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! 

OUR FREEDOM IS COMING TOMORROW!

Noble Nigerians, I salute Kumalo ‘Sarafina’ who, reminiscing the dark days of Apartheid in South Africa, said: Freedom Is Coming Tomorrow. True, Nigeria is in a quandary of abyssal descent. Yet, I say hope; freedom is coming tomorrow.

Yes, the camarilla at independence: stunted by incompetence and debauchery, derailed by despicable power games and proclivity to acquisitiveness, was unwilling, if not incompetent of saving our fledgling new nation. Nigeria was mutilated on the altar of cupidity and egocentricity.
Yet I say: freedom is coming tomorrow.

The Nigerian military and select few won a glorious Civil War victory of oil wells and oil blocks for themselves and a pyrrhic victory of poverty for the Nigerian people.
Albeit, I say: our freedom is coming tomorrow.

PILOT TRAINING: 301 FTS GRADUATES NEW BATCH OF 10 STUDENT PILOTS

Ten trainees of Student Pilot Course 41B have completed their ab-initio pilot training at 301 Flying Training School (FTS), Kaduna. 

The graduands, awarded certificates over the weekend, are now ready to proceed for Basic Flying Training (BFT) on the fixed wing aircraft at 303 FTS Kano or similar facilities abroad. The graduating students were among the 25 original members of Student Pilot Course 41 that was later divided into two batches of 12 and 13 students. 

Six members of the first batch of students, constituting Student Pilot Course (SPC) 41A, were sent for rotary wing flying at the International Helicopter Flying Training School, Enugu. The remaining six, comprising 4 Nigerians and 2 Liberians, continued their training in 301 FTS and completed the course in 2015. 

CARIBBEAN HAITI BECOMES PART OF THE AFRICAN UNION

The Caribbean state of Haiti will officially become a full fledg member of the African Union (AU) come the next AU Summit next month in Lilongwe, Malawi.  The Haitian Ambassador to South Africa, Jacques Junior Baril says Haiti finally being part of the AU is a place that the country earned as they paved way to other African countries to be free today.

CAF Slams $5,000 Fine on Nigeria for Overcrowding

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) monday imposed a $5,000 fine on Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for overcrowding during the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 qualifying match between Nigeria and Egypt in Kaduna.

NFF incurred the wrath of CAF for poor crowd control measures that saw about 40,000 fans lumbered into the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna in the AFCON 2017 Group G fixture on March 25.

Nigeria, others eye 2017 single African air transport

Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Rwanda and Zimbabwe are at the verge of meeting the target of having a single air transport market by the end of January 2017, Elijah Chingosho, secretary general, African Airlines Association (AFRAA), has said.

Chingosho says the possibility is very high considering the fact that these nations are ready to implement the Yamoussoukro Declaration that calls for African countries to open their skies to more flights from African airlines.

In his statement yesterday, Chingosho said Africa was set to liberalise its aviation zone by the end of January 2017, as it had the potential to double the sector’s size in five years.

He said eight countries, which collectively control 85 percent of Africa’s air traffic, planned to open their skies to other African airlines.

REVEALED: DSS invasion of Dasuki’s house has nothing to do with Buhari

*The multi-billion dollar terror fund link
* $40,000 cash, 3 guns, travel documents recovered in DSS search

Contrary to in­sinuations that President Mu­hammadu Bu­hari ordered the arrest of former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Da­suki because he was the Army officer who led sol­diers to arrest him (Bu­hari) on the day he was overthrown as military Head of State in August 1985, facts emerging from the security circle indi­cate that the retired Army Colonel is wanted in con­nection with multi-billion dollar funds domiciled in his office as NSA.


Operation against Dasuki was two-pronged as a team of DSS operatives were also deployed in his family house in Sokoto. Between Thursday eve­ning and 6pm yesterday (Friday), Department of State Security Service (DSS) operatives had been searching for Dasuki in his Abuja and Sokoto homes. Though, he was believed to be in his Abuja home. He eventually allowed the DSS detectives to enter his house to execute a search warrant. At the end of the search, it was learnt that items recovered from the house included $40,000, three automatic rifles and his travel documents. The operatives thereafter va­cated the house.

