Wole Soyinka Finally Responds to Pressure of Destroying U.S Residency Permit

 Wole Soyinka may not be destroying his U.S passport anytime soon despite Donald Trump's election upset.

 

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit just yet; while he warned that the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race could jeopardize U.S. support in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram.

 His response was necessitated by a heavy pressure mounted on the public affairs analyst by Nigerians on social media after Donald Trump's unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton in the just concluded U.S presidential election.

 In an interview with Newsweek, Soyinka stated that Trump’s ‘bunker mentality’ could see the U.S. withdraw support for counter-terrorism operations in West Africa.

 He seized the opportunity to reaffirm his stand on the destruction of his United States of America residency permit as publicized in the media.

In response, the report quoted Soyinka as saying that he is biding his time until Trump is inaugurated in January before deciding on his next steps.

 “Why don’t we wait until Trump actually takes office?

"I am just going about my normal commitments, but definitely not getting into any more commitments. Let’s put it that way for now,” he said.

 According to the report, under the administration of Barack Obama, the U.S. has provided financial support and military training to West African countries fighting Boko Haram.  During the parley, Soyinka reiterated that Trump’s “bunker mentality” could see the U.S. withdraw support for counter-terrorism operations in West Africa.

The Nigerian author and playwright also says that he will not destroy his U.S. residency permit just yet, despite a pre-election pledge to “cut” his green card, which is afforded to immigrants granted permanent residence in the country.

 The Nigerian author—who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature in 1986 - says he is biding his time until Trump is inaugurated in January before deciding on his next steps. “Why don’t we wait until Trump actually takes office?” says Soyinka.

 “I’m just going about my normal commitments, but definitely not getting into any more commitments. Let’s put it that way for now.”

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Donald Trump's Victory - Between the Man of God and the God of Man

Nigerians have been shocked by the failed prophecies of certain men of God regarding the U.S presidential elections, wondering if they were inspired by God at all. Now, Enenche Enenche weighs in on the matter.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

 

The Bible says go into the world and preach the gospel. The gospel is the good news and what Christ has done.

 The Bible didn’t say we should go into the world and do politics. Sacred altars where the undiluted Word of God should be flowing from to feed and grow human spirits, have been reduced to political campaign pulpits.

 

We have dropped the Cross from the Gospel, and any gospel without the Cross is not a gospel, it may have religious coloration, but if it is not the gospel, it is not the gospel.

 

We have dropped the gospel and now spend more energy on the buildings that housed the church instead of concentrating on building the people that make up the church.

We have great and beautiful buildings, with shallow teachings and self appraisal doctrines that constantly keep us at the mercy of gullible adventures.

 We believe the Men of God, more than the God of men. We take ‘prophecy’ seriously more than we take our Bible.

 One thing that has been running through my mind for some time now is the extremism that we in Africa can take truth to and most times make a mess of it.

 The God of Men is an ever loving God, He instructs us to come to Him “boldly unto the throne of grace to obtain mercy”.

 The God of men is a loving God, we wants me to come to Him BOLDLY, why because of what Christ Has done.

The “Man of God” on the other hand wants me to come to him fidgeting, because he has the anointing to make and mar. I dare not offend him because he knows how to serve the meal of punishment… I wonder if love of Christ is part of their spirituality.

 These days the God of man is truly in charge. He has a way of telling any man he is God. When a man is becoming unbecoming and humanity starts seeing him as demigod, the God of men has a way of placing him where he belongs.

 Many “Prophets” said Goodluck Jonathan was going to win. Most of the atrocities recklessly committed to General M. Buhari, was as a result of prophecies that Goodluck was going to win.

 A governorship candidate in Delta state was told by prophets he was going to win, he went home to sleep, when his fellow contestants were sharing money, he was bragging that he had won already… All thanks to the prophecy by the man of God.

 

Today, He is not the one in government house Asaba. The last time I saw him was when he was shouting on TV, “Jega you are bias…”.

 

I am not against prophets or prophecies, I know many and few I am close to. The Bible also recognizes the office of the prophet.

 

Building your life on prophecy is deadly. It has shipwrecked many marriages and destinies.

 

God’s Word is spirit and life, that is what your spirit man needs to survive and grown. Prophecy alone can’t sustain a man.

 Living on prophecy alone, is like living in an air conditioned room for One year without food but still expect to survive. You won’t suffer heat, but you would suffer starvation.

 Prophecy is an emergency intervention, being a prophet is a gift, it is like football gift, singing, writing gift etc. It doesn’t make you less human and more “God”.

When men cry out to “Man of God” for help and not the God of men who sent them, then I see someone filling his flesh with ego and pride… Nothing from the flesh realm is spiritual including ego!

God of men is forever God and no Man of God is forever. Build your life on the Word. Your body needs food to be alive, you who is a spirit in a body needs the Word of God to survive.

 Prophecy is for edification, any prophecy that breeds fear more than faith is not from God, discard it. You are the number one prophet of your life.

Prophecy doesn’t mean it must happen, it is only showing you what may likely happen if you don’t pray.

 

ANYTHING GOD CAN DO, PRAYER CAN DO IT!

 

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U.S Election: How Oracle Monkey and Fish Humiliated 'Prophet' T.B Joshua

Two mystical animals across the world have outshone popular Nigerian 'man of God' and leader of the Synagogue of All Nations - T.B Joshua over his flat prediction of the outcome of the U.S election.

