Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Keshi says countries waiting to hire him
Again, coach Stephen Keshi has said that he has several countries waiting to hire him should he be asked to quit by Nigeria.
Keshi has come under heavy criticisms as
his team have recorded a mere point from an available nine in the AFCON
2015 qualifiers.
The former Eagles captain, who is on the job without a contract, told AfricanFootball.com,
“It’s not about the game, it’s about other personal stuff. So, if
tomorrow they say Keshi leave, there is no shaking because other two,
three countries are waiting (for me).
“My job is about hire and fire.
“Right now I have been to other places I
have coached before I have not been fired. If it comes down to Nigeria, I
have been here before, qualified Nigeria for 2002 World Cup with Amodu
Shaibu, we were asked to leave.”
Keshi has also handled Togo and Mali.
And recently his agent claimed oil-rich
Gabon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea have tabled offers for him. The
Nigerian coach has said many times that he had offers and Nigerians are
bewildered why he has not taken any of the several offers rather than
hanging on with the Nigerian team without a contract.
American fighter joins Kurds in battle against Islamic State
QAMISHLI Syria
(Reuters) - After months in which the United States and European
countries issued warnings about their citizens traveling to Syria fight
on behalf of Islamic State, there are new reports of Westerners going to
fight on the other side, against the militants.
A man who said he is a U.S. citizen and former soldier
from Ohio said in a video interview inside Syria that he had come to
join Kurdish fighters to battle Islamic State.
Other Americans were also fighting there on behalf of a
Syrian Kurdish group, said the man, who identified himself as Brian
Wilson and spoke to a freelance photographer working for Reuters in
Syria.
"Most
people in America are against Daesh of course, Islamic State," Wilson
said, sitting with four Kurdish fighters and dressed in green camouflage
clothes in the northeast Syrian Kurdish city of Qamishli. Daesh is the
Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
"There are a few Americans who wanted to come here and
help the YPG in any way we can," he said, referring to the main Kurdish
group fighting against Islamist militants in Syria.
Wilson is the second American known to have joined the YPG
forces. Jordan Matson, a 28-year-old from Wisconsin, is also fighting
with the YPG, a spokesman for the armed group said last week. He has
given an interview to a Kurdish TV station.
Islamic State tightened its siege of the YPG-held Syrian
Kurdish town of Kobani on Tuesday despite U.S.-led air strikes meant to
weaken the group. The fighting has sent more than 180,000 refugees into
Turkey since last month.
The United States has been striking Islamic State targets in
Iraq since August and extended the campaign to Syria in September.
Washington is supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in
Iraq to help them battle Islamic State, but does not have an official
policy of helping Kurdish groups in Syria.
Wilson, who looked middle aged and had his head shaved,
said he met YPG fighters through "Kurdish contacts". He said he had not
yet engaged in combat.
"Everything has been fine. They're very nice, very
accommodating, hospitable. Very good people," he said of his hosts.
Western countries say scores of their citizens have
traveled to Syria to fight on behalf of Islamic State, a phenomenon
hammered home in videos showing the beheadings of hostages apparently by
a fighter with a British accent.
Why Nigeria Was Able to Beat Ebola, but Not Boko Haram
For Nigeria’s
embattled government, October 20 is a date worth circling on the
calendar: That day will mark 42 days since Nigeria’s last confirmed
Ebola case, which, at twice the 21-day incubation period, will allow the
country to declare itself free of a disease that has ravaged its West African neighbors.
The contrast between the two anniversaries raises an uncomfortable question: Faced with these two enormous crises, how has Nigeria handled one so well and the other so poorly?
"Ebola impacts everyone. It doesn’t have ties to particular sects or groups."
One
major reason is Nigeria’s political geography, which, throughout the
country’s post-colonial history, has caused great turmoil. A country of
some 170 million people split into numerous ethnic and linguistic
groups, Nigeria has struggled to bridge the gap between its relatively
affluent Christian south and its poorer Muslim north.
Boko
Haram, whose name roughly means “Western education is a sin,” has
exploited this divide. The group largely operates in Nigeria’s three
northeastern provinces, all of which are controlled by the opposition
All People’s Congress (APC) party and where distrust of President
Goodluck Jonathan’s government runs high.
“A
lot of people in northern Nigeria are, in fact, disgusted with Boko
Haram,” Rudy Atallah, a senior fellow at The Atlantic Council and an
expert on Nigeria, said. “But because the population of the North has
felt neglected by the South for so long, many of them view Boko Haram as
an able body fighting against the government.”
By
contrast, when Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American man who tested
positive for Ebola, arrived in Lagos, he found himself in a city
equipped with West Africa’s most advanced health-care infrastructure as
well as the headquarters of many multinational organizations. And,
unlike the fight against Boko Haram, combating Ebola transcends ethnic, political, and religious divisions.
“Ebola impacts everyone,” Atallah noted. “It doesn’t have ties to particular sects or groups.”
