The Central Issue in the U.S. Presidential Campaign - must read

by Eric Zuesse

The central issue in the U.S. Presidential campaign can’t even be discussed in U.S. newsmedia, because America’s media have been almost uniformly complicit all along in hiding from the American public the crucial factual information that’s necessary in order for the public to vote in an intelligent and truthfully informed way about it. No news medium wants to report its own having been complicit in anything; so, the cover-up here just continues; it has a life of its own, even though it’s a life that brings the world closer and closer to a situation which would kill billions of people, as things get increasingly out-of-control the longer this coverup continues. The cycle of virtually uniform lying thus persists, despite the growing danger it produces. 

Malawi arrests man paid to have sex with over 100 children

Malawi police have arrested Eric Aniva, an HIV-infected man who was paid to have sex with more than 100 adolescent girls as part of a traditional ritual marking their passage to womanhood.

Aniva was held after granting a BBC interview confessing to have slept with the girls for a fee of between $4 to $7, paid by each of their families. The practice lasts 3 days and is performed by men known as "hyenas" at the request of a girl's parents after her first menstruation.

Pro-Erdogan Islamist Paper Said US General Led Coup Prior to NATO Base Fire

The Yeni Safak newspaper printed a picture of a US military commander it claims led the attempt to overthrow the Erdogan government only hours before a massive blaze broke out near a NATO base.

How poland prepares for “war with russia”

Photo: AFP Photo/Ceerwan Aziz

Poland and the Baltic states may be attacked by unpredictable Russia at any moment, so Warsaw should strengthen its military and be prepared to hit the city of Kaliningrad with missiles, as well as be prepared for a guerrilla war and cyber attacks on state-run media outlets.

Father beaten up for refusing to subject his daughter to genital mutilation

According to NewTelegraph, Olalowo Hammed Olalekan and his wife, Modinat, have fled the shores of Nigeria for the safety of their children, after being harassed and pressured to bring their daughter for circumcision as per traditional requirements.

"I don’t want to go back home, nobody gave me food," Boy chained by pastor father, speaks

9-year-old Korede’s father, Francis Taiwo, who is now on the run, was said to be the pastor in charge of Key of Joy Celestial Church of Christ, Ajibawo area in Atan Ota, Ogun State. The boy told Punchng that he would not want to live with his father and step-mother again.

His words: ‘‘I was not fed regularly when I was chained. My father and my step-mother only fed me twice a day. Some days, I was not given any food. I want to go back to school because I want to be a doctor in the future. I also do not want to go back to my father’s house.’’ .
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Players missing after FC IfeanyiUbah's team

Players missing after FC IfeanyiUbah's team bus was attacked, today, for holding Heartland FC to a draw in Owerri, Imo State

Brothers kill 2 people to implicate their brother who got a larger portion of their inheritance

The Kwara State Police Command have arrested Saidi and Idris Amadu, who have confessed to killing a woman, Rohimat Kehinde, and a girl, Fasilat Azeez, to implicate their eldest brother, Ayodele, over a family inheritance, Punchng reports.

12 Things Buhari Govt Is Putting In Place To Revive Nigerian Economy - Adeosun

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday while fielding questions from senators during her appearance before the Senate enumerated 12 policies the Buhari administration is putting in place to turn around the situation  the nation’s economy. Nigeria Property has put together the 12 policies she noted.

Fashola. 14 Companies Partners FG On $1.75bn Solar Power Project. 1125MW

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja signed a Front-Runner Solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) worth 1.75 billion dollars with 14 companies to build 1125 Megawatts(MW) capacity of renewable power in the country.
Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, who signed the documents on behalf of the government, said the agreement was to demonstrate government’s commitment to diversify Nigeria’s power industry.

FG Opposes Electricity Tariff Reversal, Backs NERC

Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja

The Federal Government on Thursday opposed the court ruling that mandated it and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to reverse the 45 per cent increase in power tariffs payable by consumers across the country.

It also commended NERC for appealing the judgement, describing the ruling as a setback that posed a challenge, which had prompted misunderstanding in the sector.

Nuhu Ribadu Formally Returns To APC

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, on Friday returned to the All Progressives Congress.
Mr. Ribadu said in a statement he posted on his Facebook page that he rejoined the party online on Friday, and then hosted officials of the party from his Bako Ward in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

250 CJTF Recruited Into Army (Photos)

250 Civilian JTF members with prerequisite qualification recruited into the Nigerian Army. Kudos to President Buhari and Gov


Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, on Friday, announced that 250 ex-Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members have been recruited into the Nigerian Army.

Tompolo Writes Last Letter To Buhari, Laments Harassment, Intimidation Of Family

Tompolo Laments Harassment, Intimidation Of Family, Associates by Military

*Says Buhari not fair to him

Again, wanted ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Friday complained bitterly about the continuous harassment and intimidation of his family members and associates by security agencies.