Collage of pictures of the monkey, fish, T.B Joshua and Hillary Clinton

 

If predictions were what church members follow, then Nigerian televangelist Temitope B. Joshua would lose majority of his followers to some oracles in India and China.
T.B Joshua, as he is fondly called by his congregation, predicted on Sunday that the United States Elections would be won by Hillary Clinton. He said it was going to be a narrow win for the woman and that shortly into her administration, her “boat will be rocked”, as a “vote of no confidence” would be threatened against her.
Unfortunately for the prophet, Donald Trump came out victorious, beating Hillary Clinton by a wide margin 276 electoral votes to 218.

Meanwhile, a Chinese monkey and an Indian fish predicted the Republican Presidential candidate’s win correctly. A few days to the election, a Chennai fish called Chanakya III, chose to eat fish feed placed for it on a boat with Trump’s picture on it, and not from the one with Democrat Hillary Clinton’s photo on it. Chanakya-III apparently picked the Trump boat a total of seven times.

Last week, AFP reported that a Chinese monkey described as the “king of prophets” tipped Trump for the U.S presidency. The monkey was reportedly given a chance to pick between life-sized cut-outs of Trump and Clinton.

“After “deliberate thought” the mystic monkey chose Trump, Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park said in a statement on its website. Without even waiting, he congratulated the cardboard candidate with a kiss on the lips,”

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Donald Trump: An American Tragedy

This is an interesting expose on the unprecedented victory of U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

Donald Trump

 

The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism.

 

Trump’s shocking victory, his ascension to the Presidency, is a sickening event in the history of the United States and liberal democracy. On January 20, 2017, we will bid farewell to the first African-American President—a man of integrity, dignity, and generous spirit—and witness the inauguration of a con who did little to spurn endorsement by forces of xenophobia and white supremacy. It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety.

There are, inevitably, miseries to come: an increasingly reactionary Supreme Court; an emboldened right-wing Congress; a President whose disdain for women and minorities, civil liberties and scientific fact, to say nothing of simple decency, has been repeatedly demonstrated. Trump is vulgarity unbounded, a knowledge-free national leader who will not only set markets tumbling but will strike fear into the hearts of the vulnerable, the weak, and, above all, the many varieties of Other whom he has so deeply insulted. The African-American Other.

 

The Hispanic Other. The female Other. The Jewish and Muslim Other. The most hopeful way to look at this grievous event—and it’s a stretch—is that this election and the years to follow will be a test of the strength, or the fragility, of American institutions. It will be a test of our seriousness and resolve.

Early on Election Day, the polls held out cause for concern, but they provided sufficiently promising news for Democrats in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, and even Florida that there was every reason to think about celebrating the fulfillment of Seneca Falls, the election of the first woman to the White House. Potential victories in states like Georgia disappeared, little more than a week ago, with the F.B.I. director’s heedless and damaging letter to Congress about reopening his investigation and the reappearance of damaging buzzwords like “e-mails,” “Anthony Weiner,” and “fifteen-year-old girl.” But the odds were still with Hillary Clinton.

All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right. That he has prevailed, that he has won this election, is a crushing blow to the spirit; it is an event that will likely cast the country into a period of economic, political, and social uncertainty that we cannot yet imagine. That the electorate has, in its plurality, decided to live in Trump’s world of vanity, hate, arrogance, untruth, and recklessness, his disdain for democratic norms, is a fact that will lead, inevitably, to all manner of national decline and suffering.

In the coming days, commentators will attempt to normalize this event. They will try to soothe their readers and viewers with thoughts about the “innate wisdom” and “essential decency” of the American people. They will downplay the virulence of the nationalism displayed, the cruel decision to elevate a man who rides in a gold-plated airliner but who has staked his claim with the populist rhetoric of blood and soil.

 

George Orwell, the most fearless of commentators, was right to point out that public opinion is no more innately wise than humans are innately kind. People can behave foolishly, recklessly, self-destructively in the aggregate just as they can individually. Sometimes all they require is a leader of cunning, a demagogue who reads the waves of resentment and rides them to a popular victory. “The point is that the relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion,” Orwell wrote in his essay “Freedom of the Park.” “The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.”

Trump ran his campaign sensing the feeling of dispossession and anxiety among millions of voters—white voters, in the main. And many of those voters—not all, but many—followed Trump because they saw that this slick performer, once a relative cipher when it came to politics, a marginal self-promoting buffoon in the jokescape of eighties and nineties New York, was more than willing to assume their resentments, their fury, their sense of a new world that conspired against their interests. That he was a billionaire of low repute did not dissuade them any more than pro-Brexit voters in Britain were dissuaded by the cynicism of Boris Johnson and so many others.

 

The Democratic electorate might have taken comfort in the fact that the nation had recovered substantially, if unevenly, from the Great Recession in many ways—unemployment is down to 4.9 per cent—but it led them, it led us, to grossly underestimate reality. The Democratic electorate also believed that, with the election of an African-American President and the rise of marriage equality and other such markers, the culture wars were coming to a close. Trump began his campaign declaring Mexican immigrants to be “rapists”; he closed it with an anti-Semitic ad evoking “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”; his own behavior made a mockery of the dignity of women and women’s bodies. And, when criticized for any of it, he batted it all away as “political correctness.”

