesters who marched across major streets of Nigeria’s Federal Capital city are miffed […]
Unemployment Rate Lowest in 16 Years
As president Donald Trump’s approval ratings continue to decline rapidly, the United States unemployment rate has fallen to 4.3 percent, as of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, making it the lowest rate in 16 years. The last time the nation has seen the same rate was in May of 2001. However, despite […]
US Increases Sanctions On Russia
President Trump has signed into law, a bill that would toughen sanctions on Russia in light of their interference in the 2016 United States election, their annexation of the Crimean peninsula, as well as other perceived lapses in international norms. The bill garnered overwhelming support in congress from both sides of the aisle, in a [...]
NIGERIA: TO RESTRUCTURE OR NOT TO RESTRUCTURE; AN UNENDING STORY WITH A DOUBTFUL ENDING
First, it was the lone solitary refrain from the South West of the country. Next it gradually became many but muted voices. With events happening so fast and extremely negatively in the last two years, the cry became a cacophony of voices. And by 2016 and 2017, it has become a multi-tongued word, RESTRUCTURE!!! NEVER […]
Scaramucci Implodes in New Yorker Rant
A little more than a week ago, former wall street man, Anthony Scaramucci, was named Director of Communications for President Trump’s White House. The President’s entrusting Scaramucci with crafting the message of the White House, even led Press Secretary Sean Spicer to resign. Scaramucci’s first week in the position was troubled, as a CNN interview [...]
GOP Effort to Repeal ACA Fails
More and more Republicans in US Congress have openly stated that they would oppose a full repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare”. In turn, the Republicans have turned their attention to a “skinny repeal” which would do away with some of the facets of Obamacare, including the individual and employer [...]
The Hunt for Nigerian Multi-Millionaire Fugitive Continues
Beyonce, Jay-Z, Ariana Grande, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Leonardo DiCaprio do not just have their A-List status in common, each of them have also been associated with multi-millionaire energy and aviation tycoon, Kolawole “Kola” Aluko of Nigeria. Just who is Aluko, the man that was named one of the ten richest Nigerians by Forbes? Born on […]
Former Nigerian Governors Fraudulently Earning 40 Billion Naira
Former Nigerian state executives have been accused of fraudulently earning over 40 billion Naira in double payments, drawing the dubious payments based on retirement and pension laws crafted by them while in office. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) made the allegation in an open letter to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar […]