XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS BY THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA, AGAINST OUR NIGERIAN COMPATRIOTS, DWELLING IN THEIR COUNTRY...

OUR HONEST VIEW ON THE FEEBLE ACTIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.

Good day our esteemed friends on the new media. The editorial crew of Kwara Hero had to quickly organise a meeting aimed at making a statement on the above subject. Oluwasesan is a friend of Chief Editor of Kwara Hero, who recently returned from South Africa. This was after he luckily escaped the Xenophobic attack that was launched by citizens of South Africa against the area he was staying, an area called as Nigeria Ville, because it is dominated by Nigerians. 

Today, the area is completely devastated, as all shops burnt and completely destroyed. One wonder, is this the same South Africa Late Nigerian Head of State, General Muritala Ramat Muhammed openly castigated the Apartheid Regime for? Are these the same Black South Africans, our African brothers and sisters, which we supported to the extent that Pieter Botha, the then President of the Apartheid Regime, decided to list Nigeria as one of the frontline States they were going to attack in case of an all out war! 

VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY... THE US PRESIDENT IS NOT AN EMPEROR... THE US CONSTITUTION IS SUPREME!

Appeals Court Shoots Down DOJ Request To Immediately Restore Travel Ban

By Yeganeh Torbati and Tom Perry

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court late on Saturday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore a immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees.

The court ruling dealt a further setback to Trump, who has denounced the judge in the state of Washington who blocked his executive order on Friday. In tweets and comments to reporters, the president has insisted he will get the ban reinstated.

Ak-47 Carrying Herdsmen Streamed Into Nigeria From Libya – Buhari Tells Nigerians in London

President Muhammadu Buhari said herdsmen accused of killing Nigerians are non-Nigerians. He told Nigerians in London on Friday that the Ak-47 carrying herdsmen streamed into Nigeria from Libya.

“Because of what happened in Libya, when Ghadaffi, during his 43 year-regime, trained some people from the Sahel militarily. When his regime was overthrown, those people were dispatched to their countries. They found themselves in the Boko Haram and others.

“It is a major regional and virtually African problem now. There is one called Al Qaeda, there is Boko Haram and so on. It is a governmental project now to trace them, disarm them, try them and discipline them.”

Boko Haram, Islamic State collaborating, military leaders say

U.S. and Nigerian military officials said an increase in collaboration between the Islamic State and the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram is "cause for alarm" for a wide swath of north and central Africa.

Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, commander of the United States military's Special Operations Command in Africa, said an IS weapons convoy from Libya, intercepted while traveling to the Lake Chad region, suggests a growing link between the two groups. Nigerian Gen. Lamidi Oyebayo Adeosun, commander of a joint African force battling Boko Haram in the Lake Chad area, echoed Bolduc's concerns, saying officials are attempting to learn more about the relationship. Last year, the Boko Haram pledged allegiance to IS, also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh.

"The Lake Chad basin is ground zero" in the fight against Islamic extremists in Africa, Bolduc said. He said IS and Boko Haram are sharing "tactics, techniques and procedures" in the Lake Chad region, which includes northeast Nigeria, and parts of Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

Nigeria @55, Lets Praise and Blame Ourselves

Nigeria@55

Nigeria is 55 years old today (1/10/15). As Nigeria celebrates her independency anniversary, let us pause, praise and blame ourselves for our fate, as we are the architects of Nigeria’s destiny and woes. Its worthy of note that Nigeria has remained as one till date, even though our foundation appears shaky and wobbly. But thank God, there is no major war,(even though the war against Boko Haram is ongoing). Thank God too, that there are no major natural disasters (even though some of our leaders are worst than natural calamities). But in all, let’s be grateful for the relative peace we enjoy. Countries like Libya, Syria, Somalia, etc are in major wars. Their citizens are worst off as a result. Watching millions of refugees from Syria, and seeing other war torn countries, makes you appreciate Nigeria.

NIGERIA - A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

I do not favour a divided Nigeria for numerous reasons. However, Nigeria seems to be naive about the present trend of events in Eastern Nigeria and the monstrous risk it brings to the table. The call for a breakout State is getting louder and more desperate especially among the youth, who in most countries always constitute the engine of successful uprising. They are more reachable on all variations of social media and have the energy and drive. The movement is getting organized worldwide with branches in many countries as seen on the internet. Let’s remember Tunisia, Georgia, Ukraine, Egypt, Libya, Yemen etc.