 

Surely such a cruel and retrograde figure could succeed among some voters, but how could he win? Surely, Breitbart News, a site of vile conspiracies, could not become for millions a source of news and mainstream opinion. And yet Trump, who may have set out on his campaign merely as a branding exercise, sooner or later recognized that he could embody and manipulate these dark forces. The fact that “traditional” Republicans, from George H. W. Bush to Mitt Romney, announced their distaste for Trump only seemed to deepen his emotional support.

The commentators, in their attempt to normalize this tragedy, will also find ways to discount the bumbling and destructive behavior of the F.B.I., the malign interference of Russian intelligence, the free pass—the hours of uninterrupted, unmediated coverage of his rallies—provided to Trump by cable television, particularly in the early months of his campaign. We will be asked to count on the stability of American institutions, the tendency of even the most radical politicians to rein themselves in when admitted to office. Liberals will be admonished as smug, disconnected from suffering, as if so many Democratic voters were unacquainted with poverty, struggle, and misfortune. There is no reason to believe this palaver. There is no reason to believe that Trump and his band of associates—Chris Christie, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Pence, and, yes, Paul Ryan—are in any mood to govern as Republicans within the traditional boundaries of decency. Trump was not elected on a platform of decency, fairness, moderation, compromise, and the rule of law; he was elected, in the main, on a platform of resentment. Fascism is not our future—it cannot be; we cannot allow it to be so—but this is surely the way fascism can begin.

Hillary Clinton was a flawed candidate but a resilient, intelligent, and competent leader, who never overcame her image among millions of voters as untrustworthy and entitled. Some of this was the result of her ingrown instinct for suspicion, developed over the years after one bogus “scandal” after another. And yet, somehow, no matter how long and committed her earnest public service, she was less trusted than Trump, a flim-flam man who cheated his customers, investors, and contractors; a hollow man whose countless statements and behavior reflect a human being of dismal qualities—greedy, mendacious, and bigoted. His level of egotism is rarely exhibited outside of a clinical environment.

For eight years, the country has lived with Barack Obama as its President. Too often, we tried to diminish the racism and resentment that bubbled under the cyber-surface. But the information loop had been shattered. On Facebook, articles in the traditional, fact-based press look the same as articles from the conspiratorial alt-right media. Spokesmen for the unspeakable now have access to huge audiences. This was the cauldron, with so much misogynistic language, that helped to demean and destroy Clinton. The alt-right press was the purveyor of constant lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories that Trump used as the oxygen of his campaign. Steve Bannon, a pivotal figure at Breitbart, was his propagandist and campaign manager.

It is all a dismal picture. Late last night, as the results were coming in from the last states, a friend called me full of sadness, full of anxiety about conflict, about war. Why not leave the country? But despair is no answer. To combat authoritarianism, to call out lies, to struggle honorably and fiercely in the name of American ideals—that is what is left to do. That is all there is to do.

 

Written by David Remnick for the New Yorker

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Will Wole Soyinka Tear His Green Card after Trump's Shocking Win?

 Following Donald Trump's shocking win in the US presidential elections, Nigeria's professor, Wole Soyinka has come under a blast.

 

Wole Soyinka

 

Many Nigerians on social media have called on Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, to tear his green card. This is following the vow he made should Donald Trump become the president of the United States.

It will be recalled that Soyinka made the vow last week while giving a speech to students of Oxford University, England.

According to the literary doyen, “If in the unlikely event he does win, the first thing he’ll do is to say [that] all green-card holders must reapply to come back into the US. Well, I’m not waiting for that.”

“The moment they announce his victory, I will cut my green card myself and start packing up,” said Soyinka, who is scholar-in-residence at New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs.

Trump won the US presidential election early this morning in an incredible victory that has shocked pundits and observers all around the world.

‎Democrats nominee, Hillary Clinton, had thanked her supporters and called Trump to concede defeat.

Twitter went agog following the results as some Nigerians reminded Soyinka of his vow, and others dragging him to the mud for ‘just opening his mouth to talk.’

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Just In: Donald Trump's Victory Speech

After shocking the world by defeating favourite, Hillary Clinton, the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump has delivered a remarkable victory speech.

US President-elect, Donald Trump

 Thank you. Thank you very much, everyone. Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business, complicated. Thank you very much.

 

I’ve just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us. It’s about us. On our victory, and I congratulated her and her family on a very, very hard-fought campaign. 

 

I mean, she fought very hard. Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.

 

I mean that very sincerely. Now it is time for America to bind the wounds of division, have to get together. To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.

 

It is time. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all of Americans, and this is so important to me. For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, I’m reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can work together and unify our great country. As I’ve said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and great movement, made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family.

 

It is a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds, and beliefs, who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will.

 

Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. I’ve spent my entire life in business, looking at the untapped potential in projects and in people all over the world.

 

That is now what I want to do for our country. Tremendous potential. I’ve gotten to know our country so well. Tremendous potential. It is going to be a beautiful thing. Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. 

 

We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals. We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none, and we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it. We will also finally take care of our great veterans who have been so loyal, and I’ve gotten to know so many over this 18-month journey.

 

The time I’ve spent with them during this campaign has been among my greatest honors.