The next inflection point in Nigerian
politics may come in February, when the country chooses a new
president. Having served one full term, Jonathan will be eligible.* A
victory by his People’s Democratic Party, which has governed Nigeria for
14 years and whose voter base resides in the south, may exacerbate the
already fierce regional divide in the country, as well as make the
search for the remaining 219 hostages even more difficult.
South Africa Ready To Return Nigeria’s $15m – Envoy
“Both countries have decided on a political solution to the issue. Nigeria is a big ally and a brother,” said Manzini.
According to the envoy, South Africa is committed to maintaining cordial relations with Nigeria, adding that the country had in the past sold arms to Nigeria and would continue to do so to help it fight Boko Haram.
$15 million meant for the purchase of arms had been seized by South African authorities in two tranches of $9.3 million and $5.7 million. While both transactions have been suspected as shady, the Nigerian government has argued that they were legitimate.
Manzini’s promise was not backed with a timeline, but assured that the money seized will be returned to the country very soon.
NFF to tighten security on fans’ planned protest
Following protest by fans carrying placards asking
for the sack of coach Stephen Keshi at the stadium on Tuesday, the NFF
is expected to deploy security to forestall violence;
A ragtag bunch of fans carried placards asking for the sack of coach Stephen Keshi at the stadium. This is expected to increase when the African champions take on the Falcons of Jediane this afternoon.
A top NFF Secretariat staff told Goal this morning that there are going to be about 800 security personnel comprising of the DSS, Police, Civil Defense and Federal Road Safety Commission for the match because of the tension surrounding the impending outcome of the match.
“But we are very sure that the Eagles will do well and win today’s match. The President of the NFF, Amaju Pinnick has already drummed it into the ears of the players the importance of winning today’s match which would kick start the redemption battle for the 2015 Arica Cup of Nations ticket.
“Only yesterday we learnt that some irate fans stormed the main bowl of the Abuja National Stadium with placards with inscriptions Keshi must go and other violent messages. Luckily enough, the Super Eagles did not use the main bowl for their training exercise while Sudan did.
“All these happenings have made the leadership of the NFF to tighten the security plans for today’s match,” the source also concluded.
The Super Eagles are currently at the bottom of their group with a point gathered from three matches while South Africa lead the group with seven points and are closely followed by Congo DR with six points and Sudan third with three points.
Nigeria must win today’s match to have any chance of qualification for Morocco 2015.
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Musliu Obanikoro Says Boko Haram Was Created By Bola Tinubu's Friends
Obanikoro who recalled the statement credited to the former governor in which he and others promised to make Nigeria ungovernable for this government took to his Twitter account to make the revelation.
The Minister addressed this and other issues including earlier comments made on Punch newspaper credited to Tinubu where he accused Obanikoro of getting more involved in politics than in his duties as a serving minister via Twitter.
Check out the tweets below.
Gov Fashola & Bola Tinubu Rejoice Over Aregbesola's Victory
It's no longer news that Osun state incumbent governor, Rauf Aregbesola emerged winner in the just concluded gubernatorial elections.
The keenly contested election saw PDP candidate Senator Iyiola Omosire go toe-to-toe with the APC incumbent in vying for the highest office in the land with the latter emerging victorious.
Sharing in this great victory were APC chairman, Bola Tinubu and the Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola as is seen in the picture above.
Do you think Aregbesola deserved to win?
Nigerian 'Juju Pimp' Jailed In UK
A 24-year-old Nigerian woman has been convicted for sex trafficking after she forced 2 women into prostitution by threatening them with juju.
Lizzy Idahosa
took the women to a shrine in Nigeria where they swore oaths, ate
concoctions and were told they would run mad if they disobeyed their
pimp.
The victims were then reportedly forced to have sex with 7-8 men a day.
One of them was eventually discovered to be a victim of sex trafficking and this led to Idahosa's arrest.
Her lover and partner in crime, Jackson Omoruyi was convicted on charges of money laundering.
Another US Health Worker Tests Positive For Ebola
The US has recorded its third case of Ebola as another health worker has tested positive for the disease.
The unidentified medical personnel was a member of the team who cared for the first patient, Liberian Thomas Duncan who died of the disease at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas after arriving in the US on September 20.
The
newly diagnosed health worker is said to have complained of a fever
yesterday, October 14 and was immediately isolated at the hospital.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement:
“A
second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who
provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States
has tested positive for the disease.”
“The health care worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.”
“Health
officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any
contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored. The
type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the
potential they were exposed to the virus.”
“The worker was among those who took care of Thomas Eric Duncan after he was diagnosed with Ebola.”
“The
preliminary Ebola test was run late Tuesday at the state public health
laboratory in Austin, and results were received at about midnight.”
A second test to confirm the diagnosis will be carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The new patient is the third case of Ebola in the US and the second in a health worker after Nurse, Nina Pham also contracted the disease from Duncan.
Sunday, 12 October 2014
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