A.K.A. Many Miseries Multiplied
THE MEANING OF MMM - In truth, MMM is a Ponzi scheme. Wikipedia defines a Ponzi scheme as “a fraudulent investment operation where the operator, an individual or organization, pays returns to its...
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A Reflection, Retrospection, Introspection And Speculation
When Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987), the late former AP/UPN Opposition Party leader, passed away in Nigeria in 1987, the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Lt Gen Odumegwu Ojukwu wrote in the book of...
The Presidential Candidate In Wheelchair; Greenstreet Tells His Story
As Ghana joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Disability Day tomorrow, December 3, the Presidential Candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has urged persons with disability...
Trump Assembles A Team of Billionaires
President-elect Donald Trump, who raged against the elite as a candidate, is populating his administration with the ultra-rich. On Wednesday, he named billionaire Wilbur Ross, who has made a fortune...
Trump Names Obamacare Critic Tom Price To Key Role
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Tom Price, a strong critic of President Obama's healthcare reforms, as his future health secretary. The Georgia congressman and orthopaedic surgeon, 62,...
Anger And Mourning On The American Right’
Berkeley Professor Emerita Arlie Russell Hochschild ’s newly published Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger And Mourning On The American Right is an important book and a delight. It’s a...
Nigerians Opt For Commuter Buses As Hardship Bites Harder
A cross section of Nigerians say the prevailing hardship in the country has made it fashionable for them to dump the convenience of using cars and opt for commuter buses. Investigations by the News...
Donald Trump’s Safety Costs New York City $1 Million Daily
Protecting President-elect Donald Trump and his family is costing New York City more than $1 million a day, according to three city officials. And those costs won’t necessarily drop significantly...
Mariah Carey Cozies Up To Her Backup Dancer
Mariah Carey was looking mighty close this weekend with her backup dancer Bryan Tanaka — who’s rumored to have come between her and her ex-fiancé, Australian billionaire James Packer. Carey and...
Donald Trump Outlines His Immigration Plan
Some of America's largest cities say they are going to remain so-called sanctuary cities even though they risk being cut off financially by the federal government once Donald Trump takes office. As...
Whither Obasanjo, Jonathan Failed Northern Christians
The media has been awash with the postulation by the Northern Nigeria Christian Politicians (NNCP) that the former presidents of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan...
You’ve No Power To Stop Trial of Arrested Judges
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the powers of the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the prosecution of judges accused of engaging in acts of corruption. Buhari maintained that the high...
Effects Of Trump’s Election On Nigeria
United States President-elect Donald J Trump’s potential pivot to isolationism could impact the aid money that the US spends on health, education, agriculture and humanitarian crises across...
Trump Wins and the Bond Market Suffers
Donald Trump's promises to unleash massive infrastructure spending and gigantic tax cuts seem to be spooking the bond market. Lost in the post-election stock market euphoria is the fact that the bond...
NeglectingKids With Cerebral Palsy
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumerewrites that some households can no longer take absolute care of their children living with cerebral palsy or stigmas associated with the condition Air Vice-Marshall...
Here’s Trump’s Plan To Stop Hackers
The incoming Trump administration wants to audit the security of the federal government's computer systems -- a massive undertaking -- and strengthen the hacking division of the U. S. military....
No, Donald Trump Can’t Appoint His Kids To His Cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump likely cannot appoint any of his children to head any Cabinet agency or department of government due to anti-nepotism laws. An anti-nepotism law enacted in 1967 prevents...
Why Buhari’s Appointees, APC Chieftains Aren’t Tried For Corruption
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said that leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and those in the cabinet were not being prosecuted for...
Buhari and the Many Battles of His 46 Nominated Non-Career Envoys
Buhari and the many battles of his 46 nominated non-career envoys This is not the best of time for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as it strives to deflect bashings from the opposition...
Buhari and the Many Battles of His 46 Nominated Non-Career Envoy
Buhari and the many battles of his 46 nominated non-career envoy This is not the best of time for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as it strives to deflect bashings from the opposition...