The Boy that was burn at Alafia bus-top was not 7 years old.. HE was a well known notorious criminal

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF_POaW_aOVgPgrp6kB4MTr_zuNxfB5i33FAx7xVhmKxTpcSMZ2LTS9lcIRAe91nkR1JIG3EJbGXQVIJ7sO3Yx2vWLnmge6vCnF8F2uEGtIi9kmrQneK3IY-cASY-LDAxe2A-M-TFYHU/s400/3.png" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read LIB report on it:</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The boy was not 7, he's said to be in his 20s, but had a small frame. So many thought he was a young boy. He was also allegedly a notorious thief in the area..</span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LIB exclusively gathered that the incident happened on Saturday, November 12, at the popular Alafia busstop, Orile. According to residents of the area who spoke to LIB, the lynched man was a notorious thief in the area and he and his gang had tried robbing a woman of her valuables but met his waterloo when he was caught by a Hausa man who refused to let him go even though he stabbed him. Others gathered and the young man was lynched.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jungle justice should never be an option no matter the crime committed and those involved should be brought to book.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From <b>LIB</b>'s investigations, it doesn't look like the police are even interested in the matter because the guy is a criminal and in that Alafia area criminality and killing of criminals is common practice.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A lot of people in the area refused to speak to LIB for fear of being attacked because the place is a very notorious zone as killings, robbery and cult operations are normal occurrences in the area.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A woman who preferred to speak under anonymity said: </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The incident occurred <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1999030496" tabindex="0">on Saturday</span> morning, the boy who is between 20-25 years is a notorious thief in the area. The Hausa man who caught  him has been targeting him for a while as he is tired of his notorious activities. So that <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1999030497" tabindex="0">Saturday</span> morning, the boy and two of his friends robbed a girl of her bag and phone but was caught by the Hausa guy who insisted that he would be killed after they stabbed him. Two of his friends ran away but the Hausa man held on to the guy even as he stabbed him, and insisted on lynching him. That day wasn't his first time of stealing but that was his last day." </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another resident of the area who identified himself as Ike, said he wasn't there when it happened but according to the stories he heard the guy </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'robbed a lady in the early hours of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1999030498" tabindex="0">Saturday</span>, although I was not there when they burnt him, but when I came back I saw the remains of him. They said he robbed a lady of her hand bag.' </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'They were three that robbed the girl, but one Hausa man that saw them robbing her attempted to help and eventually got hold of one them, before the other two started stabbing him, they even used bottle on him sef.'</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> 'The Hausa man was adamant, very very adamant that even with his last strength he didn’t let go of the thieve, they even said the hausa man swear  say even if them kill am him nor go leave the boy, even as blood started rushing out from his body, him nor gree let the guy go.'</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As people started coming that's when the other two robbers left the boy and ran away.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So when they caught him they beat him up mercilessly and then burnt him</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to eye witness reports, the Hausa man said he even knew the guy that was lynched, and that he had been targeting him for a long time.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'But I nor go lie ooo, the Hausa man know him, him don dey target am since…."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another resident who preferred to be anonymous said: </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'All i know is that I came to my shop and heard that someone was lynched. The corpse has been there since that day. It was today an ambulance came and picked up the body.'</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Hausa guy who works around the crime scene said the Hausa guy who insisted the thief must be killed was stabbed initially by the thief and his friends, this made him angry prompting him to insist that he must kill the man even if it means he would die too. </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"He dey give am money N200, N300 make him go chop free am but him no go gree. That <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1999030499" tabindex="0">Saturday</span>, as him thief, the Hausa man come catch him and his friends, he come stab the Hausa man before the Hausa man begin beat am people come gather as he they beat am. They come put am tire, pour am petrol na so he die. Ambulance come today come carry am"</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white;">LIB</b><span style="background-color: white;"> visited the Nigeria Police Force Divisional Headquarters, Orile-Igamu, Lagos to ascertain if any arrests had been made but the DPO said 'she isn't aware of the case.' and that LIB should go contact the Lagos State Police PRO if we needed information.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LIB</span></span>

The Boy that was burn at Alafia bus-top was not 7 years old.. HE was a well known notorious criminal

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Three suspected 'yahoo yahoo' guys arrested in Ibadan

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4m8axwKtLU9PqtbnegGt4Ndc1ecRvLBSgRS1g1IwYswJeu1tVm5fMWDB0dGllMXaBDJP6d-p6lphlCzgxoh9hyphenhyphenKgGDguhRN1eiVhakZItXRrWmJDO-1Kk5zHAKHH61rNViMgePl0kg0w/s400/pp.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <div id="m_-7065458135443706090m_-6855120989765902820yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479368657250_18184" style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three internet fraudsters, who had allegedly been using 'charms' to hypnotize victims into parting with their money and valuable properties.</span></div> <div id="m_-7065458135443706090m_-6855120989765902820yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479368657250_18435" style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div id="m_-7065458135443706090m_-6855120989765902820yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479368657250_18441" style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Command's spokesperson, SP Adekunle Ajisebutu,who confirmed the arrest in a statement made available to journalists said the suspects, Lanre,26, Sukanmi,28 and 26-year-old Opeyemi were picked up from their hideout at Soka area, Ibadan, at about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_40982756" tabindex="0">6.30 a.m.</span> on Wednesday, November 16, following a tip-off.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a> </span></div> <div id="m_-7065458135443706090m_-6855120989765902820yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479368657250_18126" style="background-color: white;"> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The suspects who had been elusive for some time now, were eventually arrested after several days of intelligence gathering and painstaking investigation carried out by the police," said the PPRO. </span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"During interrogation, the suspects confessed to being internet fraudsters and had defrauded many innocent victims they referred to as ‘clients’ of their hard-earned money in Naira and foreign currencies. They also disclosed that they often use charms to facilitate their illicit business. This they did by hypnotising victims and ‘commanding’ them to part with their Dollars and valuable properties. They further disclosed that those who had fallen victims included foreign nationals and Nigerians."</span></blockquote> </div> <div id="m_-7065458135443706090m_-6855120989765902820yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479368657250_18129" style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ajisebutu revealed that exhibits recovered from them included four assorted laptops and charms.</span></div> <div id="m_-7065458135443706090m_-6855120989765902820yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1479368657250_18699" style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Source: Nigerian Tribune/ LIB</span></span>

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I've got the best vagina in the world- Iggy Azalea

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidd32oqt_u3PSpTsBdWw3HNkHAHaQ3uquqSoR6HJx0yS9-F7RjwrnAO2KFQj-CH8202Q2MxhuR8HNhX6SpG4e8LFHdmVwIe-7QqvlHNoXkywSmsH-pJx_xZaBg8EBej17msLFG7Chjugg/s1600/3A71F09300000578-3944202-Caught_on_tape_Iggy_Azalea_exposed_the_boob_tape_holding_her_amp-a-9_1479346988102.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDoaP-aGyF2Bswi3zAYRabylaKNiY1jnx1sqj1zXRvNNc3BsTYsD-22uMhTRghOuWSY1TBkBQpJsBRLRUBQTkkDi2ra0W6HuIbs7CW0lHn6eRTdWhVlhMjpKTp-H1a04pwye_VKdVTEk/s1600/1.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to LIB, <span style="background-color: white;">Iggy Azalea has said that she had an 'award winning vagina' and the best 'vagina in the world' after she received GQ's Woman of the Year award </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2047151969" style="background-color: white;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> at The Ivy in Sydney, Australia.</span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The rapper wore a cropped black blazer with no top underneath and no bra and upon receiving the award said; "I didn't know everybody was going to have such hilarious speeches and I didn't prepare anything foolishly. Thanks you GQ for this award."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to The Herald Sun, she then continued: "I have won a lot of awards over the last few years but this one means the absolute most to me because I can finally say I have an award winning vagina.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"This is amazing to me. I've got the best vagina in the world," she continued. "How do you say no to that...you don't."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYCKMdSAPX9zmagzRSwgFdPxWRnxGLRdzO86TJ1bp0StYjtecVbBqx9iL0ROQZVP20fP7XZrOiXZ_zYv4aqbdRT9k8R_YBXOgH2IFr33lw1f8ji-sd_Roniq6WpEJ-iGnksP5D_1v47s/s400/6.jpg" /></div>

I've got the best vagina in the world- Iggy Azalea

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Hillary Clinton extends popular vote by 1 million, even after she lose the election

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQHaArjphA-K7DzzAT9ChgpG1a02CzFUlNUHdCwP6R5k8oXZ2uBabgJ36XRtoVEvwTtVy-bVVlrRcYc3odllEmcJsRNDoGnjms4-gpgS1_aEOchEPgHS726Gfn7IiRUKN8XLZjGNzSbU/s1600/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-550x324.jpg" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">From SandraRose.com</span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Her supporters cling to hope that the Electoral College will elect CLinton president on Dec. 19.</blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> A Change.org petition protesting the Electoral College has received more than 4.3 million signatures. Clinton’s supporters point out that her popular vote margin over Trump is now bigger than Al Gore, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy’s popular vote leads in their elections.</blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <i>New Yorker</i> magazine writer Jelani Cobb tweeted: “Both Bill Clinton’s Vice President and his wife have won the popular vote without winning the Presidency”.</blockquote>

Hillary Clinton extends popular vote by 1 million, even after she lose the election

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Mother advices son no to have sex more than 10 minutes

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Mother advices son no to have sex more than 10 minutes

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A 24-year-old unemployed man caught defiling a 3-year-old girl in Lagos state

<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="letterbalm-mans-hands-in-handcuffs" height="224" src="http://naijaloaded-14fckyzftwhxrd5ctbau.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/letterbalm-mans-hands-in-handcuffs-700x490.jpg" width="320" /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A 24-year-old unemployed man, Blessing Agboola, was on Wednesday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for defiling a 3-year-old girl.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, remanded him in prison after he had pleaded guilty for defiling the minor. The judge adjourned the case to December 5 for sentencing.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“It was the cry of the baby that alerted her mother and she caught the accused in the act.”</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The man, who resides at Odutola St., Alimosho, Lagos, was charged for defilement. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Rafael Donny, told the court that the offence was committed on Oct. 28 at the accused residence.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sgt. Donny said that the accused defiled a 3-year-old daughter of his neighbour in his room.</span></div> <br />

A 24-year-old unemployed man caught defiling a 3-year-old girl in Lagos state

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A photos of a young girl wearing a nylon bag as a dress goes viral on social media

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Niger state has been attacked by some suspected cattle rustlers.

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Strait; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <img alt="Cattlesss" src="https://i.onthe.io/vllkyt82eub1b2fqa.ce5e7a1f.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Kukoki community, Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger state has been attacked by some suspected cattle rustlers. Mark Jagaba, the council’s chairman, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, November 16. He said that four Fulani’s and two Gbagyi’s were killed while several women and children were injured.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He said that members of the community reported that the suspects, numbering about 50 and armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the community at about 7.00 a.m. shooting sporadically. Mr. Jagaba said the cattle rustlers stole over 700 cattle and undisclosed number of goats and sheep before fleeing the community.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He said the attack came barely three weeks after nine people were killed in a similar incident in Kurebe and Kwaki Chukuba wards of Shiroro Local Government Area.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The chairman appealed to security agencies in the state to assist a vigilante group in the area to curtail cattle rustlers and indiscriminate killings of innocent lives.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">naijaloaded</span></div>

Niger state has been attacked by some suspected cattle rustlers.

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Singer, Omarion broke up with his Girlfriend

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrwktNqtp4VyZIeTbd_Hy9J4EW5n8YqEvY6clx-2os0TSsvybmq8aLEnutxt9UTNDtFx8P1CegTTa8xBuYtvobxn5mFjt2S3D0OZCFMXUzG7s22b1hEspcDqRUmFjdDI7n-qWU5GFka0/s1600/7.png" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">According to LIB, singer, Omarion and his girlfriend Apryl Jones broke up just 4 months after welcoming their second child together. Just last week, it was reported that Omarion recorded a track to diss Apryl.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Apryl who hasn't reacted to the diss track, shared a video of herself and her friends partying at rapper, The Game's mansion on Monday night. Many of the girls, including Apryl, stayed late into the evening and someone later commented on Twitter that Apryl spent many hours alone with the Game and didn't leave till the next morning.</span><br /> <br />

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Nollywood actress Empress Njamah looks stunning in new photos as she celebrate her birthday today

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAytSqh7fREO3fFeJZFFUnCKOg0gB0GOTDKzg0PjO4335YhcZZ6BSqqX9gdWFkgU7kaZCnHFvyVBQApkoCpkwr4dc1Kd-6E0aJvQ5gFc9TJXHcWYJlmSxCVwx1SBr8b4jnIkYEYCrKdS0/s400/1.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0V_oyP31-qls65tnQoR8Re9eDrKxH9XURid-5ZDIBlD2K8I7MQg6x2c4oOU7quT77rbio6KqZOAwYehdo9vkjpr8QgmC6TEo3rS5uhC4VZ5qj20Mflle4lNF2d2DcbzxOZ8Oac4V-w0/s400/3.jpg" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She actually knows how to get her things done in a stylish mode, that is the kind of person whom <span style="background-color: white;">Nollywood actress Empress Njamah is. Stylish and Stunning. She share this photo as she celebrate her birthday today. </span>Happy birthday to her.</span><br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYJ44JKf4T9m5WxAstV2Nx9zYq-mOONCIY2XDDS9Jr78PwE6LLhDmNmbSC1i3W_RAywnzWJxd06zeZMm8jIu0CcCJFwhqikcCcQarYUwFO65U-vQjUvxkwKzxePObbRApXsPu37XjMJw/s400/2.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiV7UJKOfTy0AduiRvUnqprrBwWhhmKFVBYaWh_lRwBeXRhee_zsWuywzwPus4yXJrCM-h7KxgeKosOP2aARTQ4BgJLCRMrlx2-eFNMqvT8ZAZEUlB4-pCQAaHJZjCveNRw1Xr6TStmcs/s400/4.jpg" />

Nollywood actress Empress Njamah looks stunning in new photos as she celebrate her birthday today

She actually knows how to get her things done in a stylish mode, that is the kind of person whom  Nollywood actress Empress Njamah is. Styl...

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Check out Toke Makinwa as she steps out stunning in a print dress

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2nzzakDzHYR6N1NBspYfmsnenXcGoyD6h14NmLDsMowcy1H8qoqqeg7n5dIgxFeQ1cnE4Fl_Uf0qST0Q-VMspu-wQ1M8EEA-Bj50QCJf873alQuPVSATZ16H2GbGhDYBeKh8JLWnWMv8/s1600/2.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuRPDqaj9cXkfuUK56jeGKmGrJFbuQADfT9GXS1CCvoUTczstPSE4L_V9xejWfY9abKi2ZVfJ-yNgYADs6Ocfi_Xb3tDp8fYsXiUGEtVvllrfQ2OJXocpa2n5vmMe-DJlP69uwdDmFpk/s1600/1.png" /><br /> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Wow! This is gorgeous.</span>

Check out Toke Makinwa as she steps out stunning in a print dress

Wow! This is gorgeous.

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The Bank Night Club has not being sold- Abuja Club Owner discloses

<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWRfflZ7TKD3nXVgWRBR0T1kDPj_AsINxR5Hshhc5pInnpX2CO9fy-n7J0cU8F9MAInrmfQ5Sip_B3k8WBk5qm5zNy0gln5O7cMy5-oVmkWNNc9qL7RTlBUF6xBD2Ni9UmX78ywLACKw/s400/9.jpg" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to the </span>club owner, Uyi Ogbebor, who <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">disclosed that he had been inundated with calls by patrons who sought to know if truly he left to launch Moscow alongside his partner, Ayokunle Akinbode, because The Bank had been taken over by a new management. He said he had earlier addressed a press conference on why Moscow was set up, hence it was shocking for anyone to have linked the opening of Moscow to the takeover of The Bank by a politician or anyone.</span></span></div> <div class="m_-426536643929807495gmail-yj6qo m_-426536643929807495gmail-ajU" style="background-color: white;"> <div class="m_-426536643929807495gmail-ajR" id="m_-426536643929807495gmail-:10l"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img class="m_-426536643929807495gmail-ajT CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiXxmVnfdnBvg5mr7xz-VwDa6zvjp_wZwKbOK5wOBDL1C_JbeXWA9KTvlPCw7G51MDUqYtSPTnqWWI46GOeDc64GQr6Jv8ZoJmehK2M7efayzehZezzUB7qnJxqNZNTtnkkBwVdldtreATImEuUFsjwIvPmnvAxodLHCx8v=s0-d-e1-ft" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; opacity: 0.3; padding: 8px;" /></span></div> </div> <div class="m_-426536643929807495gmail-adL" style="background-color: white;"> <div class="m_-426536643929807495gmail-im"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He said, "I'm so shocked about this rumor. I remain a partner owner of The bank. I had addressed this issue in my last interaction with the press where I disclosed that I was partnering to set up Moscow to extend my business tentacle.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Recently, I have been bombarded with calls by patrons who wanted to know if a top politician has truly bought The Bank. They wanted to know if the development informed my decision of teaming up with Mr Ayo to launch Moscow, but the answer is simple and straight, I remain a partner owner of The Bank. My interest at The Bank remains very huge, just as it is with Moscow.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"I want to state clearly that the launch of Moscow has nothing to do with The Bank. The Bank is still operating fine. No one has bought the club yet. Yankee and I will continue to collaborate to satisfy the undying taste of Abuja club patrons," Uyi said.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Relatively, his partner, Ayo said Moscow was opened to meet the demand for excellence in club management. He said, "We launched Moscow, not because The Bank has been shut down. Nobody has bought The Bank. The partner owner, Uyi is also my partner, and we discuss the status of the club almost everyday.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Those peddling the rumour that The Bank has been bought by a popular politician are simply being unfair to the management of the club. As far as I know, The Bank is still under its management. We are in the business together, hence we must support ourselves."</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"We are in the process of officially launching Moscow, but not to shove The Bank aside. We once ate from the same table, so we shall continue in that manner," Ayo said.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, Moscow Underground will officially open by the end of November.</span></span></div> </div> </div>

The Bank Night Club has not being sold- Abuja Club Owner discloses

According to the  club owner, Uyi Ogbebor, who  disclosed that he had been inundated with calls by patrons who sought to know if truly he...

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Militants are ignoring our calls for dialogue – Presidency

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="buhari" height="206" src="http://cdn1.dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/buhari-2-620x400.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Presidency has lamented that the Niger Delta militant groups have refused to come for dialogue towards finding peaceful panacea to the crisis in rocking the oil-rich region</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an interview on a Kano-based radio station, Express Radio.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to him, “Despite the government’s demonstration of goodwill by bringing stakeholders to the round table, militant groups have continued to blow up national economic assets.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shehu urged the Niger Delta leaders to facilitate the stoppage of violence and economic sabotage in the area.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We must keep national interest above all else and give priority to eschewing violence and destruction,” he said.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div>

Militants are ignoring our calls for dialogue – Presidency

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My brother was robbed and killed at same Alafia bus-stop- Twitter user, Harri Obi recounted

<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is culled from LIB. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Twitter user, Harri Obi recounted how his younger brother was robbed and killed by a notorious gang of phone thieves at the same Alafia bus-stop where the young looking boy was lynched over the weekend. Read from bottom to the top. More tweets after the cut..</span></div> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></a><br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6ObpeKxReWPPBqk_KsUhlIf4Y6xzktrOEAqT6OH6nRN93WYL0OGJJZlm0TuvHu5l_QfwcRKlRaCVcQ-NSq4lL1IjngF-YuAYaYOhWlF_p1yyamIhnbqUpXf_rdFK1cRYZTv6KY2LXLQ/s1600/1a7.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8hKxdtOYEGgt6VHyq3LhIEVk0EYxAW4LiKWb3OtscaeSlo6_XYVxJcdUxutJjrU8uPziqwCi8P1-kA1ojY1rwn_znpUmw75MBevJJiTQXx2tkgbPLyboiAKwF3GbyahRp3KhBGEqNiE/s1600/1a6.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSe7Psm-Y_Th41CnT78LwOyOz-VWNU5KIid6OLvX-RGsEkegimZFQ5pam9xBM15w4VrVQgOn89tEqT6voeQ_RRHeWFeelQDTFDzVrhBk84TzP88rEj7k3jIzZeGbJvAjhu2V5icbZuriE/s640/1a5.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BYrsso6ubKvawi8tpdN-rXkA3uxW6YSlMiET61EBpjabB99K-jXsy-jnz4Itjip7XtyKROz94vPUB3VMdOpPpKl1qCZwmxMvI7RDVKHtAGqDkuHV2rboZhLwtMGWvG3eIuV8Y1nRgAk/s640/1a4.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1l4AL5Fhtdx_6Ie-t5bIzs_WD33J5kWyI4ES_qs9Z0qUJPSdm8o22szpq0JyMoqGgdkmejHRIK5u9DUD2LmQTqjSO9rvetdNlY05KizUD3PuxASfk8jOzlVUOWnLtR8keun5CE6v_Fs/s640/1a3.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWOZiENFwZS7qWb5aIt9PuPO8iK2XGKGRxu5vXZczsbZ5Vgl3OkpADH44iXZLxzEOxfcUFCjn9HQYDWWhyphenhyphenTxWNmjBUFV9jimpAJnd9hnVrMQiru1FSXZKYWM05onQZwDJPpmxY517cbo/s640/1a2.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoz2LwMIqrrNxhbhxFcCAAD5QIeo6TipA3AgpjmVAqMi3YK-Ho091Y7WVjrwERvStaeFoeZxjeZrX1HYheMEY0Qfog-m5bP9hkC_shSXDbm1rZjybYxe-A1W_iUs7vWNgLaUL6pQ-AFLI/s640/1a1ab.png" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8o8NhzmHX62Jg0pbP-5lBoLB1z_ZFo1xYjERJvgEcmywg2RKYBoNFOMAJjxmDJ6ouiK4u0tXJL67GjAX7zzmdnRFObzwKh0tJTVReLAd-W6_SY-MZr_ECcgqmsW5jEcsMK_NIJpJL_o/s640/1a1a.png" />

My brother was robbed and killed at same Alafia bus-stop- Twitter user, Harri Obi recounted

This is culled from LIB.  Twitter user, Harri Obi recounted how his younger brother was robbed and killed by a notorious gang of phone ...

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Dollar extended gains, reaching its strongest level in 2016

<img alt="Dollar gains on speculation rates will rise" height="205" src="https://media.files.today.ng/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dollar-1-690x444.jpg" width="320" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The dollar advanced to the highest level in five months versus the yen as forecasts for stronger U.S. economic data added to the momentum triggered by Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The U.S. currency extended gains, reaching its strongest level in 2016 against the euro, after Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the economy could get a medium-term boost from Trump’s policies.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The greenback has been buoyed since the Nov. 8 vote by speculation the president-elect’s proposals to increase spending and cut taxes will boost growth and inflation, nudging the central bank toward raising interest rates.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stronger-than-expected retail sales Tuesday helped drive the market-implied probability of a rate increase in December to 94 percent. Some analysts warned that further increases in the dollar may be limited before Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony Thursday, coming as Trump continues to form his administration.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The medium-term outlook for the dollar is still solid, and we expect it to strengthen well into the first quarter of next year,” said Ned Rumpeltin, the European head of currency strategy at Toronto Dominion Bank in London.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“But some in the market might adopt a cautious near-term stance ahead of the testimony and during the shaping of the new administration.”</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The U.S. currency climbed 0.5 percent to 109.70 yen as of 7:10 a.m. New York time. The greenback rose as high as 109.76, the most since June, and appreciated 0.3 percent to $1.0692 per euro. Earlier it touched $1.0688, the strongest level of 2016 against the single currency.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="https://www.today.ng/business/216235/dollar-gains-speculation-rates-rise">Today</a></span></div>

Dollar extended gains, reaching its strongest level in 2016

The dollar advanced to the highest level in five months versus the yen as forecasts for stronger U.S. economic data added to the momentum...

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Presidency discloses that the Jonathan govt awarded ghost projects

<img alt="Jonathan govt awarded ghost projects, says Presidency " src="http://thenationonlineng.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Jonathan-22.jpg" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: justify;"> According to <a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/jonathan-govt-awarded-ghost-projects-says-presidency/"><span style="color: red;">THE NATION</span></a>, the Presidency has disclosed that some deceitful projects were awarded during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Many of the projects were said to be merely on paper and no payment was made for their start-up.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: justify;"> The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in an interview on Express Radio in Kano on Tuesday, noted that some projects, which existed only on paper, were being activated. He cited the Kano-Katsina dual road project as an example of what he called “deceitful and ghost projects now being given life”.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: justify;">  ”Kano-Katsina dual highway was awarded three years ago by the last administration. They didn’t pay a kobo for its start-up. President Buhari just paid money for the first tranche of 75 kilometers and work has begun apace.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Shehu said Nigeria was taking a giant leap in infrastructure development by speeding up ongoing projects and investing heavily in the construction and  repair of highways, railways and power generating plants across the country.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/jonathan-govt-awarded-ghost-projects-says-presidency/">Read more</a></div>

Presidency discloses that the Jonathan govt awarded ghost projects

According to THE NATION , the Presidency has disclosed that some deceitful projects were awarded during the administration of former Presi...

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'Raped, stabbed and burnt alive' - Woman recalls her traumatic past, as she welcomes a new baby

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATrynMA5k6-z0Y1SDIWcf3gesTSC7TjHSCT8OL49PKqF0TdWUV6uvTiGrFFLz8gbV0LAKRq7RiXCLWPqRES8WJzWfh5O5b7Ee5jG9VwlgKxluCWnMCtINsn2Oh-VWnN8MnHCeRXGjt68/s400/1a2.png" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">April Sykes was just 18 years-old when she suffered her atrocious ordeal at the hands of a monster, known as Virgil Samuels.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">According to mirror.co.uk, Samuels had attacked April and her friend Brandon McMinn while they were all travelling in a car. Suddenly Samuels flipped out of his seat to attack the two ladies; April and Brandon. He began by attempting to strangle April's friend, Brandon, who at the time of the attack beckoned on April  to stop the car. </span><span style="background-color: white;">As soon as the car was stopped, Samuels forced Brandon in the boot, and locked her there, before turning to attack April. April attempted to flee but he caught up with her, dragged her down and raped her multiple times during the night. After his attack on April, he then discovered that Brandon whom he had locked down in the boot had escaped. He then bundled April into the car, poured petrol over her and set her ablaze.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most incredibly, brave April managed to get out of the boot and walk down the street in the pouring rain. Somebody picked her up and rushed her to hospital with burns over more than 64 per cent of her body. Doctors didn't know if she would survive that night or not, but she did. April had her right hand amputated just below her elbow and the fingers on her left hand were amputated too. The brave lady recovered years later and afterwards met landscape gardener Chris whom she is currently engaged to.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Since the dreadful incident, April has battled back to regain her life, as her biggest wish was to have her own family, something the doctors weren't sure she could ever achieve.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Meanwhile, the dreaded hooligan, Samuels, tried to escape after the incident but later handed himself in and pleaded guilty to multiple charges including rape, attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2007.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">However, more than a decade after the despicable incident, April now feels she is finally putting her suffering behind her. She recently got engaged to her partner Chris, 32, a landscaper, and now they have nine months old baby boy named, Jonah.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">29 year old April said: "I have adapted myself to cope with Jonah because I am limited. I have my own way of carrying him and picking him up and now he’s bigger, I’m not afraid to hold him. I’ve learned that a person isn’t defined by what has happened to them. In the end I chose life," she said.</span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_K6HwM0KzI4MSkEvIzjHuSga7HHHb06ESvblZNE74VMdfRb8q1PnKOHT7GwyZ2w8-hM_cT9cxoxofBVgY_wxzEcr3NxifeEOqROQhSBvFzg89qjJdpBIJykkH6C44j7tjqT6ydaxKaU/s400/1a6.png" /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Source:mirror.co.uk/ LIB</span></span>

'Raped, stabbed and burnt alive' - Woman recalls her traumatic past, as she welcomes a new baby

April Sykes was just 18 years-old when she suffered her atrocious ordeal at the hands of a monster, known as Virgil Samuels. According to m...

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Three brother from Imo State converted to Islam and are currently in an Islamic school at Kaduna state- Islamic calling familly

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjn6_2vqLPqCSSPjOlobBTVN9nBk2i1VwA68Y5PSRwTGMtPb9yhQbuGo5eIRsTkYNIvM_bS9CLS4QcR7tm-FYtTdoI4Tdi3n2KIK0NzH8DwaYjqSe7ijphuO-pYKEWVCgrHoDYdNyq54/s400/1a2.png" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">According to the Facebook group, Islamic Calling Family, the three brother from Imo State converted to Islam and are currently in an Islamic school at Kaduna state. They wrote:</span><br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsK_9Qnj9eiHy8ff0CUek3rnhnWhUTNsOM1cPKKBR72Fj60EtFj6Q4bhtFA3AUbpdZn6FxODjojot3kxB1a4KH5axls8sxPcukg7axCNc35Nt2YlpViT5No36RBFNNT68pzuL1qmIDPQ/s400/1a4.png" />

Three brother from Imo State converted to Islam and are currently in an Islamic school at Kaduna state- Islamic calling familly

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T.B Joshua reacts to criticisms he received from his prophesy about the US election

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUw1KR_9KaoFhpW0bSswwUm3Mpbh_1sg78nbaTqIbNmCSKAlkQYGtFgLHjliu_jGVwu8u5mUHtOLyydxlLtUSboDB-5aGUkaYAhNfXO_svzv1eMcgUf9khOf4K9MRe9JBYki70UrQv7GYk/s400/h.jpg" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Popular Nigerian pastor, T.B Joshua was seriously criticized by many Nigerians last week after Donald Trump emerged the elected President of the US. T.B Joshua had in one of his services, prophesied that a woman was going to be elected as the next US president.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> In a post shared oh his church's Facebook page this evening, the pastor shared his view on the outcome of the election. According to him, the outcome was based on the votes of majority of Americans so everyone must accept it</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">. Read his post below</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></a><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We have seen the outcome of the election in America. Having read, you will notice that it is all about the popular vote, the vote of the majority of Americans. In this case, we need the Spirit of a Prophet to recognize or to know a Prophet. Our levels are different. We are not on the same level. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We might have great cathedrals, huge bells, and all kinds of activities that are good by human standards but human point of view is limited. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> 1 Corinthians 1:25. The foolishness of God is wiser than that of men and the weakness of God is stronger than that of men. There is no shortcut to spiritual maturity unless earthly understanding gives way to spiritual enlightenment. I see many people trying to interpret prophets on the basis of their own minds and ideas. The prophecy seems to cause uproar, to many who gave it different meaning and interpretation. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Finally, campaigns and elections in any democratic country in the world are never about one person, it is about the country we care and love. Whichever way it happens, we must accept the outcome and then look to the future (God), the Author and Finisher. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Democracy is all about accommodation. All democrats must value the process of democracy more than the product. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> God bless the United States of America.</blockquote>

T.B Joshua reacts to criticisms he received from his prophesy about the US election

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Donald Trump vows to deport 3 million illegal immigrants and build a wall on the Mexican border

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb16gDCUef6qGbbOsThaTGUUPUItvbxil3CVwLXZZ8qzKv-kN_ohAhyTovtorRPHQ1MbsDdf6n09GaJBlPwEX_XpzfckRkBbicyWIpTyDYnNcbSU_s42bS-ulfgPpU6rTvRbx0_b3E45EK/s1600/g.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes program, President-elect Donald Trump said he will deport as many as three million undocumented immigrants and build a wall on the Mexican border after he takes office.</span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "What we are going to do is get the people that are criminal and have criminal records, gang members, drug dealers, where a lot of these people, probably two million, it could be even three million - we are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate," Trump said in an excerpt released by CBS's 60 Minutes program.</blockquote> <br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></a><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">  But we’re getting them out of our country, they’re here illegally. After the border is secure and after everything gets normalised, we’re going to make a determination on the people that they’re talking about who are terrific people, they’re terrific people but we are gonna make a determination at that. But before we make that determination, it’s very important, we are going to secure our border."</blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The billionaire real estate baron made security at the US-Mexico border a central plank of his insurgent presidential campaign, which resulted in last Tuesday's shock election victory against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Trump added that the barrier to be erected on the US border with Mexico may not consist entirely of brick and mortar, but that fencing could be used in some areas</span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> ."There could be some fencing," Trump says in his first primetime interview since being elected president last week. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> But for certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. I'm very good at this, it's called construction," he tells CBS.</blockquote>