 

Our veterans are incredible people. We will embark upon a project of national growth and renewal. I will harness the creative talents of our people, and we will call upon the best and brightest to leverage their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. It is going to happen. We have a great economic plan. We will double our growth and have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us. We will be. We will have great relationships. We expect to have great, great relationships. No dream is too big, no challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach. 

 

America will no longer settle for anything less than the best. We must reclaim our country’s destiny and dream big and bold and daring. We have to do that. We’re going to dream of things for our country, and beautiful things and successful things once again.

 

I want to tell the world community that while we will always put America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone, with everyone. 

 

All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility; partnership, not conflict. And now I would like to take this moment to thank some of the people who really helped me with this, what they are calling tonight a very, very historic victory.

 

First, I want to thank my parents, who I know are looking down on me right now. Great people. I’ve learned so much from them. They were wonderful in every regard. Truly great parents. I also want to thank my sisters, Marianne and Elizabeth, who are here with us tonight. Where are they? They’re here someplace. They’re very shy, actually.

 

And my brother Robert, my great friend. Where is Robert? Where is Robert?

 

My brother Robert, and they should be on this stage, but that’s okay. They’re great. 

 

And also my late brother Fred, great guy. Fantastic guy. Fantastic family. I was very lucky.

 

Great brothers, sisters, great, unbelievable parents. To Melania and Don and Ivanka and Eric and Tiffany and Barron, I love you and I thank you, and especially for putting up with all of those hours. This was tough.

 

This was tough. This political stuff is nasty, and it is tough. So I want to thank my family very much. Really fantastic. Thank you all. Thank you all. Lara, unbelievable job. Unbelievable. Vanessa, thank you. Thank you very much. What a great group. 

 

You’ve all given me such incredible support, and I will tell you that we have a large group of people. You know, they kept saying we have a small staff. Not so small. Look at all of the people that we have. Look at all of these people.

 

And Kellyanne and Chris and Rudy and Steve and David. We have got tremendously talented people up here, and I want to tell you it’s been very, very special.

 

I want to give a very special thanks to our former mayor, Rudy Giuliani. He’s unbelievable. Unbelievable. He traveled with us and he went through meetings, and Rudy never changes. Where is Rudy. Where is he? 

 

[Chanting “Rudy”]

 

Gov. Chris Christie, folks, was unbelievable. Thank you, Chris. The first man, first senator, first major, major politician — let me tell you, he is highly respected in Washington because he is as smart as you get. Sen. Jeff Sessions. Where is Jeff? A great man. Another great man, very tough competitor. He was not easy. He was not easy. Who is that? Is that the mayor that showed up? Is that Rudy?

 

Up here. Really a friend to me, but I’ll tell you, I got to know him as a competitor because he was one of the folks that was negotiating to go against those Democrats, Dr. Ben Carson. Where’s been? Where is Ben? By the way, Mike Huckabee is here someplace, and he is fantastic. Mike and his familiar bring Sarah, thank you very much. Gen. Mike Flynn. Where is Mike? And Gen. Kellogg. We have over 200 generals and admirals that have endorsed our campaign and there are special people.

 

We have 22 Congressional Medal of Honor people. A very special person who, believe me, I read reports that I wasn’t getting along with him. I never had a bad second with him. He’s an unbelievable star. He is — that’s right, how did you possibly guess? Let me tell you about Reince. I’ve said Reince. I know it. I know it. Look at all of those people over there. I know it, Reince is a superstar. I said, they can’t call you a superstar, Reince, unless we win it. Like Secretariat. He would not have that bust at the track at Belmont.

 

Reince is really a star and he is the hardest-working guy, and in a certain way I did this. Reince, come up here. Get over here, Reince.

 

Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy. It’s about time you did this right. My god. Nah, come here. Say something.

 

[Reince Priebus: Ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united States, Donald Trump! Thank you. It’s been an honor. God bless. Thank God.]

 

Amazing guy. Our partnership with the RNC was so important to the success and what we’ve done, so I also have to say, I’ve gotten to know some incredible people.

 

The Secret Service people. They’re tough and they’re smart and they’re sharp and I don’t want to mess around with them, I can tell ya. And when I want to go and wave to a big group of people and they rip me down and put me back down in the seat, but they are fantastic people so I want to thank the Secret Service.

 

And law enforcement in New York City, they’re here tonight. These are spectacular people, sometimes under appreciated unfortunately. We appreciate them. So it’s been what they call an historic event, but to be really historic, we have to do a great job, and I promise you that I will not let you down. We will do a great job. We will do a great job. I look very much forward to being your president, and hopefully at the end of two years or three years or four years or maybe even eight years you will say so many of you worked so hard for us, with you. You will say that — you will say that that was something that you were — really were very proud to do and I can — thank you very much.

 

And I can only say that while the campaign is over, our work on this movement is now really just beginning. We’re going to get to work immediately for the American people, and we’re going to be doing a job that hopefully you will be so proud of your president. You will be so proud. Again, it’s my honor.

 

It’s an amazing evening. It’s been an amazing two-year period, and I love this country. Thank you.

 

Thank you very much. Thank you to Mike Pence.

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Donald Trump Elected 45th President of the USA

American billionaire businessman, Donald John Trump, is officially the 2016 President-elect of the United States of America, in a historic presidential election.

 

According to multiple international media organizations, Donald Trump has won the American presidency, and will be the country's 45th president after capturing the Democratic bastion of Wisconsin and moving within 13 electoral votes of the White House.

 

The GOP nominee picked up crucial battleground states earlier including Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.

 

 

The victories are stunning for a candidate long seen as unlikely to win the presidency. Hillary Clinton's campaign was confident it was competitive in places like Florida and North Carolina and even sought to expand the map with recent visits to traditionally Republican states such as Arizona.

 

 

We'll be bringing you more updates as soon as it's made available.

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US Presidential Elections: Chinese Mystery Monkey Made the Right Prophecy

Donald Trump is favoured to trounce his Democratic Party counterpart, Hillary Clinton in the highly heated U.S election which is 4 days away.

The mstical monkey kissing Donald Trump as it predits him as winner

 

A Chinese monkey described as the “king of prophets” has tipped Donald Trump for the US presidency, a tourism park said, after the creature successfully predicted the winner of football’s European Championship final earlier this year.

Known as Geda which means knots or goose bumps, the prophetic primate is the latest in a series of purportedly psychic animals that have popped up around the world since Paul the Octopus correctly predicted multiple 2010 World Cup matches.
The simian seer, wearing a yellow shirt emblazoned with his title, was given a chance to pick between bananas placed beside life-sized cut-outs of Republican Trump and his Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.

After “deliberate thought” the mystic monkey chose Trump, Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park said Thursday in a statement on its website. Without even waiting, he congratulated the cardboard candidate with a kiss on the lips.
The five-year-old simian correctly predicted Portugal would win the 2016 European football championship in July, two days before Cristiano Ronaldo’s side prevailed 1-0, online news portal ifeng.com reported at the time.
Then, the monkey was presented with the national flags of Portugal and France with bananas on both. It finally walked towards the national flag of Portugal and ate a banana there, the report said.
Geda’s antics seem to have been inspired by the oracular octopus Paul. In 2010, Paul the Octopus became the world’s most famous mollusc when he foretold the results of every match played by Germany at the World Cup in South Africa, as well as Spain’s victory against the Netherlands in the final.

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TB Joshua Deletes Prophecy of Clinton Win, BBC Says

A prediction by influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua that Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election has been removed from the his Facebook account.
Mr Joshua told his congregation on Sunday that he "saw" a woman winning.
After Donald Trump convincingly won Tuesday's vote, visitors to the preacher's Facebook page noticed the prophecy had been removed.
The wealthy pastor is known as "the prophet" to his many followers.
He is one of Nigeria's best-known and influential evangelists - and is popular across Africa, with many top politicians among his flock.
The US election prediction was broadcast on Mr Joshua's TV channel Emmanuel TV, which an individual uploaded to YouTube.
A section of that "prophecy" was posted on the preacher's Facebook page but is no longer available.
"Ten days ago I saw the president of America with a narrow win... What I frankly saw was a woman," it said.
TB Joshua has been trending on Twitter across Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa as people shared memes poking fun at his prediction. People have also taken to a Facebook entry he posted on Wednesday to complain.
Clive Mashiri from South Africa asked: "Why was the prophecy deleted? If this was uttered by the man of God, why remove it?"
Though some have defended him. "I will always believe in your prophesies, through thick and thin," said South African Gugu Mathonsi. Many people believe TB Joshua has supernatural powers, which include healing and prophecy. Ghana's late President John Atta Mills said in a speech at TB Joshua's thanksgiving service after winning an election in 2008 that he had consulted the preacher through his campaign.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli and Malawi's former leader Joyce Banda have also paid homage to him in the past.




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President Paul Biya Congratulates Donald Trump

 In his letter, President Paul Biya acknowledged the fact that the American people have demonstrated their political maturity and democracy. President Biya in his message expressed the feelings of Cameroonians and his desire to consolidate the cordial relationship that has existed between Cameroon and the United States of America.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Signs 350,000 Pounds Per Week Contract with Real Madrid

Sensational Portuguese winger, Cristiano Ronaldo has emerged as the highest paid athlete in the world with his new deal with Spanish side, Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo and club representatives

 

The world’s highest-paid athlete won’t be taking a pay cut anytime soon, according to Forbes.

Real Madrid announced a new contract yesterday with star forward, Cristiano Ronaldo. The contract runs through June 2021 and its worth 365,000 pounds per-week, extending Ronaldo’s previous Real deal, which was set to expire after the 2017-18 season.

 Ronaldo’s annual compensation from salary and bonuses is expected to be similar to his prior deal at more than $50 million a year before taxes.

The deal keeps Ronaldo at Real until his 36th birthday if he serves out the agreement and would mark 12 years with the world’s most valuable soccer club.

 At a news conference Monday at Santiago Bernabéu stadium announcing the contract, the Portuguese star said he would like to sign one more contract after this one expires and play until he is 41.

 

 

“Who knows what the future holds. Of course, I would like to end my career at this club. This is my penultimate contract. I want to be here for many years to come. I’m overjoyed.”

Ronaldo is the top scorer in Real Madrid’s history with 372 goals in 360 appearances since joining the Spanish club from Manchester United in 2009 for a then-record $132 million transfer fee. He led the team to two Champions League crowns, including in 2016 when Ronaldo hit the game-winning kick in a penalty shoot-out to defeat Atletico Madrid.

 Ronaldo won two Balloon d’Or trophies with Real as the top player in the sport and is widely expected to win a third in January when the 2016 results are announced. Ronaldo previously won the award at United in 2008.

