Australia’s New Laws Could Damage Travelers’ Privacy: Reports

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New laws proposed in Australia to protect the country's security could damage the privacy of travelers' personal data through security checks such as Iris, thermal or biometric scanning, The Guardian stated Tuesday.


According to a statement published on the Australian Attorney-General's website, the second part of amendments to be made to the existing Australian legislation on security will give greater power to customs and immigration officers to collect and retain personal identifiers of people traveling to Australia.

Coalition’s Airstrikes Hit IS Positions in Syrian Border Town Kobani

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Airstrikes by the US-led coalition have hit Islamic State (IS) positions in the Kurdish Syrian town of Kobani shortly after IS fighters advanced into the city, The Guardian reported Tuesday.
"On Tuesday morning journalists on the Turkish side of the border heard the sound of warplanes before two large plumes of smoke billowed just west of Kobani," according to The Guardian .
IS tanks and artillery managed to enter into Kobani Monday evening, fighting street battles with the local Kurdish population.
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Oil Price War to Hit Both Sides Amid Flat Demand

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The rapid depreciation of oil seen in the recent weeks threatens to trigger a global price war, which will eventually damage all of its participants to different extents.


Oil prices have been trending downwards for some time now as new deposits have opened up new supplies to the world. One of the biggest is the North American shale oil boom, which has given America some energy independence for the first time in many decades.
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#VictoryForNigeria: Call For Court Martial Of Army Chiefs

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We stand by the brave men of the nation’s army any day and every day. Our prayers are with them and their families. Indeed these men at the battlefront are the only remaining vestiges of patriotism in this nation. They are making the ultimate sacrifice and losing their lives fighting a war created by free roaming Nigerian politicians, military Chiefs and friends of the Presidency. What greater sacrifice can a man make than to fight and die to protect the masses while the ruling Cabal associate with the sponsors of the enemy and regard them as their “siblings,” as President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan did to the dismay of Nigerians and international observers.

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Lt. Col, 15 Others to Face Trial over Chibok Girls

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The Nigerian Army has reportedly concluded arrangements to arraign 16 soldiers over the April 14, 2014, abduction of over 200 students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State.

A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location.
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Tyga & Kylie Jenner spotted on dinner date

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 There were reports that rapper Tyga, who's 25 years of age is dating 17 year old Kardashian reality star, Kylie Jenner. He took to twitter to deny it 2-3 weeks back but both ask them to have now been spotted on a cosy night time dinner and someone took a pic. A MediaTakeOut reader took a picture of both of them on a romantic date this weekend and sent it in... See the pic after the jump

Photo: Herdsman Kills his Master in Oyo State

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A 20-year-old herdsman, Abubakar Mohammed in Oyo State has confessed to killing his master because he refused to fulfil his promise of giving him a cow after serving him for a period of time.

Tribune reports Abubakar said instead, his master sacked him about six weeks to the date he was supposed to fulfil the promise. And right now, he is cooling his heels at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, in Oyo State Police Command.
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Boy Dies after Drinking Pastor's Prepared Concotion in Delta State

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A pastor (names with­held) in one of the new generation churches in Ozoro, Isoko North Local government Area of Delta State has been arrested over the death one Evi Samson.

The pastor who is also a Registrar in a Magistrate Court in the state was said to have administered black concoction on the victim as an antidote for an ailment. SunNews reports that Uwhemwu who reported the matter at the police sta­tion, said he took his son to the pastor for prayer. He added that the sus­pect gave his son the black concoction to drink follow­ing which the victim devel­oped swollen head and eyes in the night of the same date and died afterwards.

Photos: Ex-Gov Orji Uzor Kalu & Dele Momodu Visit Prophet T. B Joshua

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 Former Abia state governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and publisher of Ovation International magazine, Dele Momodu recently visited Prophet T.B Joshua to condole with him over his building collapse tragedy. Dele, earlier on today took to his IG page to share photos from the visit.See more pics after the break.

Spanish Nurse gets infected with Ebola Virus

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In what is believed to be the first infection outside of Africa, an assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital where two Ebola patients died has contracted the virus herself. According to AFP, a spokesman for the health department of the regional government of Madrid told them:
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Yaba Tech Rector Gets Ex-Student Arrested, Detained By The Army

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According to a new report on SaharaReporters, the rector of Yaba College of Technology, Margaret Kudirat Ladipo, allegedly used the military to arrest and detain a former student of the institution, Usman Oloyede. 

