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French prophet Nostradamus is believed by some to have accurately predicted the rise of Napoleon and Hitler and the 9/11 Twin Towers attacks. Many researchers of the infamous prophet, who died in 1566, are also convinced he has correctly foretold the current barbaric acts being committed by ISIS in the Middle East including its bid to capture areas of Europe to fulfil its Caliphate. Now people are looking at what his writings could foretell about 2018. Alessandro Bruno wrote on Lombardiletter.com: “The Nostradamus predictions for 2018 are dire, as they include what might become World War 3. “The Nostradamus WW3 predictions have gained traction because so many people feel helpless. They sense that the world is beyond their control and they feel that difficult times are ahead. “Beyond the individual Nostradamus future predictions 2018, there is a common theme. “Negative energy will intensify and accelerate with unprecedented intensity and speed. “World War 3 news

U.S. spy satellites have captured images of what appears to be Chinese ships illegally selling oil to North Korean boats.   (U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control) U.S. spy satellites reportedly captured photos of Chinese ships illegally selling oil to North Korean boats some 30 times since October. Satellite images released by the U.S. Department of Treasury appeared to show vessels from both countries illegally trading oil in the West Sea,  The Chosun Ilbo reported  Tuesday, citing South Korean government sources North Korea was barred in September by the United Nations Security Council from importing natural gas and had its crude oil imports capped in response to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear missile program. The  U.S. Treasury in November also sanctioned North Korea’s Maritime Administration and its transport ministry, in addition to six North Korean shipping and trading companies and 20 of their vessels, in an effort to block the rogue regime’s transportation networks. The s

Iran reportedly pledged all of Iran’s “capabilities and potential” to assist Hamas in “the battle for the defense of Jerusalem.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp  (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani  pledged all of Iran’s “capabilities and potential”  to the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas, the group’s leader said on a pro-Iranian television station, The  Times of Israel  reported Tuesday. Quoting Soleimani, who, he said, spoke with him by phone, Hamas leader Yahye Sinwar said that the general assured him, “All our of capabilities and potential are at your disposal in the battle for the defense of Jerusalem.” Sinwar’s recollection of the phone call was broadcast in the pro-Iranian Lebanese news outlet  al-Mayadeen , along with remarks he made on Thursday to a group of young men and activists. Soleimani, according to Sinwar, added, “Iran, the Revolutionary Guards and Quds Force stand with all they have with our people in order to defend Jerusalem so tha

Beijing has been given a 99-year lease on Hambantota port as part of a debt-reduction deal, amid talk of creditor imperialism following China's buy-up of strategic ports in Piraeus, Darwin and Djibouti T his month, Sri Lanka, unable to pay the onerous debt to China it has accumulated, formally handed over its strategically located Hambantota port to the Asian giant. It was a major acquisition for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – which President Xi Jinping calls the “ project of the century ” – and proof of just how effective China’s debt-trap diplomacy can be. Unlike International Monetary Fund and World Bank lending, Chinese loans are collateralized by strategically important natural assets with high long-term value (even if they lack short-term commercial viability). Hambantota, for example, straddles Indian Ocean trade routes linking Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to Asia. In exchange for financing and building the infrastructure that poorer countries need, Ch

Imo State Government has bowed to the superior force of the Catholic Church and restored Assumpta Avenue street name. The government action came barely a few hours after Vanguard hit the news stand with growing tension generated by what some respondents called “the unwholesome renaming of Assumpta Avenue”. Confirming the restoration of the street name, the Commissioner for Information, Professor Nnamdi Obiaraeri, said that it was never government’s intention to rename the said strategic road, which he claimed spans from Assumpta Cathedral and terminates at Warehouse Roundabout. “Assumpta Avenue is symbolic for both religious and historic reasons in Imo State, and these facts are not lost on the government and people of Imo State. All inconveniences occasioned by the initial oversight or error of wrongly installing a Street sign, suggesting a renaming of the street is highly regretted”, Obiaraeri said.  In his own reaction, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province,

Recently, the media was awash with the presidential pardon and release of 500 inmates of the Kurmawa Central Prisons in Kano State, most of whom were members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect. This act of prerogative, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government claimed, was part of Federal Government’s efforts to decongest Nigerian prisons. Ordinarily, this should not have caused the ruckus and brouhaha the incident generated. It’s because this government has so fed Nigerians with so much poisonous diet of lies (and lies have expiration date), and has brazenly exhibited double standards that every step and initiative of the government is viewed with utmost suspicion. Why not? When did presidents start releasing prisoners, a simple administrative extra-judicial jaildelivery function usually carried out by governors and Chief judges of States. Nigerians want to know why this apparent “nichodemus act” was not extended to prison inmates in Ebonyi and Anambra states when the same presi

If you bribe in Nigeria it is not always a sin. It is usually a necessary act of survival. A better word is extortion and we must differentiate between bribery and extortion. Bribery is when you use cash or kind to induce a government servant to get what you don't deserve. Extortion is when a government servant demands cash or kind to give you what you deserve. In Nigeria both are classed as briibery and corruption. What should naturally come to you is blocked by unscrupulous government officers. They demand bribe. You are forced to use underhand routes. You may even carry out criminal actions like forging documents in order to get good things done. Years later they can use these instruments they forced you to do as a reason to clamp you in jail when they caused it in the first place. If you did not do what you had to do, you would fail to achieve the great dreams you set out to achieve. Consider Innoson. Here is a young man with an incredible dream - to build Africa's first

Former Ballon d’Or winner, George Weah, has been announced as the President-elect of Liberia, West Africa. The 51-year-old former World Footballer of the Year won thirteen out of fifteen counties. His 73-year-old opponent and current vice president, Joseph Boakai got only two counties. Weah becomes the 25th President of Liberia. The ex-Liberian international played for Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Chelsea and Manchester City and later returned to France with Marseille. He is the only African to win the coveted Ballon d’Or. Weah also won the UEFA Champions League Top Scorer award, Coupe de France, Ligue1, Coupe de la Ligue, Serie A title, English FA Cup among others. “I am deeply grateful to my family, my friends, and my loyal supporters who contributed to our campaign during this extremely long election season,” Weah said on Twitter before the results were announced. Weah is set to replace Africa’s first female head of state, economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner