Fellow Compatriots,  1.  On this day 51 years ago, the British Union Jack was lowered and replaced by our national Green-White-Green flag, heralding the independence of our nation. The 1st of October remains a special day for us, for Africa, and indeed the world.      2.  As we celebrate today, we remember […]

By Edward Krudy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks ended their worst quarter since the depths of the 2008 credit crisis, crippled by Europe’s debt debacle, a U.S. credit downgrade and a sputtering global economy. A steep slide on Friday closed out a fifth month of losses as weak economic data […]

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America Corp were hit with new lawsuits by investors claiming losses on $4.5 billion of soured mortgage debt, adding to litigation targeting the two largest U.S. banks. The plaintiff Sealink Funding Ltd said it lost money after buying […]