Donald Trump vows to deport 3 million illegal immigrants and build a wall on the Mexican border

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"Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance" - Soyinka blasts Nigerians asking him to tear his green card

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzyII_kMuAh7YMairIswdM77b1lF8rwohb3zAbcaqlXXI_0DzdbisIKtoR6mI4JD8HT_-aAYpKQlGVdE2WGfqd3dfGPMIpcN7o99h5ZY8V2BmpjymevwgezMVRpA2IcR_9_rw_8AEfVzHk/s400/0.jpg" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Read the full statement below</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I shall begin on a morbid note. One of the horror stories that emerged from the Daesh (Isis) controlled parts of Iraq was the gruesome tale of the mother who had a daughter affected by wanderlust, even in that endangered zone. One day, when she looked for her to attend to some home chores, she found that she had gone missing yet again. As she searched, she shouted in frustration: ”As Allah is my witness, I’ll kill that girl when I catch up with her”. A neighbour overheard and reported her to the Hisbah. The mother was summoned by the mullahs who ordered her to put the child to death, since she had sworn by Allah. She refused, so they took the child by the legs and smashed her head against a wall. End of story. True or false? It certainly was published as true testimony. That is all I have to say to the ”literalists” who obsess over a time scheme of their own assessment. Thus, failure to have torn my Green Card ”the moment” that I learnt that Mr. Donald Trump had won the presidential elections of the USA. It did not matter what I was doing at the time – teaching, eating, swimming, praying, under the shower or whatever. Or a family member saying, ”Wait for me!” – speculatively please, no such disturbance ever took place. If it did however, I am supposed to contact the Nigerian media – to whom I have never spoken, and who never contacted me – except one – to beg permission to pursue a realistic definition of ”the moment”. Media fascism is however, a subject for another day,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For now, that moment having passed, I must be culpable of breaking a solemn promise. By the way, since we are on the terrain of literalism, has anyone attempted to ”tear” or rip apart a Green Card? Even a Credit Card? For the average hands, that would take some doing! I have actually considered garden shears for a dramatic resolution, this being closer to my real profession.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I have been asked several times – interestingly only by the foreign media, with the exception of THE INTERVIEW – whether indeed I did make such a statement at any time, and whether I still intended to carry it out, and the answer remains a categorical ’Yes’. Not recently, mind you, nor, in the inaccurate blazing PUNCH headline of Thursday Nov. 16 , but in the accurate wording that is contained in the actual story on page 9. So, where and when did I first notably make that declaration. Answer: Addressing a group of students at Oxford University and fielding questions. It was NOT a public lecture. I have never summoned a press conference on the issue. The organizers did not invite the (unregistered) Association of Nigerian Internet habituees. It was the accustomed student seminar format that moved from the light-hearted to the serious, the ridiculous and (hopefully) the profound and back again. I even used the encounter to compare my threat with the public antics of a former president – unnamed, I assure you – who tore up his party membership card of a moribund ruling party. Whatever my failings, I do not lack originality, and I was not about to be find myself indebted to that contumacious general!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Nonetheless, did I mean what I said – that is, ’exiting’ the USA? Absolutely, and that is the very theme of this address. It will not attempt to deal with the notion of an exit time-table as conceived by others, as if even the incumbent US president and his replacement are not even permitted over two months to pack their bags and prepare to move in and out of the White House, but must exchange positions the very moment that a winner was proclaimed. Anyone would think that the Brexit Vote made it imperative for the Brits to plunge into the English Channel instantly, instead of negotiating two years for an orderly withdrawal. Plebians like me of course need far less time, nevertheless they do not uproot overnight. Any other proposition speaks of a permanent agenda, of frustration and hidden histories – such as opportunities to rehabilitate themselves in the public eye. There is also recession in the land, and I can understand the psychology of impotence and thus, transferred aggression. Let it be understood – before I move even one word further – that I interrupted my present commitment in the United States solely for an urgent meeting with the Ooni of Ife on an ongoing project. I am obliged to return to the US in a matter of two or three days to complete my interrupted mission. Fortunately, that mision is guaranteed to end long before the United States becomes Trumpland Real Estate.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And now we move from absurd, frankly idiotic distractions to Substance. Why, in any case, am I pulling out of the United States? Why – as demanded of me by some of my genuinely concerned and sober interlocutors around the world – why such an extreme reaction? Why the terminal response to the elections of another land? Also, and perhaps most crucially, why am I left virtually mouth agape at the furore my stance has engendered? I simply fail to understand why this has gone beyond a flurry of public commentary and hilarious cartoons, and turned into a masturbatory for some, a vomitory for others, and an epilleptic sanatorium for a self-reproducing number? Why, in genuine bafflement, do I experience astonishment? Why do people find this commonplace, accessible-to-all act so extraordinary?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The answers to all the foregoing can be summed up in a familiar expression: a life of environmental sanitation, or call it – sanity. My temperament requires a certain minimum level of environmental health to function properly. I use the word ’temperament’ as a historical fact, a personality development that first manifested itself all the way back to student days, and has remained consistent all my life. Nowhere is perfect, certainly not all the time. Nonetheless, every human being has this need, however approximate, some perhaps with objective awareness, others intuitively, some more acutely and intensely than others, especially when defined by their professions, occupations, social and other involvements. The craving is common to all humanity – if I am wrong, then I must have dropped from Mars.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here now is a potted history of the choices made by this contributor over the years in pursuit of this need, all the way from student days. Read carefully and learn!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">As a student in Leeds University, one of whose subjects was Spanish, I steadily refused to accompany other students on long vacation job opportunities in Spain, designed to make us master the spoken part of the language. Apart from the Isle of Man, I went to France and Holland instead, whose languages were not part of my studies. And yet I had already fallen in love with flamenco music – played for us from records by our Spanish lecturer, and was dying to watch flamenco dancing in the flesh. Language study however, involves, as we all know, the study of a people´s history and culture. I had encountered the history of the Spanish Civil War, the violent overthrow of a legitimate Republican government, and the ’white terror’ of the Falangist leader, General Franco. I identified with the volunteer soldiers of the International Brigade. Spain was under boycott in parts of Europe, so there was a choice to be made. I refused to step into Spain until years after I had graduated and returned home, and General Franco was certified dead and buried. A personal choice.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Australia: It is now some twelve to fifteen years since I issued a Red Card to Australia, unannounced. That Red Card subsists till today. The occasion was a conference of PEN International, and I had made the usual visa application. When the forms arrived, I found the requirements for applicants over 70 years (I think) so obnoxious, intrusive, and degrading that I refused to fill them. Negotiations with the Australian government by Australian PEN led to an exception being made for me. When it was communicated, I wrote back: Absolutely Not. I refused to be the token geriatric. That application document was highly disrespectful of age and I wondered what kind of mentality had crafted it, wondered if the Australians themselves knew what image was being projected in their name. I said to our go-betweens: Not for a moment am I equating myself with Desmond Tutu or Nelson Mandela, but they are older. Does it mean that, if they decide to visit Australia, you would subject them to this form of degradation?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Till today, I have routinely declined any invitation to Australia, a country I had visited years earlier to sumptuous hospitality. I learnt some time ago that the obnoxious requirements have been removed but have not bothered to check. The reason was this follow-up: a journalist heard about my absence from the PEN conference and made enquiries. He interviewed me and I told him the cause. After visiting the Australian embassy for their side of the story, he reported back that the diplomat in charge responded to his questions with the comment that the embassy was too busy with more important matters. did not make a fuss. My position was based on principle but, basically, it was a personal affair between me and Australia. It remains so till today.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">China: I did not, could not visit China for years after Tienanman Square. I was dying to visit that remarkable nation of culture and history, itching to go with every invitation. The Chinese ambassador in Nigeria tried to win me over after the ousting of the Gang of Four. I declined, but accepted the books he had told me did not exist while the Thought of Chairman Mao ruled the waves. Even when, years later, one of the top American travel agents organized a visit of Nobel laureates with mouth watering honoraria, I could not bring myself to join others. Constantly swimming before my eyes was the image of armoured trucks and tanks running over students encamped in Tienanmen Square, leaving behind rivulets of blood. Before I eventually accepted an invitation from the University of Beijing, I checked with some of the dissident poets – was it a decent time to visit? Had sufficient time passed for the average survivor of that carnage to obtain closure? Until they gave me the green light, I refused all invitations. Again I did not fuss. I did not call an international press conference in the interim.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Back home to our continent – this time, post-Apartheid South Africa. How many of these hysterical purveyors of Internet obscenities – including some printed media – are aware that for nearly two years, I handed South Africa the Red Card? And why? Because of her then astonishing display of xenophobia, most notably against Nigerians. I was a personal recepient of that treatment which took place – of all occasions imaginable – on the occasion of my visit to deliver a three-part memorial lecture in honour of the late Nelson Mandela. Undoubtedly, on that very occasion, there had been a misunderstanding over visa issuance. Nonetheless, taken in the context of the rampant humiliation of Nigerians at the hands of South African authorities, and the South African civic pockets also, I went to the final lecture with my luggage. The moment I concluded the last of my lectures, I insisted on being driven to the airport, silently shaking off the South African dust off my feet for ever. It was only to my hosts that I uttered the declaration that they were seeing me in their nation for the last time. Until I withdrew the Red Card, I did not summon the Press.