Mr. Oloyede, who was fired from the school, was arrested on Thursday, September 25 after he agreed to meet a soldier who posed as the rector’s assistant. He said the rector had abused her influence with the military to ensure his illegal arrest after claiming falsely that he had threatened her.
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Europe Acts as Vassal State of Washington in Terms of Sanctions: Former US Official

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Many questions have arisen questioning Europe's ability to act independently after US Vice President Joe Biden recently announced that the US had forced EU countries to impose economic sanctions against Russia despite the fact that many of them were opposed to such measures.

The sanctions have more negatively impacted the EU economy, rather than Russia’s, as Russia has other alternative trade partners in the East and in the South American region, said Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration, in an interview to Radio VR. He added that the sanctions could have positive effect on Russia’s economic development as they would make “the [Russian] Government realize that the dependency on Washington and the dependency on Europe is a strategic error of the highest magnitude.”
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Training Syrian Opposition in Georgia Inefficient Against IS

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The possible creation of a training camp for Syrian opposition fighters in the former Soviet republic of Georgia is inefficient for the fight against the Islamic State (IS), Lionel Beehner, Ph.D. candidate in political science at Yale University, has told RIA Novosti.


“It is hard to imagine the Georgians training thousands of Syrian fighters. Most of the training and cooperation will be done clandestinely, given the regional sensitivities and the real threat of ISIS [IS] seeping into the Caucasus … if they are pushed out of northern Syria and Iraq,” Beehner said on Monday.
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Hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists feared killed in Adamawa

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A fierce gun duel is taking place between members of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian troops who have been intensifying efforts to reclaim territories captured by the insurgents in Adamawa Northern zone.  Reports from the area indicate that about 200 insurgents may have been killed in this latest offensive forcing them to retreat as Nigerian troops took control of Michika.

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Atiku backs Gen. Buhari against reports that he is a religious fundamentalist

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 Atiku backed Gen. Buhari against reports that he's a religious fundamentalist. Kindly read from bottom to top after the jump.

SA seizes Nigeria's $5.7m in another secret arms deal bust

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Three weeks after South African government seized $9.3million allegedly owned by the Nigerian government, they've once more confiscated $5.7million arms money from Nigeria.

Based on South African newspaper City Press, the amount of money was seized by South Africa's Asset Forfeiture Unit of the National Prosecuting Authority for allegedly being the proceeds of illegal transactions and even shared some documents. See the total report when you continue after the jump..

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Pres. GEJ to confer with leaders of Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Benin Republic on further collaboration against terrorism

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Read the State House press release below...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will undertake a one-day official visit to Niamey, capital of Niger Republic tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7, 2014 to participate in an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.

President Jonathan and other participating Heads of State and Government are expected to review ongoing collaboration against terrorism and agree on further joint action to curb terrorism and insurgency within and across their national boundaries. 
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Nigeria Deserves Explanation From France On Terrorism, Nigerian Civil War, Bakassi Dispute, Oil Theft & B'Haram

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Nigeria Deserves Explanation From France On Terrorism Due To Its Involvement In The Nigerian Civil War, The Bakassi Dispute, Oil Theft And Recently The Translation Of Boko Haram Video By The French Media

by Musa Bello; ENDS

On 30th May 1967, after months of tensions in Nigeria, a separatist group dominated by (one of the country’s three major ethnicities based primarily in the eastern region), declared its secession from the state of Nigeria and established the independent Republic of Biafra. The refusal of the Nigerian government to recognize Biafra’s independence marked the beginning of a civil war that would last until January 1970.
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The man who died thrice and yet liveth!

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Culled from Punch
This is an appeal for help. The story tells of the grace of God and the endurance of love between a man and a woman. I was privileged to witness both aspects as it played out in Garki Hospital, Abuja.

Death Number One

Mr. Ikechukwu Obiora was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed. He was unconscious, desperate and dying. He had suffered a stroke and had rivers of blood inside his brain. After the emergency brain scan, we rushed him into the theatre and put two drains in his head to remove blood clots. This released the massive pressure on his brain. However, he remained unconscious, dead to the world and had to be transferred to the intensive care unit for a machine to breathe for him. We intubated him by passing a tube through the mouth, the neck, his throat and into the lungs. This helped him breathe and so sustained his life.

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Growing number of malls threatens small retailers

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The nation has witnessed an upsurge in retail malls in recent times but industry watchers say the development has its limitations, MAUREEN IHUA-MADUENYI writes

With a growing middle class, rising economic prosperity and changing demographics, retail malls are daily springing up in major cities across the country.

The retail and wholesale trade sector, according to economists, is a leading sector of the nation’s economy and the second largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product at 17 per cent per annum.

But there are also concerns that with the estimated 200,000 square metres of retail mall space expected in the next two years, the economy may be exposed to low value addition as well as loss of jobs, especially among start-ups.

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