Breaking: Anti-Xenophobia Protest Rocks Enugu

Breaking: Anti-Xenophobia Protest Rocks Enugu


Enugu youths have taken to the streets demanding an end to the killing of Nigerians in South-Africa.

The protesters, who were chanting anti-xenophobia songs, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the South-African President, Jacob Zuma, to either protect Nigerians in the country or have them destroy South-African investments in Nigeria.

South African owned company, MTN Nigeria, has warned that about 6,000 Nigerians might loose their job should there be a reprisal attack on its facilities due to the ongoing xenophobic escalation.

It said about 99 percent of its workforce are Nigerians.

According to the Corporate Service Executive, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Wale Goodluck, there are only 12 expatriates working for the company in the country, compared to a workforce of 6,000 Nigerians.

Goodluck said, “So, if people go ahead with their threats to attack our facilities, what that means is that we may be forced to close down the business in Nigeria and about 6,000 Nigerians that make up 99 per cent of our workforce will be unemployed.

“Then, when you look at our support chain, we have about 500,000 Nigerians gainfully employed. So, boycotting our services simply means destroying so many other Nigerian businesses and making over 500,000 other Nigerians to lose their jobs.

“This business supports a lot of businesses across the length and breadth of Nigeria. Many of the businesses that are affiliated to South Africa are in the retail space, supporting the growth of Nigeria and employing so many Nigerians.”

He noted that the company had spent in excess of $15bn on capital expenditure growing the telecommunications business in Nigeria.

“We see no revenge of Xenophobia and we commend the role the Nigerian High Commissioner in South Africa has played; at least there has been no fatality on the part of any Nigerian,” Goodluck added.

Owing to the increasing xenophobic attacks on foreigners including Nigerians in South Africa, the Nigerian House of Representative has vowed to invoke a law to frustrate South Africa's interest in Nigeria.

The lawmakers also asked President Jonathan to immediately recall Nigeria's envoy to South Africa

Enough Of South African Xenophobic Nonsense

Enough Of South African Xenophobic Nonsense


The South African government is a disgrace to the entire black race and it’s time for so many countries to start considering their relationship with the Jacob Zuma lead administration. One will have think a responsible government will do everything within it power to stop this xenophobic nonsense. The big question on my lip is why has the government not been able to stop the attacks?
The world knows how all Africans stood strongly behind the freedom and liberation of South Africa. Our brothers and sister living in South Africa are now in constant fear as they witness the killings of their fellow blacks and family members without protection from the government. The SA people has betray the African brotherhood and sure will one day pay dearly for this inhuman and barbaric actions of some few bad individuals. Every reasons behind the attacks were unjustified and unwarranted knowing very well that black South Africans received enormous support from many countries in Africa during the struggle against apartheid.jacob_zuma_-_copy_01
“Your struggle was our struggle and your victory was our victory. South Africa’s enemies were Africa’s enemies and your freedom was Africa’s freedom.” There was a sense of brotherhood that allowed the battle against the apartheid to be carried on the shoulders of the entire black race and this binding bond has been destroyed right away. Nigerians and Africans in general sacrificed numerous resources to support the SA freedom fight and would not allow a situation where the South African government was failing to protect foreigners.
What will happen if there is retaliation in other countries against your nationals living in the Diaspora? God forbid and where will Africa end up? South Africans are been too quick to forget the sacrifice made by many countries that rallied behind them and now we are being repaid with xenophobic murders. I see a very terrible future for the SA people in the black region, as the country has been able to successfully isolate itself. The unwillingness of the Jacob Zuma lead administration has put the future of SA living outside the shores of their country in great jeopardy.
Comrade Ahmed Omeiza Lukman (Kiev, Ukraine)

PDP lost election due to arrogance,’ former Governor says

PDP lost election due to arrogance,’ former Governor says



Former Governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in the 2015 general elections due to the arrogance of its leaders.


Duke also stated that it was the same arrogance that stopped the party’s leaders from solving the problems which eventually led to its downfall.


The former governor made the statements on Monday, April 20, 2015, during a programme on Channels Television.


“The arrogance had it reached its zenith when five governors, five PDP governors, threatened to leave the party; and the leaders said ‘let them go’ simply because they were the governors who would be against the renomination of the president,” Duke said.


He however urged the party to re-strategize to keep it from fizzling out.


“It has to go back and re-strategize – a number of things have gone wrong. First of all, we need to have an opposition in the country. It would be very sad to allow the PDP to just fizzle out. That would be wrong, not just for the party,” he said.