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Now, how did that boycott end? It is a remarkable story which deserves its place in the narratives of sheer serendipity. It involved Dennis Brutus, the South African poet, an enlightened Head of Nigerian Immigration and, indirectly, Archishop Desmond Tutu and Albie Sachs, former chairman of the South African Constitutional Court. Also, retrospectively, the role played by Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel, during my ordeal at the airport. While the boycott lasted however, I declined between seven to nine invitations to South Africa, including a UNESCO event that was however billed to take place there. The ending of that boycott, like the beginning, was ultimately my private and personal decision.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Shall we take Cuba, that revolutionary island where I was personally decorated by Fidel Castro with the Felix Valera medal of honour? Despite all efforts by the then Cuban ambassador to Nigeria, and very valued friends and colleagues in Cuba, I issued her my usual silent card some years ago. I found the execution of those ill-fated adventurers who tried to escape on a raft excessive, not forgetting the shooting down of a hi-jacked plane. Were their acts condemnable? Indisputably! Did the punishment fit the crime however? My answer is obvious – No. Jose Saramago, the late Portuguese Nobelist had apparently taken the same position, as I found out when we both met at a subsequent event in Cuba when our Cuban boycotts eventually ended. Were we wrong or right? That is immaterial. The point is that neither called a press conference or publicised our individual decisions. They were personal decisions, made independently.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And so on, and on, and on….brief to prolonged, reluctant to instant boycotts of places of normally congenial roosting, for a variety of reasons, and dictated by individual temperaments. And so we come finally to Donald Trump, and the sometimes travesty of collective choice.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I was in New York during the run-up to elections. I watched this face, its body language, listened to his uncouth, racist language, his imbecillic harangues, the insults to other peoples, other races, especially the Hispanics, Africans and Afro-Americans, even citing once – I was told – Nigeria as an instance of the burdensome occupation of global space. I watched and listened, disbelievingly, since this was America, supposedly now freed to a large extent – as we like to believe and have a right to expect – from its lamentable history of racism. But I saw, not only this would-be president but – enthusing followers on populist a populist roll at the expense of minorities! I followed the fluctuating poll statistics. I began to warn my colleagues, friends, my family: listen, this thing is happening right before our very eyes. This is how it begins, how humanity ends up with Cambodia, with Rwanda, with Da’esh. We are watching a Hitlerite phenomenon. We are witnessing history in reverse, unravelling before a complacent world. I said to them, if this man wins, I am relocating. It had gone beyond a joke. They all said, it will never happen. Even a day to elections, some Nigerians, with whom I had a meeting in New York, waved off the possibility. The entire world goofed – T.B. Joshua and other pundits, charlattans and experts alike. A colleague at Harvard mentioned the celebrations that would follow the election, but shortly after, confessed his concerns, cursing the FBI man who had chosen to intervene at an unprecedented stage in the elections.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Again, I said to him, I shall relocate if Trump wins. He said, I’m coming with you, echoing numerous other colleagues to whom I had sounded the same alert. I promised them all political asylum! So, it was nothing new, the Oxford comment. Whatever language I used is my familiar language, not the language of Da’esh or its local impotent surrogates.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Finally, here is something very personal, but I have to answer the question of my genuine interlocutors in matching sincerity.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Our US base and family home in California – Abacha instigated – faces a rockhill known as Mount Baldy. It has survived the menace of fires, so close to disaster that we were placed on evacuation alert a number of times and were once actually bundled out by the police for over forty-eight hours. A fireball overflew the house on one occasion, landed some distance from ours and consumed that unlucky home. Not too far away, an escaping family took a wrong turn and lost their lives in the flames. Nothing of such menacing interludes ever brought to the fore the remotest consideration of relocating! However – and let this be stressed to all those who are strangers to the world of images – for this individual called Wole Soyinka, the superimposition of the Trumpian face on those bare mountain slabs began to take on reality, a reality that probably became even three-dimensional, like the massive faces of those former US presidents that remain gouged into the peaks of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, visited by millions. My environment, albeit a substitute one for our authentic home in the forests of Ijegba – had become compromised. That is all I shall write on the reality of superimposition – the notion of waking up every day of habitation and seeing on that mountain slab the face of Donald Trump on my borrowed preserve, where, from upstairs, I sometimes stood in bouts of contemplation, especially whenever the house was empty.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For me, something is gone. Again, I speak for myself, not for my family who are, in any case, also American citizens, an acquisition that I have declined I cannot recall how often. Let me repeat, even that portion of empathy that comes from intimate occupancy and usage over the years, and where the products of my ”extra mileage” were born, has become violated. It is still home, second home, but one individual named Donald Trump – and his cohorts – have ruined its hard-earned companionship and serenity, built up over the years. As I keep repeating, these issues are personal.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And so, back from our quick excursions to Asia and the Antipodes, what is so special about America that an agenda of abandonment creates such hysteria? I am incapable of double standards in these matters. Why do individuals feel threatened? I have never invited anyone to join me in my purely personal odyssey, begun before most of these sniveling upstarts were born. Is it the Green Card that sets America apart? Then perhaps it iis time to repay the compliment with a Red card, as in soccer. I am not aware that the world’s oxygen storage tanks are located in the US of A, so that we cannot breathe away from it. I shall always compliment the American success story on many fronts, including the fact that millions of migrants derive their very living – including crucial send-home remittances – from her generosity. Many of us will always be grateful to her government at the time for sheltering both our persons and our mission during the Abacha years. However, we are also individuals, with specific needs, different sensibilities, and definitions of productive environments and thus, up to this moment, my Wolexit stands.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It is a personal thing. Perhaps it will help even further if I remind you of what I wrote in my memoirs: YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN. There I confessed that my greatest – and irrational – fear in exile was that if I died outside Nigeria, my well-meaning family, colleagues and friends, would bring my body home. I took firm steps. The thought of resting within that earth while it was trampled over by a despotic monster whom I thoroughly despised, was the absurd but all-consuming fear that I had all through that deadly struggle. Obviously that fear has been eliminated, but then, having watched this American Wonder rise to power through a contemptible denigration of my sector of humanity, through mockery and jeers of my origin, I no longer find that environment congenial either for work or leisure, and I have signalled my unambiguous intent to exit. No one else is invited.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well now, a remarkable development. I stated earlier that the issue is not just one individual called Donald Trump, but the human environment that he and his ilk have spawned, one that contributes to a toxic environment across the globe, with the rise of ultra-nationalism and exclusionist politics. That environment is however engendering counter aspects to that created by Trump’s lowest common demonimator in followership. Spontaneous protests have sprung up across the country. Too late, I’m afraid, and ineffectual, since Demoracy has the last word, and its rituals have been concluded. The law of the land will prevail. However, I have been considerably cheered by the spontaneous manifestation of this rejection of the shame and horror that a ”majority” has imposed on the totality. Americans will have to live with it, but there is hope. Even before the street protests, something rather strange had taken place.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On the very morning of the conclusion of elections when I switched away from one news channel to the next, the screen went suddenly blank. Then came a scrolled message that called for a quiet, peaceful revolution. It went on and on, without voice or images, and it was non-partisan, since it rejected not only Trump but Clinton as befitting candidates but declared American democracy a sham. It went on to complicate matters by identifying an individual – Bernie Saunders – by name as an acceptable leader of a new movement. It excoriated past governance policies, dismissed even Obamacare as a failure – I disagree by the way – and urged viewers again and again to LET’S TALK ABOUT IT. LET’S MEET ON THE INTERNET. LET A PEACEFUL REVOLUTION BEGIN etc. etc. It could have been Channel 33 or 34, I am no longer sure. A serious, viable movement? Maybe not sustainable under the present system, but it goes into that multi-faceted network that leads to the eventual sanitization of any socio-political environment. And then, latest of the latest, the state of California has mounted a referendum for secession, within her constitutional rights. Quite an unpredictable prospect but, much as I am predisposed to upheavals by vox populi, I prefer to be out of the environment, being a non-citizen.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Let me end with a Red Card to those noisome creatures, the nattering nit-wits of Internet: maybe Trumpland is not as despicable as the Naijaland you impose on our reality from your secure cesspits of anonymity. Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance, ignorance of whatever subject you so readily comment upon. Learn to study your subject before opening up on issues beyond your grasp. Sometimes you make one feel like swapping one green for another, out of embarassment for occupying the same national space as you. But don’t get nervous, or start jumping for joy too soon – the Nigerian passport is just as tough to rip, physically, as is the Green Card, so I’ll stay put in my private Green Belt – the one I have named the Autonomous Republic of Ijegba. I negotiate my relations with both peoples and nations from its internal protocols – yes, that is indeed arrogance for you, but an arrogance of several decades’ principled growth. I carry that patch of green with me, everywhere, in a secure, invisible, and inaccessible pouch! It is that warehouse of ingrained sensibilities that engendered my decision.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">WOLEXIT stands – I coined that deliberately, to signify repossesion of my space of legitimate decisions. The media can nitpick over details – that is your profession. At long last, totally oblivious of the ongoing cacophony that had sprung up in my absence, I finally did receive for the first time a brief questionaire from a Nigerian journal, The INTERVIEW, and one other. I responded. My exit time schema applies, not yours. If it even becomes convenient to bring it forward, I intend to do so, but please don’t come at me with plaints of time imprecision. ! never discussed it with you, nor invited you to a private decision whose execution was already in the making. Do not try to browbeat me. It’s a waste of time – all you have to do is immerse yourselves in my antecedents.</span>

"Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance" - Soyinka blasts Nigerians asking him to tear his green card

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Sound Sultan denies been bounced from entering Quilox Night club as claimed by Oritsefemi's Mgt.

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GgHgk9DNQdyT8j66Y54SOGR96cPStoXQrO3e8ZKjyCzi-3eGmq5tMXCOxXginOQrCWoSKJW-vK7xgMCZpBIeWtnF4W9IeOnGHZ4XpFJuenmi8e80wQtcPDAWlZWDA6iCieejR6MSfXL8/s400/1a1a.png" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On Friday, singer Oritsefemi had a brawl with some of the bouncers at Quilox Night club in Lagos. His management released a statement stating that Oritsefemi got into the brawl because he was trying to defend Sound Sultan who was being bounced from entering the VIP section of the club. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Sound Sultan took to his IG account to deny that he was bounced. He said: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"After Misinformation I was chilling in the VIP as every other time in my Cousins club ."</span>

Sound Sultan denies been bounced from entering Quilox Night club as claimed by Oritsefemi's Mgt.

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Pres. Buhari is out of ideas- Fayose says

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_aYBvILfwwpDMjd1Wh-cB9C3fzib7w286h_a16IrTvMzBNY2Tmia8XvKP2S3l0RS6VrG9t4EKn7xlveYcQZD8hcs-S0GLb9RKsZXau24lt5E7LwQT9tzqbKR6yA_KMNYzbx6EZzMsR8Qn/s400/1a1a.png" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said the country is currently grounded because President Buhari is bereft of ideas to lead the country. In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Idowu Adelusi, Fayose who spoke when he addressed members of the state assembly yesterday in Ado Ekito the state capital, said :</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></a><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "Very soon, APC will explode and disintegrate because it was founded on deceit. If you are in PDP, you are a pen robber, but if you gate-crashed into APC, you become a saint automatically.‎ Within one and half year, the APC government grounded the economy. Unfortunately, Muhammadu Buhari cannot find solution to hunger, unemployment, depressed economy and insecurity in the country because he is bereft of the ideas. Nigerians should brace up to change the change because the right leader, the right president is yet to come. What we have now is aberration".</blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Read the full statement below:</span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said that not repaying evil for any evil done him has remained the secret of his continuous victory against all odds put on his way by enemies. Fayose, who turns 56 on Tuesday added that total reliance on God was his power and nothing else. He cited a Biblical injunction to buttress his claims: " Phillipians Chapter 4 verse 13, says I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me. Jesus Christ is my strength. If I am talking, If I am heard, if I could not be cowed or suppressed, If I am providing good governance to Ekiti people who elected me as their governor, If I am providing good leadership to people, it is because I have Christ as my strength and truly in him, I can do all things."</blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Idowu Adelusi, the Governor who reflected on the rough journey of his life while addressing members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly during a closed door meeting at the Government House in Ado Ekiti yesterday, said though his road had been bumpy but because he was a man of destiny he had never lost any battle.</span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "Let this be known, I wasn't born with sliver spoon but with wood spoon in mouth, my struggle in the journey of life , founded on truth, hard work and ‎firm believe in God, landed me where I am today. I remember God telling me never to avenge, but do good to all manners of men. In doing so, lies my victory and progress." Fayose said his return to power was beyond human comprehension, saying the stone which was rejected by the builder became strong pillar of the house.</blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Governor Fayose who went down memory lane about the conspiracy of 2006 against him by the then members of the state House of Assembly which saw to his sudden, un-celebrated but undeserved exit from the seat of power by an impeachment later dismissed as illegitimate by the Supreme Court, admonishing the current lawmakers, saying:</span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> "The traitors of yesterday, where are they now? God said in Psalm 68 verse 6, ...but the rebellious dwell in dry land. God also said those who pay evil with evil, evil will never depart from their house. These messages are warnings to traitors, " he warned. Speaking about his admirable performance in two years in office, Fayose said he had pact with Ekiti people to transform the state, adding that he had ideas up his sleeve but has been hampered by time and finance. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> However, the Governor said: " I will complete the flyover, King's Market, Judiciary building, new governor's office, Ikere - Ado road dualisation and other projects going on at the local governments, " and urged Ekiti people to continue to support him and ignore the lies of APC about him. Hitting hard at the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC) party at the centre, he said: " Very soon, APC will explode and disintegrate because it was founded on deceit. If you are in PDP, you are a pen robber, but if you gate-crashed into APC, you become a saint automatically.‎ Within one and half year, the APC government grounded the economy. </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Unfortunately, Muhammadu Buhari cannot find solution to hunger, unemployment, depressed economy and insecurity in the country because he is bereft of the ideas. Nigerians should brace up to change the change because the right leader, the right president is yet to come. What we have now is aberration, " the governor asserted.</blockquote>

Pres. Buhari is out of ideas- Fayose says

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has said the country is currently grounded because President Buhari is bereft of ideas to lead the cou...