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U.S Election: Donald Trump Takes the Lead in New Hampshire

Verbose Republican Party presidential candidate, Donald Trump has taken an early lead over his Democrat counterpart, Hilary Clinton in one of the American towns.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

 The first results have been counted in one of the most contentious U.S presidential votes of recent times.
Across four New Hampshire towns where the polls opened at midnight, Republican Donald Trump came out ahead by 32-25 according to Euro News.
However, the very first result, coming from Dixville Notch, saw Democrat Hillary Clinton initially slip into an early lead.
She received four votes, to Trump’s two. Libertarian Gary Johnson came out with one vote in the tiny town and there was one surprise write-in ballot for Mitt Romney.

Dixville Notch has historically been the first to cast and count its ballots. And this year was no exception.
Under state law, communities with fewer than 100 voters can request permission to open the polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered residents have voted.

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As President Biya Celebrates 34th Anniversary in Power, PAP Recommends His Resignation

On Saturday November 5, 2016 (the eve of Biya's 34th anniversary as president), the National Strategic Team of Popular Action Party, PAP gathered at the Yaounde residence of their Secretary General, Akoson Raymond.  Paul Biya’s performance as president in the past 34 years in office was fairly assessed and his Report Card is hereby published.

 The PAP team comprising mostly youth politicians evaluated president Biya on both the Domestic and International Affairs. On Domestic Affairs, nine elements were considered namely: the Economy, Education, Health, Democracy, Energy, Security, Transportation, Communication and Sports. On Foreign Affairs, Biya was scored on International Cooperation.

 On the whole, the youth politicians scored Biya a Grade F and asked him to Resign.

 

ECONOMY

In most of 1981, Cameroon’s GDP growth rate stood at 17.1% (Source: ReSAKSS, based on World Bank 2014). This means President Paul Biya inherited a very healthy economy from his predecessor on November 6, 1982. Despite richly blessed soils and fertile lands on which all manner of agricultural products [coffee, cocoa, cotton, rubber, bananas, oilseed, grains, cassava (manioc, tapioca); livestock; timber] do well, and endowment of enormous mineral resources [Oil, hydroelectric power, natural gas, cobalt, nickel], in 2016, the economy has nose-dived to the neighbourhoods of 4% GDP growth rate.

What’s worse? Little can be seen in economic growth terms from all the loans we have taken. According to the Autonomous Amortisation Fund (CAA), the public organisation in charge of managing public borrowing, Cameroon reached FCFA 4,502 billion during the first quarter of 2016 (3,480 billion representing the external debts and FCFA 1,023 billion of domestic debts).

The unemployment rate is 30% while that of underemployment stands at 75% (International Labor Organization). Our human potential (mental capacity) is fleeing the country for jobs and better options elsewhere. President Biya has failed woefully in the business of reducing unemployment by industralising our economy; create industries that transform raw materials into finished products for national, regional and international exportation. There’s no concrete framework to encourage youth entrepreneurial spirit with accompanying flexible loan structure.

 Increase in agricultural production and the rise in the per-capita income of the rural community, together with industrialisation and urbanisation, lead to more increased demand in industrial production. President Biya just doesn’t know this.

 PAP therefore scores him F for a missed opportunity and wasted 34 years in office!

 DEMOCRACY

To fairly score President Biya, Popular Action Party, PAP of Justice AYAH Paul splits democracy into five different elements namely: Personal Freedoms, Press Freedoms, Political Freedoms, Political Equality, The Rule of Law, The Common Good, Human Dignity, Being Informed and Getting Involved, and Respect. Before we make an analysis of these elements, it is worth mentioning that contrary to what some say, that Biya ‘gave Cameroonians democracy’, this is completely false! On February 19, 1990, officers from the CENER, Cameroon’s national intelligence service, raided the home and office of Yondo Mandengue Black in the city of Douala. They arrested him and confisticated a draft document titled “Coordination Nationale pour la démocratie et le multipartisme” (National Coordination for Democracy and Multipartyism). And in Bamenda on May 26, 1990 Fru Ndi defied government ban and organized a rally where the SDF was launched … the lives of six Cameroonians ushered in democracy to Cameroon.

·         Personal Freedoms: Freedom of assembly for religious purposes has been good but such is hugely undermined by freedom of individual expression. Biya’s men in uniforms has mightily clamped down on individuals who’ve voiced personal opinions on burning political issues in the country. Biya scores a D on this.

·         Political Freedoms: Though it is easy to form political associations in Cameroon, PAP notes that the proliferation of political parties is a Biya design to weaken the opposition. The intelligence unit of the PAP Strategic deciphers four categories of opposition political parties: satellite parties erected by Biya to spy on and weaken the opposition (some now called presidential majority), political parties for Business purposes (to enjoy campaign funds), real opposition political parties (those that are consistently banned such as PAP from public manifestations), parties that originally had good intensions but now cooperate with Biya’s CPDM to colour Cameroon’s democracy in the eyes of the international community;

-          Skyrocketing amounts are fixed for ordinary Cameroonians to cough out to register to run for council, parliamentary and presidential elections thus making the dividends of democracy for the rich only!

-          Election managing bodies (MINAT, NEO and ELECAM) are designed to rig elections for Biya;

-          Intimidation at the polls and vote buying: Vote buying is the norm. Citizens who stand up to the status quo are intimidated. There are clear and documented cases of elites protecting the regime getting into polling stations with guns and knives. These cases are not isolated. PAP scores Biya an F on EMB;

-          Protest Groups: No allowance for political manifestation against the regime.

