NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER!

 

Back to back, the national convention of the two major political parties in the US have been concluded; the Republican National Convention preceding the Democratic National Convention, holding from July 18 - 21, 2016 in Cleveland and July 25 - 28, 2016 in Philadelphia respectively. Gradually, a process that began some two years or so ago with prominent candidates like: Dr. Ben Carson (world renowned Neurosurgeon); Ted Cruz (Texas senator); John Kasich (currently two-term governor of Ohio); Marco Rubio (Florida senator since 2011); Jeb Bush (brother to ex-president George Bush, son of George Bush Snr.); Carly Fiorina (former boss of Hewlett Packard and executive at AT&T); Jim Webb (former Virginia senator and US Secretary of Navy); Lincoln Chafee (former senator and governor of Rhode Island); Bernie Sanders (independent senator from Vermont); among others, have been narrowed to two major candidates; Donald Trump (Republican Nominee) and Hillary Clinton (Democratic Nominee), and come Tuesday, November 8, 2016, one of these two individuals would be voted to replace President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.

 

The 2016 US elections hasn't been without it's usual intrigue and suspense. Donald Trump; a business man, has been a very interesting candidate in the race for the White House and several political commentators and analysts in and out of America have expressed varied views and concerns about his candidacy, policies and probable win come November. However, what remains a speculation is whether or not Trump would pull through with all his policy intentions, and only time would reveal that to us. 

 

In 2008, history was made as Americans, from all the choices before them, choose a 'regular Black Senator' from Illinois to be their President. Hillary Clinton has been another very interesting candidate in the November race for the White House. Contesting and loosing to Obama in 2008, Clinton seemed to have kept her eye on the Oval Office, and eight years later; having supported Obama's government and administration, Clinton seems to have gotten Obama and, indeed, America's nod to become, in the history of the United States of America, the FIRST female to be nominated as the Presidential flag bearer by a major political party in the US, and FIRST female Presidential hopeful of the United States of America.

 

The conventions have ended, the game is still on, Americans are making up their minds, who is going to become the 45th President of the United States of America? 

It's indeed going to be a 'November to Remember'!

Related post: http://mykogu.blogspot.com/2016/06/history-in-making.html

FALSE FLAG OR NOT, TURKEY IS ON FIRE!

 

The dawn of Saturday, July 16, 2016, may have been another beautiful morning for you, but it certainly wasn't for Turkey; the government had been compromised, the military had left the barracks, what seems to be the military counterpart of a revolution had occurred, there had been a military coup!

The coup which, according to report, began at 21:30 on the eve of July 16, was believed to have been staged by a faction of the Turkish army. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had been on a vacation within the country when the coup plotters struck blocking two major bridges in Istanbul and seizing the Turkish Parliament in the Turkish capital - Ankara. By dawn, the Turkish government reported that the coup had failed and the government was fully in control.

Whatever the 'triggers' of the coup; attempts by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to transform the state into an Islamic brotherhood state, or pressures and reactions from Kurdish insurgency and terrorist attacks, Turkish democracy has been badly challenged, and that has serious implications. Again, although some skeptics have argued that the incident of Friday night wasn't a real military coup, but a false flag; alluding to the fact that no government official was captured prior to the coup, the President was also not captured, and infact the time of the coup was suggestive, whatever the case, there has been a coup - fake or real, with real consequences unfortunately.

If President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had only intended to use the coup as a means of strengthening his grip of government; making the coup a false flag, unfortunately that  trick would only succeed for a very short time, and if it was actually a failed coup, it is most likely that, not too long from now, there would be another attempt, and another, if there are no visible changes in the Turkish domestic and foreign policies in the months and years ahead.

 

For whatever it is worth, the recent and unfortunate incident in Turkey sends a message to governments across the globe; there is always a limit to injurious policies, and when 'the people' are pressured to the limits, they surely would respond in a revolution (civilian response) or a coup d'etat (military response). Democracy would only make sense as long as government is responsible to 'the people', including the armed forces.

At least 200 people have died, more than 1,100 wounded and 6,000 arrested over the coup attempt. The Turkish coup has also, since, been condemned domestically and internationally by NATO, the EU, and ME! 😊 

Erdoğan has been Turkish President since 2003, and leads an Islamist cabinet. He has also faced increasing pressures owing to the Kurdish insurgency in the south-east, and a series of ISIS terrorist attacks.

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE IS NOW A MOM!

 

Who knew that our dear Miss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is now a MOM!?

Lauren Porter reported that the "We must all be Feminists" advocate, who insisted to be called 'Miss' even after her marriage, hinted in an interview with London's Financial Times, that she had had a baby. "This is just very sugary, very sweet. I would probably have a glass of wine, but I’m breastfeeding, I’m happy to announce," she said.

 

"This is the first time I’m saying it publicly. I have a lovely little girl so I feel like I haven’t slept … but it’s also just really lovely and strange. I have some friends who probably don’t know I was pregnant or that I had a baby. I just feel like we live in an age when women are supposed to perform pregnancy. We don’t expect fathers to perform fatherhood," she explains.

 

Adichie and her husband Ivara Esege welcomed a little girl recently, but they have remained silent about their daughter's name and date of birth.

However, all we know for now, is that, in addition to a long list of crowning achievements, Ms Adichie is now also a mom!

Hearty congratulations to our multi-award winner and orator and her hubby!

NO WORK ON THURSDAY - THANKS TO THE MOON!

 

http://greennews.ng/breaking-fg-declares-new-holidays/

According to Greennews, Thursday, fortunately or unfortunately, is another public holiday. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau in a statement issued today in Abuja said this development is following "the directive by the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, to the effect that the Ramadan fast continues today (Tuesday) as a result of the non-sighting of the moon”.

Subsequently, the Federal Government has now declared Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th July, 2016 as Public Holiday.

Enjoy the holiday my Muslim fellaz, I wish Christmas or Easter could also be shifted whenever we wanted because of some reason as well... 😊