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Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria builds a one barrel of crude per day refinary

<div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="ABU builds 1-barrel-per-day oil refinery" height="187" src="http://images.dailytrust.com.ng/cms/gall_content/2016/11/2016_11$large_The_ABU_Refinery.jpg" width="320" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to daily trust, the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has established a refinery with capacity to process one barrel of crude oil per day.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The team leader of the project, Professor Ibrahim Ali Muhammad Dabo told our correspondent who visited the refinery site that at present the refinery would be used mainly for the training of students, although the department had the manpower to build a refinery that would be bigger than that of Kaduna if it had government support.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The initial idea was to construct a 1,000 barrel-capacity refinery, but lack of funding limited us to this one, where we would now be refining one barrel per day,” Dabo said, adding that more than 80 per cent of the materials used for the construction of the refinery were sourced locally. </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Only the controls were sourced from Hong Kong. No expatriate was hired from abroad. All those that were engaged in this project are Nigerians. Therefore, this mini refinery is a product of Nigerian brains. If government can come in, we have the ability to do wonderful things, not only refinery.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is our training and it is what our department is meant for,” he said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He explained that beside the land and fencing that ABU provided, the project cost only about N20 million.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Professor Dabo further stated that the idea of the mini refinery was conceived about 15 years back, but work commenced fully in the year 2011.</span></div> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daily Trust<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span>

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria builds a one barrel of crude per day refinary

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Donald Trump is “Not America’s president”

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> <img src="http://static.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/11075244/not-2-300x166.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In more than 13 states in America, anti-Trump protesters have taken to the streets to express their disbelief, fears and concern for a nation that is projected to fail under Trump’s leadership.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Though America has its own shocking history of post-election violence, the pattern seemed to have given way to a culture of decorum amongst Americans after elections.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With Trump’s win at the presidential elections only two days ago, old things have become new in America. Citizens in different parts, as seen above, are turning out in their numbers and their major contention is with what appears to be the new reality for a country that touts herself as “united”.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Through Donald Trump’s three-month campaign, he made offensive remarks about almost every minority group in the society. Women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, LGBT etc, were targeted during and even before his campaign. In the early days, his actions were seen by most as campaign tactics, as the election drew closer, it became known that this presidential hopeful was everything unpresidential, despite his frequent denials.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Donald Trump easily called Mexican immigrants “rapists” and promised to build a wall to keep immigrants from coming in to the US, to the black community, he said, “<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?</em>“, he casually ridiculed America’s respected democracy and explicitly declared that the election would be rigged in his opponent’s favour, he openly talked down on women and faced several sexual assault scandals days before the election, he called for a ban on Muslims and suggested that they hate the US. Yet, he won!</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of these define the fears of the protesters on the streets. Will campaign-Trump be the same as president Trump?</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If one is to judge based on his acceptance speech, then you might want to cut the president-elect some slack. “<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans and this is so important to me</em>“. Donald Trump’s conciliatory gesture, apparently, does not strike a responsive chord with the millions of Americans whose hope and safety in America is now being threatened.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">President-elect Donald Trump is on the verge of sabotaging the American Dream. It’s been only 72 hours since the elections and there are already reports of hate crimes targeted against hijab-wearing Muslims, Latinos and African-Americans. These unrelated events have been linked to the Trump win and there are possibilities of a significant rise in this type of attacks.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Along the same line, police are not able to curtail the protests just yet and it is not known when or if the unrelenting protesters will give up just yet. On social media, a number of groups have scheduled fresh protests for the swearing-in week in January. The same message resonates throughout the protests and it’s “<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Not My President</strong>“.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will America ever accept Donald Trump as president? The answer is No. But what all of this will lead to is what we’re not sure of but it’s not looking any good.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">culled from: ynaija</span></div>

Donald Trump is “Not America’s president”

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Prof Wole Soyinka says, Trump will withdraw support in fighting Boko Haram

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="soyinka" src="http://cdn1.dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/soyinka4.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Soyinka told Newsweek that the victory of Donald Trump in the United State’s November 8 presidential election could lead to the withdrawal of support in Nigeria’s fight against the Boko Haram insurgents. </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In his words:</span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> “One should expect that level of collaboration to diminish. Trump’s mentality is one of, ‘What are we doing there? What business do we have over there?’”</span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I foresee Trump dismissing that kind of expectation offhand and closing in, shrinking, becoming smaller in terms of [the U.S.’s] presence in other parts of the world.”</span></blockquote> <br /> DAILYPOST

Prof Wole Soyinka says, Trump will withdraw support in fighting Boko Haram

Soyinka told Newsweek that the victory of Donald Trump in the United State’s November 8 presidential election could lead to the withdrawa...

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Zuckerberg says, Facebook should not be held responsible for fake news

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Zuckerberg defends Facebook over Trump" height="208" src="https://media.files.today.ng/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mark-Zuckerberg-690x450.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Facing criticism that fake news on Facebook aided the rise of Donald Trump, founder Mark Zuckerberg has strongly defended his network.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speaking on stage at Techonomy, a technology conference in California, Zuckerberg said Facebook should not be held responsible.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The idea that fake news on Facebook influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,” he said.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“If you believe that then I don’t think you have internalized the message Trump supporters are trying to send in this election.”</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some data has shown that fake stories were being far more widely shared on the platform than follow up stories debunking the claims.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For an increasing number of people, particularly Americans, Facebook is becoming the primary source of news coverage.</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The site’s News Feed is specifically designed to show users content it thinks will be of most interest, creating what some describe as a “filter bubble” that reinforces a person’s view without injecting differences in opinion.</span></div>

Zuckerberg says, Facebook should not be held responsible for fake news

Facing criticism that fake news on Facebook aided the rise of Donald Trump, founder Mark Zuckerberg has strongly defended his network. Sp...

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God positioned Trump to fight immorality – CAN President

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="God positioned Trump to fight immorality – CAN President" height="208" src="https://media.files.today.ng/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Sampson-Ayokunle-690x450.jpg" width="320" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 1em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has said the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump, was positioned by God to fight immorality in the country.<br />Ayokunle said this at the 29th General Assembly of the Christian Council of Nigeria held at First Baptist Church, Garki, Abuja on Thursday.<br />The three-day programme is tagged: “God of Life: Lead Nigeria to Justice, Peace and Dignity.”<br />Ayokunle called on Americans to watch very closely as the new administration would not tolerate the issues of immorality in the country any more.<br />According to him, God has now positioned Trump to fight the immoral life in the American society.<br />He said a nation that was once known as God’s own country, is becoming Sodom and Gomorrah.<br />Ayokunle said that there was an extent to which a nation would emphasise secular and individual liberty to the neglect of God’s absolute reign to the affairs of men.</span></div>

God positioned Trump to fight immorality – CAN President

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Gernot Rohr has blasted Chelsea coach, saying 'Mikel Obi is being punished at Chelsea because he played at Olympics'

<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXktuWlzu_myzbM88Q77_cLV01h2JO9DkewD9nPVc3KuKHhZ1qxAlLewOHvFY3x5fInvFINNRAgAa0gK8gRMUMHd0vMatyLtUFDB4zOzFWisr9RCGaL2llX9IULx16DcF71oAN7bx3GUHD/s400/unnamed.jpg" /><br /> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-935714578012801012" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 616px;"> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">John Mikel Obi has not played a single minute of football this season for Chelsea, with Chelsea coach Antonio Conte preferring the likes of Kante, Nemanja Matic, Cesc Fabregas, Loftus Cheek and Oscar to Mikel Obi.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nigeria's chief technical adviser Gernot Rohr has blasted Chelsea coach, saying he is punishing the Nigerian captain for missing out on pre-season preparations with Chelsea as he helped Nigeria's U-23 team win the Rio 2016 Olympics football Bronze medal.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>"I can never punish a player because he played for his country, and I am not happy with what is happening to Mikel at his club because he is my captain.' Rohr told journalists at a press conference in Uyo.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The only thing that has not made Mikel to play for Chelsea this season is because he went with the U23 team that won bronze at the 2016 Olympics games, and that is why he is being punished” the Super Eagles coach said.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">''He has not featured under the new coach, Conte, since then. But I will still build  the   team playing against Algeria around him because he is in a  good shape and fit for the match.</span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Besides, Mikel is committed to the national team and he is a source of motivation to the other players.”</span></div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">LIB</span></div> </div>

Gernot Rohr has blasted Chelsea coach, saying 'Mikel Obi is being punished at Chelsea because he played at Olympics'

John Mikel Obi has not played a single minute of football this season for Chelsea, with Chelsea coach Antonio Conte preferring the likes ...

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