Vote for Donald Trump or face nuclear war- Putin's ally

                                         
Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the US Republican candidate.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric, told reporters Trump is the only person able to de-escalate dangerous tensions between Moscow and Washington.
By contrast, Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton could spark World War Three, said Zhirinovsky, who received a top state award from Putin after his pro-Kremlin Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) came third in Russia's parliamentary election last month.
Many Russians regard Zhirinovsky as a clownish figure who makes outspoken statements to grab attention but he is also widely viewed as a faithful servant of Kremlin policy, sometimes used to float radical opinions to test public reaction.

Nairobi County sues Kenya Power authority over threats

                    
The Nairobi County government has taken Kenya Power authority to court for threatening to disconnect electricity at key city institutions over Sh732 million debt.

City Hall claims that if the threat is followed through, key facilities in the country’s capital will suffer irreparable losses.

According to county secretary Robert Ayisi, the move is in bad faith and that Kenya Power is using a defunct local government law to seek payment.

The facilities to be affected include City Hall annex, Pumwani Hospital, Mama Lucy Hospital, nursery and primary schools run by the county government and street lights.

Garissa massacre case hits rocks after suspect found unfit for trial

                              
The trial of a suspect in the Garissa university al Shabaab attack that killed 147 students failed to take off on Wednesday.
This was after after Tanzanian national Rashid Mberesero was declared mentally ill, therefore unfit to stand trial.
State counsel Eddie Kaddebe produced a letter from Mathari mental hospital showing that the accused needed to continue with his treatment.
Mberesero was charged alongside Mohamed Abdikar, Hassan Aden, Sahal Diriye and Osman Abdi over the attack executed on April 2, 2015.
Trial magistrate Daniel Ogembo, of Milimani law courts, had earlier ordered that Mberesero be escorted to the mental hospital for examination.
This was after it emerged that he had been allegedly been injected with an unknown substance at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison medical facility.
Lawyer Chacha Mwita told the court that the accused was subjected to the injection at the remand facility without any explanation on July 12, 2016.
The court further heard that he was injected after fighting with a remandee.
"Since my client was injected with the unknown substance, he has been having a persistent headache," the lawyer said.
The five accused persons, who were denied bail, are facing 152 counts of committing terrorism acts.
The case will be mentioned on October 21 when the prosecution is expected to state how the matter will proceed.

Germany to impose new law on immigrants

                            
      The German government on Wednesday approved a new law to curb social benefits for EU citizens who arrive in the country without a job, as it responds to pressure to get tough on migrants.
Under the draft legislation, which still needs to go through parliament, EU nationals who have never worked in Germany will have to wait five years before they can claim benefits.
The strict new measure comes after a federal court ruled last year that every EU citizen had the right to claim benefits once he or she had resided in Germany for six months.
The ruling sparked fears of "welfare tourism" from countries with a lower standard of living, and angered German municipalities who were already struggling with the financial burden of caring for last year's record influx of migrants and refugees.
"It's clear that anyone who lives here, works here and pays their contributions is also entitled to the benefits of our social system," said Labour Minister Andrea Nahles after the cabinet adopted the legislation.
But for those "who have never worked here and rely on state financial aid to survive, the principle applies that they should claim livelihood benefits from their home country."
The government is keen to show it has heard voters' concerns over migration, as growing opposition to Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door policy has fuelled support for the populist, anti-migrant AfD party.

Erdogan: Hillary Clinton is a 'political novice'

                                
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Turkey would delay extraditing criminals back to the United States as long as U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed for Turkey's failed coup in July, is not returned to Turkey.
Erdogan on Wednesday also took aim at U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, calling her a "political novice" for suggesting that she would consider providing arms to support to Syrian Kurdish militia, which Turkey considers to be a terror group.
Turkey is frustrated by what it sees as U.S. reluctance to extradite Gulen. The cleric denies involvement in the coup while U.S. officials want Turkey to allow the legal process to take its course.

NIGERIA: Federal Government to concession eight dams

                               
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday said it has earmarked eight hydropower dams for concession in order to improve power generation.
The hydropower dams, the government said, will be handed over to the unnamed firms soon.
Assistant Director, Hydropower in the office of Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this when officials from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources carried out a familiarization tour to Bakolori Irrigation Scheme in Talata Mafara, Zamfara state.
Aliyu said the ministry of power, works and housing was partnering with Federal Ministry of Water Resources to increase power generation in the country.
“Eight hydropower dams have been earmarked to be concessioned on power generation. It will take effect soon,” he said.
Earlier, Project Coordinator, Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING), Mr. Peter Manjuk, said about six states will benefit from the irrigation project.
The states include Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Gombe.
He said the project is targeted at rehabilitating all existing dams to make them meet irrigation and hydropower needs of the country.

Drunk Nigerian policeman shoots Ghanaian in Anambra state

                                     
A Ghanaian national resident in Anambra State, was on Wednesday reported dead after a ‘drunk’ policeman allegedly shot him.
The victim, simply identified as Andem, reportedly caught the officer’s bullet in the neck and was rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Awka by sympathizers and onlookers.
Until his death, Andem owned an electrical appliance shop at the Aroma area of the state capital, Awka, where he worked as an electrician.

He, however, met his untimely death after a yet-to-be identified officer of the state Police Command began to shoot sporadically in the area, it was gathered.
An eyewitness who spoke on the incident said, “The policeman shoots sporadically with his service pistol each time he visits the area.
“He is a drunk and each time he is intoxicated, he behaves abnormally. He has been terrorizing us.
“Everybody knows him around here because of his erratic behaviour,” the eyewitness was quoted as saying, adding that doctors confirmed Andem dead on arrival at the hospital.

Meanwhile, the police is yet to make a statement as the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Nkeiruka Nwode, when contacted, said the command was not aware of the murder.

Trump as president is globally dangerous - U.N. rights chief

                               
The world will be in danger if Republican nominee Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein cited Trump's views on vulnerable communities including minorities and his talk of authorising torture in interrogations, banned under international law, as "deeply unsettling and disturbing".
"If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said already - and unless that changes - I think it is without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view," Zeid told a news briefing in Geneva.
Trump lashed out at U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and other "disloyal" Republicans on Tuesday and vowed to campaign in whatever style he wants now that the party establishment has largely abandoned him. This occurred after a 2005 video surfaced last week showing him bragging crudely about groping women and making unwanted sexual advances.

Trump has said he would immediately re-authorise the waterboarding of suspected militants if elected on Nov. 8, contending that "torture works".
U.S. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, signed an executive order after taking office in January 2009 that banned waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques". Such executive orders can be rescinded by a successor.
Zeid said that he would rather not interfere in political campaigns. But when a candidate's comments pointed to a potential use of torture, prohibited under the Convention against Torture, a pact ratified by Washington, or to vulnerable groups possibly losing their basic rights, he had to speak out.