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Germany blocks WhatsApp data transfers to Facebook

                                             Source: Gadget Clinic •http://techwelkin.com

German data protection authorities on Tuesday said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp, citing privacy concerns.

Facebook and WhatsApp promised in the wake of the Silicon Valley giant’s 2014 acquisition of the messaging app that they would not share data, Hamburg’s Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Johannes Caspar recalled in a statement.

He added that Facebook would be required to delete any data already received from WhatsApp in Germany.

“It has to be (the users’) decision whether they want to connect their account with Facebook,” Caspar said. “Facebook has to ask for their permission in advance.”

Pastor tackles Lagos hospital for removing wife’s womb

A pastor with a Pentecostal ministry, Chinedu Rockson, has accused the management of Ilogbo Central Hospital in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State of removing his wife’s womb and damaging her bladder during childbirth.

 Chinedu said the hospital also detained his wife over the payment of N50,000, adding that efforts to clear the bill had been frustrated by the hospital.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Chinedu’s wife, Chinansa, had been referred to the hospital on August 26, 2016, after she could not be delivered of the baby at the hospital where she had her antenatal care.

The hospital reportedly commenced a caesarean section on the 42-year-old after her husband signed some documents to perfect the terms.

Chinedu explained that some hours into the operation, he was called into the theatre to sign another document, adding that nobody told him it was for the removal of his wife’s womb.

He said, “They charged N200, 000 for the operation and we negotiated for N150,000. I paid a deposit of N30,000 and they started the operation.

Abdulmutallab, US bomber to vote in Edo

                                                    Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab  


Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was jailed in the United States in 2012  for terrorism offences has appeared on the voters’ register in Edo state.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole drew attention to the existence of  Abdulmuttalab’s  portrait in a fake voters register now in circulation.
A high stake governorship election is due in the state tomorrow, with the All Progressives Congress candidate, Godwin Obaseki locked against Pastor Ize Iyamu of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
Oshiomhole spoke about AbdulMutallab  during a visit to him by the United States Consul General in Lagos, Mr F John Bray.
The Edo governor said he was shocked to see the portrait of the “underwear bomber” in the fake register, but with a Benin name.

Apply for 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship Application

The 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship YALI is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. President Obama launched YALI in 2010 to support young African leaders as they spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa. 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship application closes on October 26, 2016..
The 2017 Washington Mandela Fellowship YALI will bring 1000 young leaders to the United States in summer 2017 for academic coursework and leadership training and will create unique opportunities in Africa for Fellows to put new skills to practical use in leading organizations, communities, and countries.

Recession: Melaye urges Buhari to sack Adeosun, Emefiele, Udoma

                                                    Emefiele, Udoma and Adeosun


A member of the Senate representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Sunday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take drastic measures on the ailing economic, including the immediate removal of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma; and the Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

In a statement in Abuja, Melaye said the President must shake up his cabinet, and accused some members of cabinet as lacking the capacity to deliver on the mandates of their ministries and agencies.
He said Adeosun, Udoma and Emefiele should be axed for the economy to be effectively rebooted to deliver on the change agenda of the present administration.

‘Nigerian leaders won’t have peace until they rescue Chibok girls’

A cleric, Pastor Chinedu Ezekwesili, has accused Nigerian leaders of not showing concern about the plight of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls because none of their children was among the victims of Boko Haram violence.
He, therefore, prayed to God to take the peace of the leaders until they rescue the over 200 Chibok girls in Boko Haram captivity.
Ezekwesili, the husband of the Co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls coalition, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, said this during a special prayer service for the Chibok girls on Sunday in Abuja.
The cleric recalled the killing of 40 students of Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State in 2014 by Boko Haram insurgents, which he said was not addressed by the Federal Government.
He noted that the lukewarm response of the government to the incident emboldened the terrorists to abduct the Chibok girls.

He visited others, ignored me – Omotola disappointed after Mark Zuckerberg’s visit

Popular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has expressed disappointment at the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, for not visiting her when he was in Nigeria.
Zuckerberg arrived Lagos on Tuesday for an official visit to Nigeria and during the visit, the philanthropist was seen with hosts of entertainers including movie director, Kunle Afolayan, among others.
But ‘Omo sexy’, as she is fondly called, wondered why the Facebook founder ignored users with highest number of followers on his social media platform.

