Don’t Scrap BoI For Political Reasons, Afenifere Warns Senate

The attention of Afenifere has been drawn “A Bill for an Act to establish the National Development Bank, 2015’, and sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gobir which seeks to repeal the BoI, the Bank for Commerce and Industry Act and the National Economic Reconstruction Fund Act.

The bill further seeks to bring the total assets of the organisations under one body to be called the National Development Bank.This bill has passed the second reading in the Senate since October 12 and had been committed to the Senate Committee on banking, Insurance and other Financial Bodies for further works.

$180m Halliburton Scam: Ex-heads Of State’s Indictment ‘scared Jonathan’

There are new insights on why the $180million Halliburton bribery probe is lingering without the trial of some highly-placed Nigerians.

It was learnt that former President Goodluck Jonathan, who planned to table the report before the Council of State, could not do so because three former Heads of State were implicated in the scandal.

Rivers Re-run: Police To Withdraw Politicians’ Orderlies

OPERATIVES of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday said it would withdraw police orderlies attached to politicians in the state during the December 10 reruns.

FG Stops 571,000 Tonnes Of Foreign Rice From Entering Nigeria..

The Federal Government on Monday announced that 571,000 tonnes of foreign rice warehoused in neighbouring countries were being targeted for the Nigerian market for the Christmas and New Year season, but vowed to stop their entry.

It also stated that Nigeria recently took delivery of 110 rice mills in its bid to enhance local production so as to commence the exportation of white rice from next year.

Fayose Condemns Removal Of Wike’s CSO, Accuses FG

Fayose Condemns Removal Of Gov Wike’s CSO, Says; “FG Planning To Subvert The Will Of Rivers”

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the removal of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike less than five days to the State’s legislative re-run
election, saying; “With this ignoble action by the federal government, it is now clear that the federal government is out to subvert the will of the people of Rivers State by whatever means in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).”

Obasanjo Gives Condition To Support New Mega Party - This Day

•Insists Atiku cannot be presidential candidate

•Former VP, Tinubu say they have no plan to leave APC

Olawale Olaleye in Lagos and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The proposed mega party by some aggrieved opposition politicians of major political parties in the country may already have run into a hitch, following the stringent condition allegedly handed down by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support the new party.

Heritage Bank Safe And Sound, Says Sekibo

Battling unrelenting social media attacks, suggesting insolvency, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Ifie Sekibo, has assured customers that the commercial bank was safe, sound and liquid.

The rules of the (Trump) game

by Pepe Escobar for Sputnik International

Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis, chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be the new head of the Pentagon, is a model functionary of the Empire of Chaos. His call sign is – what else – “chaos”. The Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) even shared his regular accolade; “Saint Mattis of Quantico, Patron Saint of Chaos”. The Saint in his pop incarnation comes fully equipped with a grenade and a knife.

Who are the Sunnis? A Lamentation

by Anwar Khan

As I sit to answer this I am gripped by a state of unexpected indetermination as what I thought to be a painless task has become rather difficult. Painless because I can simply translate a passage from one of the hundreds of manuals on Sunni creed—where defining Sunnism is a run of a mill standard procedure. Additionally, the relative homogeneity of the content on this subject matter by Sunni writers— for well over a millennium— makes the work further free from complication(1).

Abubakar: Even With Our Money, Countries Don’t Want To Sell Aircraft To Nigeria.

Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff, says the Nigeria air force uses old aircraft because new ones are difficult to procure.  Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Saturday, the air chief said sometimes, politics is involved in the procurement of military hardware.  He explained that even if money was available to buy military equipment, some countries would still not want to sell.

Trump Names Nigerian To Economic Team

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named a Nigerian, Adebayo Ogunlesi, as a member of an advisory council that will help the incoming president implement “his plan to bring back jobs and Make America Great Again.”

Ghastly accident on the 3rd Mainland Bridge, Lagos, leaves many critically injured

NDLEA impounds 2 vehicles loaded with cannabis in Adamawa

The Adamawa Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has impounded two vehicles loaded with hard drugs in the state.

The state Commander of the agency, Mr. Yakubu Kibo, said at a news briefing in Yola that the drug total 70.653kg.

