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PHOTO Emma Kiley recovers in hospital after an encounter with a snake while camping.Her dad Brendan Kiley's photo above her's. A flash of movement in the bush, a lightning flick of a tail and a sharp sting to the leg — suddenly five-year-old Emma Kiley is in real danger. What had been an idyllic camping ground near Mudgee suddenly becomes an eerily isolated bush setting with no mobile phone coverage and no way of contacting emergency services. The potentially deadly bite of a snake changes everything in an instant. Luckily for Emma, her father is a seasoned flight nurse with the iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), based in nearby Dubbo. Brendan Kiley has years of experience in emergency first aid with the RFDS, bringing medical services to isolated communities across western NSW. He and his team treat numerous snakebites each summer. But when the patient is your daughter? "That is when the pressure really goes on," he said. "It is one thing to know the inf...

Ms Hansen's family said they were shocked and devastated by her death. A 20-year-old man has been charged following a fatal hit and run that killed a Melbourne nurse, Victorian police have confirmed. The 20-year-old was arrested at an address in Fulton Road in Blackburn South on Thursday evening. Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives say he has been charged with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death, fail to stop after collision with a fatality, fail to render assistance after fatal collision, theft of motor vehicle and drive whilst disqualified. Ms Hansen initially survived the crash but died despite the best efforts of nearby residents who came to her aid. She was remembered by her family as a compassionate and caring woman who worked as a cardiac nurse. She was about to start a new job at a large private hospital. They said Ms Hansen led a "dedicated spiritual life", loved yoga, sang in a gospel choir and enjoyed overseas travel and caring for her e...

ISLAMABAD — An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years of being held captive by a network with ties to the Taliban, US and Pakistani officials said Thursday. US officials say Pakistan secured the release of Caitlan Coleman of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, who were abducted five years ago while traveling in Afghanistan and had been held by the Haqqani network in Pakistan. Coleman was pregnant when she was captured. The couple had three children while in captivity, and all have been freed, US officials say. A US national security official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing operation, commended Pakistan for their critical assistance in securing the family's release — and described the cooperation as an important step in the right direction for US-Pakistani relations. The US has long criticized Pakistan for failing to aggressively go after the Haqqanis, who have been ...

Panama President Juan Carlos Varela declared a national holiday in celebration at the central American country's first ever qualification for the World Cup. "It's a historic day for the country. Tomorrow (Thursday) will be a national holiday for public and private sector workers," Varela said on Twitter wedesday. Panama came from behind to beat Costa Rica 2-1 on Tuesday night and book a ticket to Russia 2018. The victory left them third in the CONCACAF area qualification behind Mexico and Costa Rica, and sensationally helped knock the United States out of contention. Thousands of Panamanians celebrated long into the night in the capital Panama City as a cacophony of car horns greeted the historic news. "Today the planets aligned, you must never lose faith," Varela had said on the Estadio Rommel Fernandez pitch in the capital following the match. Although not Panama's national game, football is rapidly catching up with baseball and boxing as the country...

Nigerian police personnel in Lagos File photo: Facebook The Osun state Police Command has discovered a ritualists' den at Jamodo Junction, Ifon-Osun area of the state. Commissioner of Police Olafimihan Adeoye, who paraded the suspects, said they were arrested on October 6, 2017, following a tip-off and investigations. He said one Sehidu Aliu, also known as 'Alaga,' who is now on the run, is leader of the suspected ritualists. Fimiham added that the suspects, who usually assemble at the shrine,  brandished dangerous weapons, such as guns and cutlasses, to threaten their victims to submission. "The syndicate specialises in duping and defrauding unsuspecting members of the public under the pretence of being herbalists that can make money rituals for them," he said. "Investigations led to the discovery of their den and shrine at Isangbe village, in Ifon-Osun, where outrageous numbers of statues made of cement, carved wood, foams, assorted charms, cloths, empty Sc...

Deputy editor of Daily Post, Wale Odunsi has narrowly missed death when he was molested by security aides attached to Government House, Kogi in Lokoja. A man dressed in mobile police personnel at the Government House slapped the editor before threatening to shoot him. Odunsi had travelled to the state to honour an invitation to the rescheduled Kogi State Social Media Summit. The programme was slated for Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th October 2017. Those invited were also scheduled to meet Governor Yahaya Bello at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Lokoja, Kogi State. Narrating the incident to newsmen, Odunsi said it was divine intervention that saved him from being killed. He said: "When I got there, I called to the special assistant to the Governor on New Media, Joel Odaudu Minister, that I was on my way to the Govt. House. "I got there and walked towards the gate. As I approached the gate directly opposite entrance of the governor's wife office entrance, one of the p...

The Edo State Government has condemned the attack on the Headmaster of Uwa Primary School, Mr. S. I. Imafidon, assuring the school and residents in the area that the state is on top of the situation. The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Basic Education and Sole Administrator, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, monitoring the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination at Oredo Girls School in Benin City, Edo State recently. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Basic Education and Sole Administrator, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, said this in response to the attack on the headmaster by some hoodlums at the school premises on First East Circular Road in Benin City, the state capital. It was gathered that some hoodlums invaded the school premises and attacked the headmaster, an incident which caused panic among students and teachers. Dr Osa Oviawe said that two suspects have been arrested in relation to t...

Motivational speaker, Funke Adejumo. Source: Instagram. Cool FM presenter Daddy Freeze has condemned motivational speaker Funke Adejumo over her last viral sermon, where she said any woman who is housewife is a colossal failure. Freeze opted to represent a married woman by demanding an apology from Adejumo to all  women for her statement. He wrote: The truth is the woman made a huge mess of a what could have been a great sermon, with her arrogance and condescending tone. You shouldn't set standards that could lead women into depression. I'm currently counseling a lady who was pushed into marriage at 19 by her family, simply because she was an orphan. What achievement could she possibly boast of at 19? How will this sermon make her feel? The lady is already depressed, what if the sermon makes her suicidal? Her choice of the financial example of N1 million, whether figurative or not, is appalling. There are many wonderful wives who are 'assets' to their husbands but still...

Power Uti. Nigerian wrestling champion Power Uti has been arrested by the Police in Lagos over death of his 38-year-old wife Toyin. Toyin reportedly died in their home at Ilupeju. It was gathered that the ring champion took his wife to a church for spiritual help, after he discovered she was dead on Monday morning. Toyin's corpse has been taken to the Isolo general hospital morgue while her four children have been placed in the care of their grandmother. Confirming Uti's arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer, Famous Cole, said the wrestler was being detained at the Ilupeju Police station. He added that the case would be transferred to the Criminal Investigative Department, Panti, on Thursday. Toyin, the mother of Uti's  four children, was a full-time housewife. They were married for 10 years before her death.

Kongowea Market traders in Mombasa have defied Uhuru's order to deny taxes to Hassan Joho's government - The traders say the order was a political statement and they will continue paying taxes - Uhuru urged the traders not pay for services not delivered by the county government - He said he built the market for KSh 500 million but the county government has failed to maintain it - Uhuru and Joho are political nemeses Traders at the Kongowea Market in Mombasa county have defied  a directive  by President Uhuru Kenyatta to deny taxes to Governor Hassan Joho's government. The traders have, instead, indicated they will continue to pay their taxes as required.They termed Uhuru's directive as a political statement which only serves to give him mileage in a county considered an opposition stronghold. Uhuru promised to send NYS youth to clean the garbage at the Kongowea Market Photo: Business Daily "We knew it was just a political statement. We could not hesitate from payin...

PHOTO Aaron Pajich's body was found in the backyard of Ms Lilley and Ms Lenon's Orelia home. A teenager has described helping his mother and her housemate lay tiles in the backyard of their "creepy" house where the two women are alleged to have murdered and buried his "excellent friend" Aaron Pajich. The 13-year-old boy detailed the events in an interview with police recorded about two weeks after his mother, Trudi Lenon, and the woman they were living with, Jemma Lilley, allegedly lured Mr Pajich to their Orelia home in June last year and fatally stabbed him. The body of the 18-year-old with autism was found eight days later buried under tiles and a slab of concrete. The boy's interview was played to the Supreme Court in Perth today with him describing Ms Lilley as a "freaky" person who he believed had tried to "groom" him. The boy said he thought Ms Lilley really liked him, and that if something had happened to his mother she would ...

MOMBASA, Kenya - Two staff members of a Kenyan university were killed south of Mombasa on Tuesday when gunmen fired on vehicles carrying them and students to their campus, the area police chief said.  The identity of the gunmen was unclear. Police in the coastal county of Kwale, where the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) has a campus, said they could be robbers or militants. Security is poor in the area and the convoy had a police escort. Somali Islamist militants al Shabaab frequently carry out attacks along the Kenyan coast and have been recruiting new members there. In 2015, al Shabaab gunmen killed 148 students at a university in Kenya’s Garissa town near the Kenya-Somali border, an attack that provoked shock and outrage in Kenya and abroad.  Two staff members of the university were killed Tuesday’s attack, and a driver and two policemen were wounded, area police chief Joseph Chebusit told Reuters. “A bus carrying students of TUM was ...

The Edo Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisosa Amadasun, and four others, have been brought before a Benin High Court, for allegedly committing contract fraud to the tune of N1.5bn, NAN reports. The other defendants in the case are: Adama Osabuohien, Prince Stephen Alao, Dove Momodu and Ali Sulayman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, October 5, arraigned the defendants before Justice Ohimai Ovbiagele, for allegedly using their offices while serving as board members of the Edo Universal Basic Education Board, to award contracts to their cronies after collecting money from them. After they all pleaded not guilty to the 50-count charge, the judge ordered their remand in Oko Prisons and adjourned the case until Monday, October 9 for the ...

A middle-aged herdsman, Auwalu Idi, has been remanded in Katsina prison for allegedly stealing 22 cows and one sheep entrusted to his care. The animals were allegedly stolen during an armed robbery attack by some hoodlums at a grazing camp in Zamfara State. The police told a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court that Idi’s absence and movement during the robbery operation made him a prime suspect in the incident. Idi was accused of three counts charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, breach of trust and armed robbery. The offences, according to the police, were contrary to Section 97 (312) of the Penal Code and Section 1(a)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special provisions) Act, Cap R11, LFN, 2004. The police, however, said Idi was discovered to have sold the missing cows at Danmus...

A certain Raymond Ihugba has been murdered by his wife in Akwakuma Autonomous Community in the Owerri North Council Area of Imo State. Iuhagba, 50-year-old and father of four children was reportedly killed by his wife, Augustina, after a protracted squabble ensued between them. It was gathered that the remains of the victim had been deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, while the suspect is on the run. The mother of the deceased, Mrs. Eunice Ihugba, told newsmen that trouble started between Raymond and Augustina because the latter was always making high financial demand from him despite his lean resources. She said, “My efforts and those of Augustina’s relations to arrest the ugly situation proved abortive. “Augustina poured the acid on him, set him ablaze and ran into hiding. Raymond was rushed to the Emergency Ward of the FMC, Owerri, from where he was transferred to the ward 10 of the hospital where he eventually ...

Bishop Simon Apana of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star has decried the killing of Nigerians in Cameroon. Speaking with newsmen in Calabar, the Cleric said many of those killed were Ejagham speaking people of Cross River State whose kith and kin were also found in the Cameroon in large numbers. Bishop Apana who is a Cameroonian and one of the arrowheads of the struggle for the recognition of Southern Cameroon as an independent republic of Ambazonia, said the killing of the people of Cross River and Akwa Ibom States by forces loyal to President Paul Biya was regrettable. He said following the formal proclamation of the Ambazonian Republic by the leaders of southern Cameroon on October 1st, not only did the Cameroonian authorities clamp down on the separatist movement but they also voluntarily closed her borders at Ikom in central part of Cross River State, making many Nigerians who ply their trades in Cameroon to be stranded. The Bishop who is now reside...

  Photo: Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was a retired property manager who liked gambling and cruises. (AP: Eric Paddock) Stephen Paddock appeared to be settling into a quiet life two years ago when the wealthy 64-year-old apartment manager and high-stakes gambler bought a home in a rural Nevada retirement community, an hour's drive from his beloved Las Vegas casinos. Those who knew him say there was no indication he was capable of holing up in a room on the 32nd floor of one of those casinos, the Mandalay Bay, and opening fire on a country music festival across the street. But Paddock killed 59 people, including himself, and injured more than 500 others on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in modern US history. Photo: Gunman Stephen Paddock broke two windows at the Mandalay Bay Resort and...

    PHOTO OF STEVE PADDOCK *The Las Vegas gunman opened fire on a security guard six minutes before he rained down bullets on a crowd and killed 58 people, officials said, in a change to the timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.   MAP SHOWING WHERE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE Key points: Security guard Jesus Campos was shot in the leg by Stephen Paddock, six minutes before he shot into the crowd Police officers found Mr Campos when they arrived on the floor Paddock also had protective gear in the hotel suite and explosives in his parked car Police initially believed Stephen Paddock, 64, stopped shooting when a security officer approached his hotel room to investigate an open door near his suite. But in the revised timeline, police said the guard was shot six minutes before Paddock opened fire into a crowd. killing 58 people and wounding hundreds more before killing himself. Paddock was seen on numerous occasions in Las Vegas wit...

Video: Wildfires rip through northern California (Photo: AP) (ABC News) Related Story: Huge California fire threatening Yosemite's famous giant redwoods Related Story: Wildfires spread quickly in California, forcing evacuations Map: United States   Wildfires fanned by strong winds have ripped through Californian wine country, killing at least 10 people, forcing some 20,000 residents to flee and destroying 1,500 homes and businesses. Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for northern California's wine-making Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties as the blazes raged unchecked and engulfed the region in thick, billowing smoke that drifted into San Francisco and Oakland. A state of emergency was also declared in Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada and Orange counties. At least seven people died in the winemaking region of Sonoma, while two died in neighbouring Napa and another was...

The federal government says it is ready for its first major prosecutions of suspects linked to Boko Haram insurgency. Trials of the suspects will take place at a military base. The defendants have all been arrested and detained since the start of insurgency in the country's northeast in 2009. The Justice ministry announced last month that some 1,670 detainees would go on trial at a civilian court at a military base in Kainji, in the central state of Niger. A further 651 others at the Giwa barracks in the capital of the northeastern state of Borno, Maiduguri, would then be tried. A government source involved in the process told newsmen that defence and prosecution lawyers have arrived early to prepare for the cases. "But from all indications, the whole of Monday will be used for administrative purposes," he said on condition of anonymity. "It's just about sorting out the record of the suspects to determine who is going to stand trial ...