Naira Sinks To N375 Per Dollar - The Nation

There was confusion in the market yesterday as the naira slumped to a new low in both the official and parallel markets, exchanging at N292.90 and N375 to the dollar.

The local currency however closed at 292.90 to the dollar on the interbank rate after just one transaction was carried out, with dollar supply drying up and no intervention by the CBN, traders said. Traders had expected the CBN to intervene to ease dollar shortages, but that did not materialise.

Balarabe Musa blasts Buhari over state of the nation

A former Kaduna State governor and national chairman of Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Balarabe Musa, has described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as an “anti-people”.

He made the assertion at a colloquium held by the National Conscience Party(NCP) held in honour of the party’s founder, Gani Fawehinmi, in Akure on Thursday. Mr. Musa, who chaired the occasion themed, The State of the Nation: If Gani Were to Be Alive, argued that “the policies of the federal government, instead of ameliorating the sufferings of the people, have further impoverished and inflicted more pains on the masses”.

Teenagers arrested over sale of human skull .

Emmanuel Edet Ikot, 17; Ubong Udong, 18; Bright Effiong Okon, 19 and Okon Ita, 20, were arrested by operatives of Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of Akwa Ibom State Police Command, when looking for a buyer of a human skull in their possession, Vanguardngr reports.

Emigre Super Bloc: The Failed Turkish Coup – An Exploded View

by GH Eliason

Is Fethullah Gulen the feeble, kindly imam that mainstream media is making him out to be? Hardly. What this article will show is that Gulen is instead a career ultra-nationalist bent on carving up the Middle East and Asia. Gulen is on a mission to destroy Russia and China by cutting out territory that contains Turkic peoples from both nations.

Important to understand is Gulen is at work creating a Turkic Islamic World Order inside the countries his schools, people, and businesses reside in.

Wishful thinking (Saker rant)

Caveat one: Wishful thinking is considered bad, pollyannish, naïve, deluded, etc. Fine. I will plead “guilty” to all of these and boldly proceeded to express some terminal wishful thinking. I will do that because I do believe that it is sometimes important to set aside such otherwise precious things as realism and the so-called “real world” and to unabashedly proclaim that the world we live in is not the world we wished to be living in and that while we might break under the weight of reality, we sill are capable of remembering the ideals we hold dear. And then maybe, our wishes, at least some of them, will come true.

China Hints at Economic Costs After India Deploys Tanks, Troops to Border

After India mobilized tanks to the Chinese border, Beijing has warned that the move could threaten potential investment opportunities.

On Wednesday, reports surfaced that New Delhi deployed nearly 100 Russian-made T-72 tanks to the Chinese border, in the northern region of Ladakh. Indian military officials cite a Chinese buildup on its side of the border as necessitating the move.

PPRA considers introducing tax on petrol, diesel, kerosene and gas

Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says that taxation of petroleum products like fuel, diesel, kerosene and gas holds a huge revenue potential for Nigeria.

This is contained in a report of the two-day National Revenue Retreat in Kano. According to the Report, PPPRA says the introduction of taxes on petroleum products will supplement the revenue lost due to the fall of oil prices at the international market.

Bullet points – intelligence items, eye witness accounts, gleaned in the aftermath of Bastille Day massacre 2016 -Saker

Bullet points – intelligence items, eye witness accounts, gleaned in the aftermath of Bastille Day massacre 2016 – thanks tp Hicham Hamza of http://www.panamza.com/

(1) A video filmed by an Israeli ‘witness’. Shortly after the fusillade, at about the 18th second, a man lying alongside another individual appears to be pinned to the ground and is thumped vigorously by the police around him. At about the 45th second, he is seized and taken away from the truck. The document was posted online by a certain On Elpleg, an Israeli living in Norway. It was relayed by Ynet, website of the foremost daily Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Youtube suppressed the video, retrieved by Hicham Hamza.

Kidnapper mercilessly beaten after being caught yesterday –

The man snatched a child who was walking on the street with her mum, around Beckleys Estate, Abule Egba, Lagos, jumped on his bike and tried to ride away. He was however unlucky, as the woman raised an alarm and other passersby gave him a hot chase.

When he realized that his game was almost up, he threw the child from the bike, with the hope that his chasers would back off, but they didn't give up and he was eventually caught.

Man arrested for strangling his 4-year-old daughter to death

Men of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a 30-year-old father, Joseph Ibanga, for strangling his four-year-old daughter, Gloria Ibanga, to death. He, however, revealed that he carried out the act after eating a meal prepared by his mother. .

Chinese lovers arrested for setting a Lagos hotel on fire, exchange blows in court .

Yesterday, Zhen Zhen, 47, and Leo Jian Feng, 41, were arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly setting the room of Ernest Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, ablaze, while smoking some substance, thereby making the hotel lose properties worth N17,864,900.