Stowaway found dead in Arik Air’s A330-200 aircraft wheel

The lifeless body of a stowaway was on Wednesday found in the main wheel well of one of Arik Air’s A330-200 aircraft at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.
The airline confirmed the incident in a statement by its Communications Manager, Mr Ola Adebanji, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

20-year-old man arrested for hacking motorcyclist to death

Cephas Appaf was arrested in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly hacking a motorcyclist to death in the Ovia South-West LGA of the state. Appaf, a rubber tapper, from Benue State, had asked Aniete Okon to give him a ride to Benin, on November 3, 2016.

Breaking news regarding armed conflict in Ukraine, by Scott Humor

On Monday November 28th, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that they have initiated a criminal investigation of war crimes committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Man impersonates the Inspector-General of Police, defrauds Saudi doctor of $10,000

Ekperebuike Akadonye, 29, has been arrested by the police for allegedly parading himself as the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on the Internet and defrauding a Saudi Arabia-based doctor, Hassan Alkahallaf, to the tune of $10,000.

Goodbye Fidel

by Jimmie Moglia 

“He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.”

Hamlet, act 1, sc. 2

For many across the world, the death of Fidel Castro strikes us with an obscure sensation, like that which would be felt from the sound of darkness. And though expected, there was an indistinct unuttered hope that this news could be postponed to a future yet undated and unnamed. But,

“… all that lives must die,

Passing through nature to eternity” (1)

In some European countries, newspaper articles written before the death of some important figure, are called “crocodiles”, lumping together those lamenting or rejoicing at that death, whenever it may occur.

Lenin comes to the White House

by Pepe Escobar for Sputnik International

Donald Trump, commenting on the passing of Fidel Castro, branded him a mere “dictator”. Whatever the long-lasting results (and mistakes) of the Cuban experiment, History has already de facto recognized Fidel as one of the great revolutionary leaders of the modern – and post-modern – era.

Trump – historical irony obliges – also has all but christened the groundswell of anger that delivered him the White House as a “revolution” – led by, and in the name of, white, non-college educated, blue collar US masses.

Bait & Switch- Fake News, propornot, the Real Inform & Influence Operation

by GH Eliason

A few days before the 2016 election I contacted several publishers and told them they were on a list to be dealt with/ taken down after what was supposed to be a Clinton victory. This effort was against news sites and websites that spoke or wrote against current US policies that Clinton supported. As I was writing this Glen Greenwald’s great article came out specifically about propornot. That plays a small part in this.

Final year student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, reportedly commits suicide

What are the Ukronazis up to in Crimea?

This article was written for the Unz Review: http://www.unz.com/tsaker/what-are-the-ukronazis-up-to-in-crimea/

First, it appeared to be a fluke: this summer the Ukronazi regime sent a small terrorist unit into Crimea tasked with blowing up several targets in the Crimea (see here for details). They were arrested by the Russian security services. In November, another two saboteurs were caught by the FSB (see here). And now something really remarkable happened. The Ukronazi security service kidnapped two Russian citizens in broad daylight and accused them of being “deserters”. 

How Fidel Castro evaded CIA’s assassination attempts

I have often wondered how Fidel Castro unlike many others have evaded the attempts to end his life by the CIA and others, and also his love for Africa. Till date there have been over 600 attempts to end Castro’s life, none of which materialised. One most memorable attempt was when his ex-girlfriend was asked to poison Fidel using a cream she was given. But she ended up confessing what she was sent to do to him.

Another Brick in the Wall: Mexican Company to Help Trump Secure the Border

Owner of a Mexican cement company expressed his desire to provide cement for the US President-elect’s effort to secure the border between the two countries from the onslaught of rife organized crime.

Kristian Rouz – "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words," US President-elect Donald Trump used to reiterate night after night when on his electoral campaigning trail during the past several months. 

Russia SITREP November 24th, by Scott Humor

Earlier this week the German Stern asked a tongue-in-cheek question which I want to try to answer.

Was will Moskau mit so vielen Panzern?

I don’t know German, but this looks to me like they want to know why Moscow needs so many tanks.

Putin lässt 3000 Panzer aus dem Depot modernisieren

Wladimir Putin hat bereits 2500 T-14 Armata Kampfpanzer bestellt, nun lässt er noch einmal 3000 T-80 komplett modernisieren. Fragt sich nur: Was will Moskau mit so vielen Panzern?

Putin ordered to modernize 3000 tanks stored in the tank depots.