                        PAP scores Biya an F on political freedoms

·         Press Freedoms: There’s systemic clampdown on the press and the media in general. Twitter has consistently been shut down and press organs critical of the government are either severely sanctioned or bought over. PAP scores Biya an F on Press Freedoms.

·         The Rule of Law: For the sake of justice, everyone must adhere to the same laws. These laws are known, predictable and impartial (unbiased). However, the justice system in Cameroon is highly rigged; justice is bought, the police and the magistrates/judges are the most corrupt in the world. Generally, the system is characterized by arrest without due process, endemic corruption, long term detention without trial, inhuman treatment and torture of citizens etc. PAP scores Biya F on the Rule of Law.

PAP therefore scores Biya an F on Democracy.

 To make this publication brief, we will provide explanatory notes for the reason behind the grades of every element. Find below grades per element:

Elements	Score (%)	Grade
Domestic Affairs
Economy	15	F
Education	21	F
Health	20	F
Democracy	20	F
Energy	25	F
Security	30	E
Transportation	15	F
Communication	28	F
Sports	41	D
Foreign Affairs
International Cooperation	40	D

Akoson A. Raymond,

PAP Secretary General

Communications & Public Relations,
Popular Action Party, PAP
National Working Secretariat,
P.O Box 333 Buea, South West Region,
Cameroon.
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Facebook Redesigns Safety Centre to Protect Users...See the New Features

In order to protect Facebook users online, Facebook has introduced new features as it redesigns its safety centre.

*Photo used for illustrative purpose*

 The Chief Security Officer at Facebook, Mr Alex Stamos, says the company has redesigned its Safety Centre to enable people stay safe online.

 Stamos said in a statement on Friday in Lagos that the redesigned safety centre was the company’s approach to making the internet more secure for everyone. The statement said that keeping people and their information safe was a core part of helping the community to grow, connect and support each other.

 According to the statement, Facebook builds security protections to help keep people safe, even under non-ideal circumstances that security professionals often overlook, such as weak password usage or running out-of-date devices.

 It added that the company performed automated checks to help to detect suspicious logins so as to protect people’s accounts.

 It said that the company also shipped its own cryptography with their mobile app to make people more secure on those devices.

 The statement said that there was the need for consumer awareness about safety and security to protect their information and build their confidence while online.

 “Nigeria officially recognised National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, underscoring the need to educate the public about how to protect themselves.

“This focus on awareness is at the heart of Facebook’s newly redesigned Safety Centre, an engaging resource to help people to get the information they need about controlling their information and staying safe.

“People come to Facebook to share important and personal moments in their lives. That is why we build our services and tools to help them to remain in control and protect their accounts.

“We always have to consider the situations in which our technology will be used so that we can offer people the best security and safety for what they need,’’ it said.

“The new Safety Centre walks people through Facebook-tools to control your experience as well as numerous tips and resources for safe and secure sharing.

“The Safety Centre is available in over 50 languages; works well on mobile devices and includes step-by-step videos on a variety of popular safety topics.’’

 The statement said that Facebook worked with partners, including the International Centre for Leadership Development in Nigeria and Watoto Watch Network in Kenya to bring its safety resources to life and address local communities.

“This update also brings the Bullying Prevention Hub to everyone on Facebook. The Hub is a resource for teens, parents and educators seeking guidance on how to prevent and address bullying.

“Developed with the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence in 2013, Facebook now works with nearly 60 partners around the world to make the Bullying Prevention Hub more widely available.

“For Facebook, making the world more open and connected also means keeping people and their information safe. Check out the new Facebook Safety Centre today,’’ it quoted Stamos as saying.

 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Facebook was founded in 2004, with a mission to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.

 People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what is going on in the world and to share and express what matters to them.

 Facebook has 1.04 billion daily active users on average worldwide and 7.2 million daily visitors from Nigeria.

-NAN

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U.S Election: Hillary Clinton Takes 3-point Poll Lead over Donald Trump

Despite the e-mail leak of Hillary Clinton as exposed by Wiki Leaks, she is still topping her counterpart Donald Trump in the presidential polls.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

 With four days to go before election day, one new poll gives Hillary Clinton a three-point national lead over Donald Trump.

 The poll also suggests that the majority of voters have already made up their minds and that the latest revelations and accusations about both candidates have made marginal difference.
The poll published by New York Times/CBS News gives a small lead to the Democrats, saying 45% of voters are supporting Mrs Clinton, with 42 backing Mr Trump. While that lead may be leapt on by supporters of Mrs Clinton, experts point out that it is within the poll’s margin of sampling error.  The poll puts Libertarian Party candidate, Gary Johnson, on five points and Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, on four points.
More than 22 million Americans have already cast their ballots, and roughly one in five likely voters who participated in the poll said they had already voted.
The findings of that poll are very similar to one commissioned by ABC News/Washington Post which have been operating a tracking poll that scored the race 47-45 in favor of Mrs Clinton.

 Pollsters said the race has gone from a one-point advantage in favour of Mr Trump to a two-point lead to Mrs Clinton over the last four averages.

