Wednesday, December 11, 2013
'Mass telephone record gathering necessary' - NSA chief
The mass collection of telephone data is necessary to monitor communications between terrorist suspects, the head of a US spy agency said Wednesday.
General Keith Alexander, director of the
National Security Agency, defended the bulk gathering of metadata on
phone calls, saying, "there is no other way that we know of to connect
the dots."
The NSA collects information about which
phone numbers are involved and the duration of calls, but not any
information from actual conversations.
Mexican immigrants abused by US officials, report says
According to a report published on Tuesday by the US Immigration Policy Center, a selective interrogation of more than 1,000 Mexican immigrants who have been deported from the US has shown that 11% of them had been abused in this or that way by US officials while being detained or kept in processing centers.
Air Canada buys 61 Boeing 737s for $6.5 bn
Air Canada announced Wednesday it had placed a firm $6.5 billion order for 61 Boeing 737 MAX narrow-body aircraft, with options on 18 more planes and purchase rights for 30 others. The order - which comes as the airline seeks to replace its aging Airbus A320 and A321 fleet - concerns 33 of the MAX 8 version of the 737, and 28 of the MAX 9 aircraft.
US threatens Ukraine, says considers sanctions against the country.
The US State Department said on Wednesday it is considering all options, including sanctions, toward Ukraine, where riot police moved against demonstrators overnight after weeks of protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.
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"All
policy options, including sanctions, are on the table, in our view, but
obviously that still is being evaluated," State Department spokeswoman
Jen Psaki told reporters, declining to specify what kinds of sanctions
may be under consideration.
ASUU- Presidency received 50 Warning Letters Before ASUU Strike Began - Fagge
Pres. GEJ replies OBJ, Says letter is self-serving & provocative
We have noted the publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The Presidency acknowledges that it has indeed received the said letter from Chief Obasanjo.
Continue after the break.
ASUU STRIKE: "All Issues Resolved"
He made the disclosure in a statement following his meeting with the leadership of the union on Wednesday.
He also lauded the patriotism and strong will demonstrated by members of the union to uplift the standard of education in the country.
Photos: Nelson Mandela's body lying in state in Pretoria.
The body of late anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela this morning arrived South African government Union Building, Pretoria, where it'll lie in state for 3 days. The public, invited heads of states and international guests will be able to see his body from today till Friday. He will soon be buried in his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape province on Sunday Dec. 15th.
Ex- Nigerian diplomat in court for allegedly demanding S-ex from female colleague.
From UK Daily Mail
A doctor and former diplomat grabbed a female colleague from behind and thrust himself towards her before exposing himself and suggesting she performed a sex act, a tribunal heard. Dr Chukwuma Igbokwe, 46, also asked the woman for sex on his desk, it has been claimed.
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Ex-President Obasanjo got a strong message for Pres. Jonathan, Accuses Him Of Lying, Destroying Nigeria & Promoting.
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Ex-President Obasanjo got a strong message for Pres. Jonathan, Accuses Him Of Lying, Destroying Nigeria And Promoting Corruption.
“Nigeria is bleeding and the hemorrhage must be stopped,” Mr. Obasanjo said in the 18-page letter dated December 2, 2013 and exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES Tuesday.
"Lots of cheques that people donated bounced" OJB says in new interview
There are well meaning and bitter people in Naija. Most people were just complaining and these people didn’t even donate. All the figures flying in the air then were just fake and make-belief from different angles because if we had the money we wouldn’t have the governor donate N16million.
Uruguay set to become first country to legalize growing, buying and selling marijuana.
If this bill, which has the support of majority of the House and the president of the country, is passed, Uruguay will be the first country to legalize a trade that is illegal everywhere else in the world.
Reuben Abati replies Speaker Tambuwal
“Take the subsidy probe, the pension, the SEC probe and recently the bullet proof car cases. After the House of Representatives did a diligent job by probing and exposing the cases, you now see something else when it comes to prosecution." Tabumwal said while responding to questions at an anti-corruption seminar organized by NBA, in Abuja.
President spokesperson, Reuben Abati has replied Tanbuwal. See his tweets below...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Heartless: “He flushed the toilet at the wrong time” – says Landlord who beat his tenant to death
A 65-year old person, Adebayo Akinrinlade, was recently charged to court for practically beating his tenant, Uche Jordan to death.
Akinrinlade was arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrate Judge in Lagos.
The person who lives at No. 40, Church Road, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, is facing a one-count charge of unlawful beating, leading to death.
Premium Times reports:
The Prosecutor, Chidi Okoye, said that the accused committed the offence on April 1, at No. 40, Church Street, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja.
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