Donald Trump: Stop trying to Force Me to tear My Green Card – Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, came hard on those asking him to tear his US Green Card as he vowed to do if billionaire businessman, Donald Trump, won the US presidential election.
Some online commentators have been daring the respected literary icon to carry out his threat which he reportedly made few days before the election since Trump had won.
But Soyinka, in a statement he signed titled, “Red card, green card
– Notes towards the management of hysteria”, described the online commentators as “noisome creatures” whose ignorance resonates largely on whatever they comment on. Lol!
Read how Prof Soyinka lambasted those disturbing him: “ Let me end with a Red Card to those noisome creatures, the nattering nit-wits of Internet : maybe Trumpland is not as despicable as the Naijaland you impose on our reality from your secure cesspits of anonymity.
“Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance , ignorance of whatever subject you so readily comment upon. Learn to study your subject before opening up on issues beyond your grasp.
“Sometimes you make one feel like swapping one green for another, out of embarrassment for occupying the same national
space as you.’’
‘If it even becomes convenient to bring it forward, I intend to do so, but please don’t come at me with plaints of time imprecision.
“I never discussed it with you, nor invited you to a private decision whose execution was already in the making. Do not try to browbeat me. It’s a waste of time – all you have to do is immerse yourselves in my antecedents . It will not attempt to deal with the
notion of an exit time-table as conceived by others.’’

US Blocks Nigeria from Buying Aircraft to Fight Boko Haram

Strong indications have emerged that the United States has again blocked Nigeria from acquiring a fighter ground attack aircraft considered crucial in the war against Boko Haram.
Investigations showed that the US has prevented the military from acquiring the A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft from Brazil.
But why again? A Presidency source told Punch that Nigeria and Brazil were almost striking a deal on the acquisition of the light attack aircraft when the US, which produced the aircraft, prevented the deal. It was gathered that the leadership of the Armed Forces had taken a decision to replace the ailing Alpha jet platform of the Nigerian Air Force with the newer A-29 Super Tucano.
The source said that the Brazilians, who were enthusiastic about the deal, suddenly became reluctant.
The source said US had told Brazil, who acquired 99 of the aircraft from US firm, Embraer Defence System, that the aircraft deal be put on hold due to human rights issues involving Nigeria military.
The US had blocked the administration of Goodluck Jonathan from acquiring Boeing CH-47 Chinok helicopters from Israel in January 2015 due to "human rights issues" involving Nigeria military.
Like the case of the A-29 Super Tucano, the Boeing CH-47 Chinok helicopters were produced by US firms and could only be sold with approval by the Americans.
The latest development has dimmed indications that the US was relaxing the arms embargo on the country with the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
US Congressman Darrel Isah had shortly after a meeting with service chiefs and defence authorities in August 2015, said that US had commenced the process of relaxing the embargo on military assistance to the country under the Leahy Law.
The Leahy Law prohibits the US defence sector from providing military assistance to countries involved in rights violations.
The prevailing arms blockade had again compelled Nigerian government to look in the direction of Asia and Eastern Europe for. arms supply to fight Boko Haram.
It was learnt that the Federal Government had paid for 10 Super Mushak trainers from Pakistan expected to arrived the country by the first week of December 2016.
It was further learnt that plans had reached an advanced stage to bring in 12 MI 35M, one of the latest helicopter gunships from
Russia.