I will not tear my Green Card Just Yet - Wole Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka, has said he won’t destroy his United States’ residency permit until President elect, Donald Trump is inaugurated in 2017.

In a report by Vangaurd Newspaper, Soyinka reportedly made this known on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

The Noble Laurete said he will not destroy his residency permit until he sees what becomes of Trump’s administration after inaugurated into office.

“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.

Days before the United States presidential election held, Soyinka had threatened to tear his permit should Republican candidate, Donald Trump emerge winner.

Following Trump’s victory on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, Nigerians had taken to social media to request that the Nobel laureate made through his threat.

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5 lessons learnt from Trump's victory

In this Piece written by Charles Kumolu, he highlight five lessons the world has learnt with Donald Trump's suprising victory at the US election


1. That this victory came even with the President-elect’s recognized shortcomings resonates salient questions whose answers could be found in Trump’s exploitation of the peculiar undercurrents that defined the historic election.

2. Examining this victory through the prism of Trump’s believed unelectable post-election status, showed that every political contest is purely a battle of ideas which could be won with tricks as exemplified by him. Little wonder, DicK Stoken in his book: The Great Game of Politic: Why We Elect Whom We Elect observed that it was germane to understand the force that can force the pendulum back toward the centre thereby resulting in the change of parties in power at the executive level.

 3. Indeed, by turning out upsetting, Trump’s triumph exposed how risky it has become for a political system to be consumed by the realities of the moment when projecting the likely outcome of elections. Though it had never been out of context to predict the future with today’s event, in Trump’s victory, it becomes risky to treat post-election prognosis as a reality in respective of the scope of its focus.

4. Interestingly, the development brings to mind, Robert Green’s nineteenth law of power where he cautioned thus: ‘’Never underestimate your opponent or think less of him. You never know the force of his blow when he comes in for an attack.”
Of course, the triumph which momentously defeated conventional and professional wisdom provides a lesson that every segment of the electorate most be prioritized in very political engagement. That was self-evident from the demographic of those, who voted for the President-elect.

5. In all these, the hardest lesson remains that no matter what, the people take preeminence over the establishment when targeting the audience of political messages. The people in this context are simply the ordinary men and women, who feel neglected by the system and the white working class, who craved for a paradigm-setting President. Therefore, possessing the inalienable rights from which government derives its sovereignty as highlighted by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence makes it fatal to ignore the people’s significance in any democracy where their power had not been stolen. On that strength, it would be agreed that by choosing Trump as the 45th President of the United States amid post-election resentment, Americans have reaffirmed that political legitimacy is still defined by the American people. Indeed, it seems difficult for the world to grapple with the reality of a Trump presidency, but it is a surprising fact  Americans would live with within the next four years.
 Perhaps, this immortal quote in Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet would provide solace. ‘’ When our deep plots do pall and that should teach us there’s a divinity that shapes our ends’’’



culled from naij.com

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Yoruba, Egun youths clash in Lekki, burn 200 structures

  No fewer than 200 structures were burnt on Wednesday in Otodo Gbame, an Egun community in the Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State, during a clash between some Egun and Yoruba youths.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the crisis started on Sunday, when the Yoruba youths demanded that the residents should relocate from the area.
It was gathered that the Egun community insisted that residents would not leave their houses, tagging the youths as hoodlums and land grabbers.
Our correspondent gathered that the crisis came to a head on Wednesday when the Yoruba youths set fire to the structures in the area at about 8am.
The action was said to have triggered a clash between the youths of the Egun community and their Yoruba counterparts.
Two persons were said to have been injured during the clash, while the area was quickly deserted as the fire raged. Some residents reportedly salvaged their property from the fire and fled.
It was learnt that policemen from the Rapid Response Squad, the Maroko division and the Area J Command, Ajah, went to the area to restore normalcy.
A policeman on the team said an abandoned two-day-old baby was rescued from one of the burning structures.
He said, “When the structures were set ablaze, the mother and the father of the baby fled. It was the cry of the baby that drew the attention of policemen to that room. The baby was locked inside the house. The baby was rescued and reunited with her parents.”
“Nobody was killed, but about three persons were injured. The entire community was razed.”
A resident, who identified himself only as Hunsu, said, “The crisis started on Sunday. Some people came and said they had bought our land and we should relocate. We did not know that the hoodlums would go to this extent.
“The crisis escalated on Wednesday when they invaded the community and set fire to our property. All my belongings are gone. My wife and children are homeless.”
Our correspondent learnt that the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, went to the area around 2pm and held a peace meeting between the leaders of the two groups.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said five suspects were arrested in connection with the crisis.
She said, “The command received a report that the Egun and Yoruba communities were engaged in a serious brawl over land issue. Upon receipt of the information, the command operatives from the RRS and men of the Area J Command moved in. Some shanties being occupied by the residents were set ablaze by the warring factions.
“A baby was rescued from the one of the houses. Five suspects were also arrested in connection with the fracas. The CP visited the scene and promised that everyone involved in the clash would be duly prosecuted.”

