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Processed meats like bacon and sausage can cause cancer, the World Health Organisation's, WHO's, cancer agency said Monday, adding that non-processed red meat is likely also carcinogenic. The WHO finding was supported by a leading Italian cancer surgeon, but sharply criticized by US organizations representing the meat industry, reports dpa. In an analysis of more than 800 independent scientific studies, a group of WHO cancer researchers said that each 50-gram daily serving of processed meat - meat that had been cured, fermented, salted or smoked - increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 per cent. Red meat, which includes beef, veal, pork and all other mammalian muscle meat, was classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans ... based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect." Though the clearest association was seen between processed meat consumption and colo

Pakistan deployed military helicopters to reach thousands of people feared trapped under rubble Tuesday, officials said, a day after a powerful earthquake that so far has killed over 300 people in the region. The death toll in Pakistan has reached 230, according to Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed, reports dpa. Most deaths in Pakistan were reported from the mountainous region of Malakand in the north near the Afghan border, Rasheed said. Nearly 80 people were killed in eastern Afghanistan in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that jolted a vast region from Tajikistan to New Delhi in India. At least four people were killed in the Himalayan valleys of Indian near country's border with China and Pakistan, officials in New Delhi said. Military and civilian agencies in Pakistan were mounting a massive rescue operation to reach people in areas still inaccessible due to landslides triggered by the tremor, Minister Rasheed added. But their efforts were hampered by more landslides and h

(Nigeria)The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has summoned an emergency meeting of its national caucus to discuss emerging issues from the judgment of Election Petition Tribunals. The meeting, according to a statement by Chief Olisa Metuh, PDP National Publicity Secretary, is scheduled to hold in Abuja on October 29. It said that the meeting would discuss what it described as "onslaught against the PDP and its candidates in the last general elections by the All Progressives Congress, APC. ``The meeting will focus on the unrelenting schemes by the APC and its Federal Government to use some unpatriotic elements in the judiciary to advance their plot to take over states won by the PDP.’’ It listed the states as Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Delta, Taraba and Abia. The statement said that the meeting was in furtherance of the decision of the party leadership "to fully activate its structures in stiff resistance to the manipulations of the APC. "To resist the coerc

(Nigeria) The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday said that the new 29 Task Force Brigade in Beneshiek, Borno State, was strategically established to end insurgency. Buratai made the remarks while addressing soldiers deployed to the new brigade in Beneshiek and Ngamdu. ``This location is very important and strategic, it has great impact toward defeating the Boko Haram group. ``You are better trained and equipped than the criminals and you have to be professional and responsive. ``You should have no excuse not to be on patrol, ambush or raid operations,’’ he said. The army chief assured the troops that government would provide them with all the necessary kits and equipment to facilitate their success to end insurgency. ``We have to maintain the momentum to achieve Mr President's deadline. ``We must eradicate insurgency and make Nigeria peaceful,’’ he said. Buratai charged the soldiers to apply tactics, battle procedure and fire discipline. ``Be on the ale

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on Monday said it has withdrawn the ``data floor price’’ for operators in the telecommunications industry. ``Floor price’’ is a government or group-imposed price control or the limit a price can be charged for a product to check unhealthy rivalry among players. In a statement in Lagos, the commission said that the withdrawal was in a bid to ensure sustainability, growth and development of the data service market segment. ``However, the commission will restore the floor price if any distortion is observed within the market segment,’’ it said. With the withdrawal of the price, telecommunications industry now has the permission of NCC to charge subscribers lower than the set lowest industry prices. The regulatory body had in May 2013 imposed a price floor on telecommunications operators in the country as a means of controlling anti-competitive behaviours by operators considered to have attained the dominant status in the industry

(Nigeria) A 51-year-old pupil teacher, Mathew Oluyede, was on Monday remanded in Ado-Ekiti Prisons, Ekiti State for allegedly defiling four pupils. Oluyede, whose address is unknown, is facing a charge of defilement at an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Taiwo Ajibade, who did not take the plea of the accused, said he should be kept behind bars until the next date of adjournment. She said the case file should be duplicated and sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, for legal advice. Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the accused committed the offence between October 19 and October 21 at Ayetoro-Ekiti in Ido Council Area of the state. According to him, Oluyede defiled four minors (names withheld) of between ages two to nine. He urged the court to remand the accused immediately. The offence contravened Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti, 2012. The accused, on conviction, may be sentenced to life imprisonment.

(Nigeria) Simeon Nwakaudu The Judgment of the Justice Ambrosa-led tribunal in the petition by the defeated Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate,  Mr Dakuku Peterside will not stand the test of  Court of Appeal because it was premised on the elevation of a mere Independent National National Election, INEC press statement above the Electoral Act which legally governs the electoral process in Nigeria.  It was on the premise of the INEC press statement that the Justice Ambrosa-led tribunal opined that the use of both card reader accreditation and manual accreditation as done in Rivers State as well as other states was wrong.  The tribunal failed to acknowledge the fact that the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos upheld the election of Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode with the clear declaration that the non-use or non functionality of the card reader cannot invalidate an election.  This position has been held in all other states where the tribunals decl