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We not obliged even the least to try to prove to anybody and to blacks and Arabs that we are superior people, we have demonstrated that to the black and Arabs in 1001 ways. The state of Israel we know ...

President Muhammadu Buhari receives the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; The Speaker, House Of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, during their visit to the President in London, Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Senate President Bukola ...

Check out the headlines below.  Trump showed weakness and now they are going in for the kill. The Saker  

by Eric Zuesse Ever since Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidency, the U.S. aristocracy (who control or outright own all of the U.S.-based international corporations and especially the weapons-firms such as Lockheed Martin, whose sales-volumes depend upon increasing the nation’s ‘defense’ ...

by Pepe Escobar for Sputnik International The tawdry Michael Flynn soap opera boils down to the CIA hemorrhaging leaks to the company town newspaper, leading to the desired endgame: a resounding victory for hardcore neocon/neoliberalcon US Deep State factions in one particular battle. ...

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE The police at Area M Command, Idimu. Lagos has commenced investigation into an allegation by a housewife, Mrs Bukky (surname withheld) that three women are threatening her life and wanted to set her shop ablaze over her husband. ...

Photo shows NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba [right] and Minister for Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige.  The federal government and the Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] have agreed to review the new minimum wage, according to NLC President, Mr ...

Okay, my sense is that a large number of commentators are misunderstanding the nature of what is going on.  So, this time, rather than writing an analysis, I will spell it out, ‘talking points’ – style and, hopefully, do a ...