Weapons Haram: A pastor, a jet, Israel and $10m By Bala Muhammad

Imagine this scenario: “A private jet belonging to the Sultan of Sokoto [though he hasn’t as yet got one] has been impounded in South Africa laden with undeclared cash to the tune of almost $10m. Also arrested were two Nigerians and a Saudi Arabian citizen. The arrested trio said they were in South Africa to purchase arms…The Sultan of Sokoto is the leader of Nigeria’s Muslim community and President of the country’s influential Nigerian Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs (NSCIA)…”

Just imagine the frenzy, the abuse, the castigation, the condemnation a section of this country’s media and public commentariat would scramble to if this were what happened. The story would have been a real BANG!

However, the story happens to be the direct opposite:

“A private jet belonging to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has been impounded in South Africa laden with undeclared cash to the tune of almost $10m. Also arrested were two Nigerians and an Israeli citizen. The arrested trio said they were in South Africa to purchase arms…The Pastor is the leader of Nigeria’s Christian community and President of the country’s influential Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)…”

BREAKING: South Africa dodges recession, posts 0.6% growth in last quarter

Maigari resigns as NFF President, Keshi contract talks resume

Alhaji Aminu Maigari

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, has formally resigned his position on the NFF Board with effect from August 26, 2014.

“The Bauchi-born administrator resigned as NFF President on August 12, 2014 to pave way for a peaceful resolution of the crisis that engulfed the football federation shortly after the 2014 FIFA World Cup,” a letter from the SA Media to the Honourable Minister of Sports, Patrick Omorodion, said.

Meanwhile, Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi has agreed to resume work with the team preparatory to the forthcoming qualifying matches for the 2015 Africa Nations Cup against Congo and South Africa on September 6, 2014.

The decision is based on the Sports Minister/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr. Tammy Dangogo’s intervention following the prolonged negotiation between the Nigeria Football Federation and Keshi over his contract as well as the coach’s love fot the country.

Democracy of Ebola - Pius Adesanmi

But for the lives we are losing in Nigeria and West Africa, I would have stated that I have fallen in love with Ebola. This virus is creating a strange, unfamiliar creature in Nigeria called responsible leadership. I doubt if there is any Nigerian in my generation who has ever witnessed responsible, hands-on, on-top-of-the-situation leadership in his or her entire adult life. What we are familiar with is an irresponsible leadership of escape into an alternative universe.

The roads are in a shambles? No problem, we shall escape into our helicopters and private jets.

Brazil 2014; Spain, Cameroon out of world Cup

Champions Spain crashed humiliatingly out of the World Cup on Wednesday after a second shock defeat, along with Cameroon that lost 4-0 to Croatia, while 2010 runners-up the Netherlands continued their perfect start with another high-scoring win.

Thrashed 5-1 by the Dutch in their opening game, Spain’s normally composed and incisive team again looked a spent force, allowing Chile to score twice in the first half then hold firm for a totally deserved, glorious win.

“It is difficult to explain,” bemoaned Spain captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who was at fault on both goals and is likely to be among an old guard jettisoned for fresh faces.

“We ask people’s forgiveness. We are responsible but also the first ones to feel the pain.”

Super Eagles will Break Records in Brazil - Kenneth Omeruo

Super Eagles' defender Kenneth Omeruo sees no reason why the Eagles cannot become the first African side to progress to the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Speaking during an exclusive chat with FIFA.com said: "I'm hoping we'll get to the final. But I think at least the semi-finals."

Nigeria Eagles are the current African Champions. That continental win means Nigeria will head into a World Cup as champions of Africa, just as they did 20 years ago. As at USA 1994, and 2002 and 2010, they were drawn in a group with South American heavyweights Argentina, along with Iran and debutants Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Omeruo Told FIFA.COM : “I remember watching the World Cup in South Africa,  it was disappointing that we didn't come out of the group in 2010. We’ll have to play for the Nigerian fans because it was a massive welcome when we won the African Cup of Nations. They showed us how much they love football and how much they are behind us, so we have to play for them.