The nationwide polls may underscore the advantage most experts believe Mrs Clinton has, based on the fact that she is leading in many swing states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that are all but essential to secure if a candidate is to reach the White House.

Other battleground states, including New Hampshire and Colorado, suggested a slight lead for Mr Trump.

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Looking Glass: Mystical Monkey Picks Donald Trump as Next U.S President

Donald Trump is favoured to trounce his Democratic Party counterpart, Hillary Clinton in the highly heated U.S election which is 4 days away.

The mstical monkey kissing Donald Trump as it predits him as winner

 

A Chinese monkey described as the “king of prophets” has tipped Donald Trump for the US presidency, a tourism park said, after the creature successfully predicted the winner of football’s European Championship final earlier this year.

Known as Geda which means knots or goose bumps, the prophetic primate is the latest in a series of purportedly psychic animals that have popped up around the world since Paul the Octopus correctly predicted multiple 2010 World Cup matches.
The simian seer, wearing a yellow shirt emblazoned with his title, was given a chance to pick between bananas placed beside life-sized cut-outs of Republican Trump and his Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.

After “deliberate thought” the mystic monkey chose Trump, Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park said Thursday in a statement on its website. Without even waiting, he congratulated the cardboard candidate with a kiss on the lips.
The five-year-old simian correctly predicted Portugal would win the 2016 European football championship in July, two days before Cristiano Ronaldo’s side prevailed 1-0, online news portal ifeng.com reported at the time.
Then, the monkey was presented with the national flags of Portugal and France with bananas on both. It finally walked towards the national flag of Portugal and ate a banana there, the report said.
Geda’s antics seem to have been inspired by the oracular octopus Paul. In 2010, Paul the Octopus became the world’s most famous mollusc when he foretold the results of every match played by Germany at the World Cup in South Africa, as well as Spain’s victory against the Netherlands in the final.

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Looking Glass: Meet Raphael Tuju, Kenya's Most Successful Billionaire Journalist in Africa

ead the inspiring life of Raphael Tuju who is now rated as the most successful billionaire journalist in Kenya.

 

Raphael Tuju is the most successful journalist in Kenya

Raphael Tuju is the most successful Kenyan journalist, a billionaire and a top political figure in his country. Many do not know that the man who is a top political figure in his country was a successful journalist with international news organisation like the CNN.

 

According to The Kenyans, Tuju had been one of Kenya's pioneer TV anchors in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the time, KTN was the only privately owned television station and his colleagues included Catherine Kasavuli, Joseph Warugu, Zain Verjee (who later rose to become a top anchor at CNN), Kathleen Openda and Njoroge Mwaura.

 

Like most journalists, the newscaster did not earn much in spite of the celebrity status he had acquired from appearing on the silver screen.

“I know what it’s like to be reading TV news wearing a nice jacket and tie and not so nice trousers, and then to go home in a matatu people think you shouldn’t be in. They can’t reconcile the glamorous public persona with the very humble life you are living. As a career, journalism is transient. People do it to move on to something else because it does not pay so well,” the father of three revealed in a past interview.

 

Tuju started his transition journey by painfully saving his income and invested his money in land. He would later make another wise decision when he opened a TV production studio.

 

“When I was buying my two-and-a-half acres of land in Karen, I lived in Buru Buru. But when some of my colleagues got money they went to the best pubs in town and the most significant discotheques of the time. Me? Whatever little I got, I put into real estate,” he narrates.

 

As the newscaster continued to present news, he was actively working on his studio which later became a company, Ace Communications, where he moved full-time as the CEO.

 

Unlike most of his colleagues in politics who made their money in government deals, Tuju’s company gained an international reputation for its quality documentaries and attracted high-ranking clients such as the UN, World Bank and the DFID.

 

Those who grew up in the 1990s and early 2000s will recall the scary HIV documentaries shown as part of sex education - all done by Ace Communications. At one time, the journalist's company became the biggest consultant in Africa and made Tuju the first African to win an Emmy award.

 

As his international business thrived, he shifted his base to Maryland in the United States where he lived for six years. Tuju sold his studios and shifted his attention to real estate and politics in 2002.

 

His real-estate interests are reported to be worth billions with numerous tracts of commercial land in Karen and in Upperhill. He remains a silent shareholder at Ace Communications.

 

Tuju is also the owner of the high-end Dari Restaurant in Karen.

 

After becoming a minister in 2003, he surprised many of his colleagues after he banned his company from receiving any deals with the government in order to avoid a conflict of interest.

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Jose Mourinho Bashes Mkhitaryan After Manchester United's Defeat Euro League Clash

Jose Mourinho has blasted Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the wake of Manchester United's defeat to Fenerbahce.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

The £26 million summer signing from Borussia Dortmund made his long-awaited comeback on Thursday evening as United slipped to a 2-1 loss in Turkey.
Before coming on as a second-half substitute against Fenerbahce, Mkhitaryan hadn’t featured for United since he was brought off at half-time in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on September 10.
And Mourinho admits he’s unhappy with the midfielder’s current levels of effort at Old Trafford. "He has to do more. It’s as simple as that" Mourinho said after the match.
"We have big expectations at this club, lots of players for these positions and he has to play better than [Juan] Mata, [Jesse] Lingard, [Anthony] Martial… he has to play better than them. It’s as simple as that.
"Every manager wants to win matches, every manager in the world wants to play the players that he thinks can help the team more, and I’m no different."

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