Report: Trump Has Not Paid Top Staffers

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has not paid at least ten of his top staff members for their work, according to a new Reuters report based on federal campaign finance filings. Those who apparently worked for free on the campaign include top staffers such as Paul Manafort, who recently stepped down amid scandal over his earlier business dealings with corrupt Ukrainian leaders. In addition, Trump's California state director Tim Clark, communications director Michael Caputo and two senior aides who left in June to work for a Trump Super PAC have all not been paid, according to the campaign finance filings. Trump has repeatedly claimed that his campaign's affordability, with his team spending about one-third of what Hillary Clinton has spent, is proof of his business smarts. It's not clear if the staffers had agreed to work as volunteers or will simply deprived of pay. At least one of those on the list, Michael Caputo, told a radio station in June that he'd never offered to volunteer, but had simply never been paid. Two others, Ken McKay and Laurance Gay, told Reuters that they had worked as volunteers, though they each later received $60,000 through a Trump-backed Super PAC. Other top staffers who have not been paid include finance chairman Steven Mnuchin, national political director Rick Wiley and senior adviser Barry Bennett, according to FEC filings.

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DSS nabs kidnapper of Australians

                                           Department of State Security Service (DSS)
The Department of State Services ( DSS) said it has arrested Samuel Asuquo, the suspected kidnapper of three Australians working with Lafarge cement company.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Tony Opuiyo, an official of the service in Abuja on Sunday.
Opuiyo said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the service in Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross River on August 22.
He said that the suspected kidnap kingpin received a ransom of N150 million.
In a related development, the service also arrested three suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang on August 30 in Lafia.
The suspects are, Bamaiyi Mustapha, alias Dan Borno, Aminu Isa and Hassan Shehu.
Opuiyo said that the suspects operated around the Abuja-Kaduna axis.

Justice is too slow for rape victims – Bose Ironsi

Bose Ironsi is the Executive Director, Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), an innovative non-governmental organisation with Headquarters in Ejigbo, Lagos State, that works for the promotion of reproductive health, rights and general development for women, young girls and communities. She believes delay in justice for rape victims has given rise to the high incidence of child rape and other cases of violence against women and children.

The rate at which minors are being defiled these days is alarming. It has become an everyday occurrence. What do you think could be the cause of this unfortunate aberration?

I think there are several factors. One of them that is very obvious is the fact that people now speak out more. It is not as if those abuse or crimes were not taking place before, it’s just that people are more comfortable to speak about it now. The social media is also helping matters that when something is happening, people are no longer keeping quiet. Another reason could be the effort of government and other non-governmental organisations like ours which have decided that you need to educate the public for example, we have a project that says, ‘see something say something’. When you see something say it especially when it concerns issues of abuse of women and children.

Secondly, I wouldn’t know why a man would abuse a child. Probably because they see the children as people that cannot report them. If an adult is raped, she’d be able to say this is who did this to me but for a child, she may not be able to express such so they take undue advantage of them. So many people conjure a lot of spiritual reasons why they do that but I don’t believe in that. It has to do with people taking advantage of the innocence of children. The reason they give for raping women is that women go about naked. I wonder why a six month or two-year-old child cannot be naked before the father. If you cannot be vulnerable before your father or immediate family, who else would you be vulnerable to?

Unbelievable! Thieves remove cable in Abuja rail line

                                               Abuja rail project in progress. Twitter photo.


The early completion of Abuja light rail project is under threat as unknown persons have started stealing the communication cable laid on the rail line.

The Abuja light rail project is at jeopardy as unknown persons have started stealing the communication cable laid on the rail line.
Residents looking forward to having a functional railway line as alternative means of transportation within the city next year, may have to wait longer.
The Light Rail System project expected to provide alternative means of transport is at the mercy of vandals.
According to Channels Television, unknown persons are digging up and carting away communication cables buried along the rail tracks.

40-year-old teacher defiles 6-month-old baby in Yobe, intestines ruptured

One Shaaibu Yakubu, a 40-year-old deaf teacher in Potiskum, Yobe State, has allegedly defiled a 6-month-old baby girl.
The teacher was said to have been arrested on September 1, for raping the minor until her intestines got destroyed.
Reports which trended on twitter over the weekend under the hashtag #JusticeForHajara, had it that the culprit allegedly admitted to his crime and is out on bail.

Meanwhile, the Commandant of Nigeria Security and Defence Corps, NSCDC, Muhammad Gidado Fari, was quoted to have said Yakubu Abdullahi, was arrested by men of the NSCDC for allegedly raping the baby in the Potiskum area of Yobe state, noting that the deaf teacher allegedly connived with his 10-year-old student, who carried the baby to him from her neighbour’s house and he defiled her.