BRAZIL 2014: This is Mikel's World Cup - Jay Jay Okocha

With exactly 28 days to the kick off of the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, Nigeria's most talented footballer ever, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, yesterday insisted that Chelsea stalwart, John Mikel Obi, now has an opportunity to take his rightful place in the country's football hall of Fame.
Okocha made the statement at the launching of Super Eagles' World Cup theme song at the Globacom Headquarters, Adeola Odeku Street in Victoria Island, Lagos yesterday, the former Bolton Wanderer mercurial playmaker said Mikel must prove to Nigerian football fans he truly deserve to lead the team.

Brazil 2014 World Cup: Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal unveiled 30-man provisional list

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal unveiled his provisional 30-man FIFA World Cup squad, with Paris Saint-Germain right-back Gregory Van der Wiel a notable absentee.

Van Gaal has decided against taking a risk with a player who has been suffering with tendinitis in recent weeks. The absence of the 26-year-old means only eight members of the 30-man squad featured at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when the Netherlands lost to Spain in the final.

Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg and defenders John Heitinga and Joris Mathijsen are also missing but Wesley Sneijder is there, despite Van Gaal recently expressing doubts as to the condition of the Galatasaray play-maker.

CHIBOK SCHOOL GIRLS: AMERICA AND THE UK, THE REAL PARASITES TO OUR NATION BY ENAHORO

TODAY’S NIGERIA PRESIDENT IS GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, YOU MAY BE THE NEXT…WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HATE SEED PLANTED AGAINST GEJ TODAY?

Give the cupboard key to the thief in the house to keep and the meat in the soup therein will be protected. America's hand is not clean about terrorism in all part of the world, Boko Haram in Nigeria inclusive.

They are behind advanced terrorism and should come and clean the mess.

Obama may be innocent, but America as a country is not. While not exonerating the incapacitation of our leaders as well as the kind of politics our politicians plays with lives of citizens, it is key to note that the powerful role Nigeria is playing in the Africa polity ranging from liberating South Africa to freedom, providing big brother in the resolution of Liberia crisis and many other parts of Africa and the world at large, the America seem to see Nigeria as a threat to their domineering powerful role in all parts of the world. They use their secret bad guys to create terrorists directing them for specific action and tried to play international politics to seek for their assistance.

As-salamu alaykum! Nigerians are angry by Chima Chima

Thinking on these 2 comments, from Hausa/Fulani, as posted by one lady earlier today, I want to make these observations and suggestions. First, these are the quotes:-
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“The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future”. Sir Ahmadu Bello, Parrot Newspaper, Oct 12, 1960.
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“Anything short of a Northern President is tantamount to stealing our Presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go. Even if he uses the incumbency power to get his nomination on the platform of the PDP, he would be frustrated out.
The North is determined, if that happens, to make the country ungovernable for President Jonathan or any other Southerner who finds his way to the seat of power on the platform of the PDP against the principle of the party’s zoning policy”
- Alhaji Lawan Kaita, former Governor of the old Kaduna State, on October 5, 2010".
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SCANDAL: How Eagles qualified for 2010 World Cup - Match Fixer

A convicted Singaporean match-fixer, Wilson Raj Perumal has shockingly claimed that he helped Nigeria to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa through his match fixing shenanigans.

Wilson Raj Perumal claims he influenced results to help the Super Eagles to qualify for the South Africa World Cup. In a shocking claim, the match fixer said that Nigeria football authorities promised him the right to organise their pre-2010 World Cup friendlies as well as part of the money FIFA pays to help teams prepare for the tournament.

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.

WONDERS IN ABUJA!!! NNPC Rents Protesters To Stave Off Probe Of Profligate Alison-Madueke's N10bn Jet Charter Scam

Sahara Reporters has made public that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and its embattled Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, yesterday in Abuja rented a crowd of mostly women to stage a protest in a desperate bid to steer up public sympathy to their aide as National Assembly has stated investigations into the financial controversy surrounding the N10 billion the Minister spent on chartered jets.