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Actor Cleared Of Allegations

     52-year-old Brad Pitt has officially been cleared of child abuse allegations by the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services.
TMZ reports the case, involving an incident between the actor and his 15-year-old son Maddox on a private jet, has been closed.
According to the DCFS determined that Brad did not commit child abuse during an argument that ended with physical contact.
TMZ reached out to Angelina Jolie's representatives who say the actress feels relieved that the investigation has concluded and her children can heal.

“Angelina said from the beginning that she felt she had to take action for the health of the family and is relieved that after their 8-week involvement, the DCFS is now satisfied the safeguards are put in place that will allow the children to heal, ” her rep told the entertainment website.
They also say an agreement has been put in place that gives Angelina primary custody with monitored visitation for Brad.

The Hollywood actor was spotted for the first time since Angelina Jolie filed for divorce last month at a private screening of “ Moonlight ” in Los Angeles with Julia Roberts.

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KWASU Authority Comments On Mysterious Death Of 400 Level Student

The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Kwara State, school authority have spoken over the mysterious death of Linda Lillian Lawal, a 400 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication of the institution.

A statement from the University Relations Office, Yusif Suleiman, said that: “Kwara State University does not take the welfare, safety and security of its staff and students with kid’s gloves. One of the students that a report claimed died mysteriously was Linda Lillian Lawal, a 400 Level student of the Department of Mass Communication. She died in her parents’ quarters on Friday, October 14, 2016, of complications resulting from brain injury she sustained during a car accident about a year ago.

“Linda was to have undergone brain surgery, but for some reasons it could not be done, and she, several times, suffered convulsion, a repeat of which claimed her life on October 14.

“The report also claimed that ‘a sickle cell patient was left unattended to by the medical personnel because he could not produce his hospital card’. This is, indeed, far from the truth.

“Even though he did not register with the clinic and was abandoned by his colleagues our doctor and nurses tried all they could to save his life; but when his condition deteriorated.

“He was rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), in a KWASU ambulance. However, in spite of all efforts by doctors, we eventually lost the boy.

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Prof. Wole Soyinka Replies Critics Over Trump’s Victory

Nigerian renowned  playwright and author, Prof Wole Soyinka has fired back at critics, saying 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.

Soyinka had vowed to cut up his green card if Donald Trump was elected U.S. president. but the Republican party candidate, shocked pollsters by defeating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s vote.

Following the announcement of Trump’s victory on Wednesday, Nigerians took to social media to question Soyinka about whether he would honor his pledge.

But in an interview with Newsweek shortly after the announcement, Soyinka said he was 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."

As we all know, Prof. Wole Soyinka is based between Nigeria and the U.S., where he is affiliated to several universities. As such, much is yet to be seen if his vow to cut his green card would be fulfilled.

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Man arrested for raping his 10-year-old male student .

Oyo State - On Wednesday 9th of November 2016 the Police arrested a 20-year-old primary school teacher, Collins Obi, for raping a 10-year-old boy in Ibadan.

 Adekunle Ajisebutu, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said  the teacher committed the abominable act on November 5, 2016, explaining that apart from teaching in the school where the victim attended, he was also the boy’s personal teacher.

“The 20-year-old primary school teacher was arrested for having anal intercourse with a 10-year-old boy. The suspect, who was also a personal teacher of the victim, committed the unlawful act on November 5, 2016.

“He lured the little boy to a house in the Asaka Itamaya area of Ibadan where the offence was committed.”


Ajisebutu said the arrest of the suspect was made possible after the victim’s mother alerted the police at the Iyaganku Police Station, Ibadan. He added that the victim would be charged to court immediately on the order of the state Commissioner of Police, Samuel Adegbuyi.

He said, “Following the report made at the station by victim’s mother after the boy narrated his ordeal to her, detectives from the station arrested the suspect in his hideout. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and disclosed that he was introduced to the act by an older friend, who is now at large.

“The victim was taken to a hospital for medical attention. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Samuel Adegbuyi, has directed immediate arraignment of the suspect in court after completion of investigation by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department. He also advised parents and guardians to properly monitor their children or wards.”

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