I have inquired directly from some moderate and educated activists, on the root cause of these sentiments in favour of a breakout or Biafra. Of all voices, the single common reason I heard from all was the hate-like attitude gaining popularity mainly among our Yoruba brothers and sisters. There were less complains of such slant directed towards the Hausas. It is alleged that an average Yoruba adult attaches strong negative sentiments to the phrase “Igbo man”. The remonstrance goes that Yorubas see Igbos as dominating the real estate business nationwide, trying to dominate commerce in the country and trade only in fake goods. However, the same Igbos I spoke to hold that the terms “Oluwole” and “Tokumbo” are not of Igbo origin and claim that the Yorubas are more fraudulent but louder. In all, this is a very unhealthy strapping debate for citizens of “one nation”. I will be immensely delighted if all I heard from these activists is false.

Tripoli - Libyan capital under Islamist control after airport seized

Operation Dawn captures airport in fierce fighting against pro-government militias after five-week siege in the capital

Libya has lurched ever closer to fragmentation and civil war this weekend after Islamist-led militias seized the airport in the capital, Tripoli, proclaimed their own government, and presented the world with yet another crisis.

Operation Dawn, a coalition of Islamist and Misrata forces, captured the airport on Saturday in fierce fighting against pro-government militias after a five-week siege that battered parts of the capital.

Television images from the scene showed jubilant, bearded, militias dancing on wrecked airliners, firing machine guns in the air and chanting "Allah O Akbar" ("God is great").

Torture increasing in Nigeria, Iraq and Libya— Amnesty International

Amnesty International has said torture and other forms of cruelty are on the rise in Nigeria, Iraq and Libya, with attitudes to torture appearing to grow passive.

AI has serious concerns about the increasing use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Nigeria.

Recent Amnesty research indicates that police and military personnel routinely use torture and other ill-treatment to extract information and “confessions”, and to punish and exhaust detainees. In contravention of national and international law, information extracted by torture and ill-treatment is routinely accepted as evidence in court. 

US Offer To Rescue The Abducted Chibok School Girls And GEJ Acceptance: Big Question We Need To Answer Before It Is Too Late By Yerwa Circle

The Abduction, US Offer To Rescue The Abducted Chibok School Girls And GEJ Acceptance, Is It A Step forward for US to Actualise Its Prediction of Nigeria's isintegration?

The big question that we need to answer before it is too late is why GEJ choose not rescue the abducted Chibok School Girls, and why only now barely a few month to presidential election that US felt obliged to offer rescue? That means US intelligence will intervene like they did in Somalia, Afghanistan and Libya and instead to rescue the abducted school girls FBI will make sure they actualise the disintegration of Nigeria. Otherwise, US if they could glean intelligence information on possible terrorist acts in Nigeria, they could have equally had the capabilities to share vital information with Nigerian government on who are the benefactors of Boko Haram.

African Nations Cup: Super Eagles of Nigeria are Big Threat to South African Bafana Bafana

The Africa Cup of Nations defending champions, Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn with South Africa and Sudan in the group stage of qualifying for the 2015 African Nations Cup in Morocco.

The Group A line-up will be completed by the winners of a preliminary tie involving Namibia, Congo Brazzaville, Libya and Rwanda.

Nigeria can be confident of making the 16-team finals between January 17 and February 8 in Moroccan cities Agadir, Marrakech, Rabat and Tangier.

They are a bogey side for South Africa -- never losing a competitive match to Bafana Bafana (The Boys) -- and Sudan have struggled lately.

Every draw creates a 'group of death' and Group G fits the bill with Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal and one from Burundi, Botswana, Central African Republic and Guinea-Bissau.

Egypt have lifted the Cup of Nations a record seven times, hosts Tunisia triumphed in 2004 and Senegal were the strongest third seeds.

Another mini-league set to generate fierce competition is Group D, which includes Ivory Coast, Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

SENATE: ‘HELICOPTERS FERRY IN ARMS, ATTACKERS’

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Bandits and insurgents operating in parts of the North are ferried in by helicopters along with their weapons likely from foreign lands to launch their attacks, the Senate heard in Abuja yesterday.
During a debate on a motion on the violence in several northern states, Senator Abu Ibrahim from Katsina revealed that attackers of some of the affected places were not local people but were air-dropped from somewhere else along with their supplies.

Boko Haram: Cameroon offers 700 soldiers to Lake Chad regional force

Cameroonian Defence Minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o has said on Thursday that his country will send 700 soldiers to northeastern border to help engage the Boko Haram insurgents in the area

This will be part of a regional force to tackle armed groups in an area where Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram operates.

Mebe Ngo'o mae statement at a two-day meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, where he affirmed that the six-nation Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) agreed to establish the multinational force to improve security in the lawless zone. This is in view of the infiltration by the Boko Haram militants into Cameroon's Far-North region, which they use as a launch pad for attacks in Nigeria, has led to mounting insecurity there.