“For the country, we need a strong opposition party to keep those in authority on their toes. We need to ask ourselves very salient questions; where did we go wrong?” he added.


“They’ve been in power of an office for 16 years, they need to consolidate – the base of the PDP now is largely in the southsouth and southeast – consolidate from there and re-grow,” Duke said.

The former governor paid a congratulatory visit to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari after the latter defeated President Goodluck Jonathan to emerge winner of the March 28 election.

PDP might expel chieftains over Jonathan’s defeat

PDP might expel chieftains over Jonathan’s defeat



According to reports, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) might expel some of its chieftains following suspicions that they contributed to President Goodluck Jonathan’s defeat in the March 28 presidential election.


Senior members of the PDP are also of the opinion that some other members conspired with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure Jonathan’s loss, Punch reports.


“The entire election was lost long before March 28 because northern elements, even those within the PDP, ganged up against President Jonathan. Even some of our leaders in the NEC and NWC are under watch because we believe they also worked against the President,” a leader of the PDP, who chose to remain anonymous, told Punch.


“There will be a meeting between our chairman, Adamu Mu’azu, and PDP state chairmen during the week, but as it is we do not even trust them,” he added.


“Some top northern PDP members who worked against Jonathan will be fished out and expelled from the party,” another source said.


“They have turned the PDP into a southern party and the only way we can survive as a strong opposition is to expel the traitors among us,” the source added.


PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, confirmed that the leadership of the party would discuss the issue of anti-party activities during meetings on Tuesday, April 20, 2015 and Wednesday, April 21.

US urges President to remain global leader

US urges President to remain global leader



The United States has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to continue to play a role in global leadership despite his failed re-election bid.


The advice was given to Jonathan by US Vice President, Joe Biden during a conversation on Monday, April 20, 2015.


Details of the conversation were disclosed via a statement issued by the US Embassy in Abuja.


It reads:


“Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to commend him for his leadership in ensuring Nigeria’s recent elections were peaceful and orderly.”


“The Vice President noted that President Jonathan’s actions to accept the results and congratulate President-elect Buhari, as well as his steps to date to ensure a successful transition, have strengthened Nigeria’s democracy and set a strong example for Africa and the world.”


“The Vice President encouraged President Jonathan to remain engaged and play a leadership role in global issues after his presidency ends.”


Jonathan is expected to officially hand-over to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2015.

Foreigners Tell Of Being ‘Hunted Like Dogs’ In South Africa

Foreigners Tell Of Being ‘Hunted Like Dogs’ In South Africa


Foreigners fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa told Tuesday of how they escaped marauding death mobs and vowed never to return to the country where they had sought a new life.

Holding her one-year-old daughter in her arms, Malawian Agnes Salanje said she “faced death” during the wave of anti-immigrant violence that has claimed at least seven lives.

“We could have been killed as these South Africans hunted for foreigners, going from door to door,” Salanje, who was a domestic worker in the Indian Ocean port city of Durban, told AFP.

Nearly 400 Malawian refugees arrived overnight in the city of Blantyre in the south of the country, where they were met by government ministers and officials.

The attacks on foreigners have sparked a wave of anger and protests against South Africa across the rest of the continent.

Salanje, who was paid $200 a month, said she escaped the attackers after being “tipped off by a good neighbour and we ran to a mosque to seek shelter.”

“I will not go back. It is better to be poor than be hunted like dogs because you are a foreigner,” she said.

“I lost everything. I only managed to grab a few clothes for myself and my baby Linda.”

South African authorities have struggled to contain mobs in the economic capital Johannesburg and Durban who have been attacking foreigners from Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and other African countries.

Foreigners are often the focus of resentment among poor South Africans who face a chronic jobs shortage.

Chisomo Makiyi, 23, who worked at a clothes manufacturing factory in Durban, is still puzzled why they were attacked.

“Had I not run away to safety, I would not be here,” she said.

“I just don’t know why all of a sudden they start hating foreigners and giving them two choices — be killed or go home.”

Makiyi pledged to never return to South Africa despite “the good pay of $280 (a month) which back home would be a dream.”

On average, civil servants in Malawi get $100 per month while labourers receive only $50.

“My life is more important than a good salary,” she said. “I am better off being poor and without a good job than be killed in a foreign land.”

Warm Welcome For Man Who Trekked From Lagos to Abuja in Celebration of Buhari's Victory

Warm Welcome For Man Who Trekked From Lagos to Abuja in Celebration of Buhari's Victory


Suleiman Hashimu who promised to trek from Lagos to Abuja if Muhammadu Buhari wins the 2015 Presidential election arrived in Abuja yesterday evening.

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