Encampment protest at the University of California, San Diego (May 5, 2024). Photo by Gary Fields. Over the course of the last sixteen months, the public sphere has witnessed an assault on rights to free expression and freedom of assembly unlike anything since the Communist witch hunts and Lavender Scare of Joseph McCarthy in the…
Tallinn, March 17, 2025 Photo: sputnik8.com The Estonian Supreme Court has dismissed the appeals filed by the Estonian Orthodox Church and the Holy Dormition-Pükhtitsa Monastery concerning the Parliament’s branding decision to brand the Church as an “organization supporting the military aggression of the Russian Federation.” The Riigikogu, Estonian Parliament, declared the Moscow Patriarchate an…
Investors at the Nigerian equities market lost N365 billion at the close of trading last week. The equities market recorded gains in two of the five trading days, culminating in the crash of the market capitalization to N66.3 trillion from N66.717 trillion recorded the previous week. Similarly, the All-Share Index (ASI) depreciated by 0.55% to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested popular TikTok personality, Murja Ibrahim Kunya, in Kano over allegations of abusing the Nigerian currency, the naira. A source within the anti-graft agency confirmed Kunya’s arrest to Kano-based Freedom Radio over the weekend. DailyTrust reports that the source was quoted as saying; “The investigation…
Image by Edrece Stansberry. Check out Ralph Nader on the most recent episode of CounterPunch Radio. There are reasons why influential or knowledgeable Americans are staying silent as the worsening fascist dictatorship of the Trumpsters and Musketeers gets more entrenched by the day. Most of these reasons are simple cover for cowardice. Start with the…
The Federal Government has recovered a total debt of N28.7 billion from the duo of Seplat Production Development Limited and Chorus Energy Limited. The Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi Jr., disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the two companies paid the amount to the Federation Account in…
