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Registration for participation in the platform 10.1 and 10.2 is on and as has always been, registration for attendance remains free. The event which is organized by Covenant Christian Centre will take place in two venues simultaneously on the same day, the 1st of October, 2012.

 Platform 10.1 will be at The Harbour Point, Victoria Island with the theme for this venue being
Pragmatic steps to moving Nigeria Forward:
How Understanding & Building the Right Institutions is Driving the Growth of Nations while Platform 10.2 audience will be gathered at The Haven, Ikeja for the theme
Understanding the New Global Economy:
How the internet, Social Media & Technology is Driving Business & Entrepreneurship.
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The Platform will be streamed live on the web starting 9.00am on the 1st October, 2012. Registration to be at the event live is however already on and is open and free to all interested irrespective of denomination and religious affiliations.The Platform is a Non-Profit initiative of Covenant Christian Centre.
It is geared primarily to improving the individuals of Nigeria and the world.

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(CNN) -- A woman in Turkey is awaiting trial after beheading a man who she says raped her repeatedly for months and is the father of her unborn child. Her lawyer says the woman killed the man to protect her honor.

The U.S. has listed Nigeria, Brazil and China as priority nations on its visa application following a surge in consular demands, Mrs Patty Neary, a consular officer, said on Wednesday.
Neary told newsmen in Abuja at the country’s Embassy weekly briefing that more than 40,000 visa applications had so far been processed in Nigeria this year.
She said that the figure represented 11 per cent increase over the 2011 fiscal year.
Neary said 75 per cent of the applications were for tourist visas, while 25 per cent accounted for student, business and official visas.
She said that a majority of the applicants were granted visas.
The consular officer warned applicants against patronising touts and expressed the Embassy’s commitment to continue to provide consular services to Nigerians, and as well reduce the wait time.
Source: Vanguard Newspapers

As the controversies surrounding the proposed introduction of N5000 notes into the country continues, a federal minister has cleared the air on some of the complaints of the masses. According to the National Planning Minister, Shamsudeen Usman, the proposed N5000 note will not be for mass circulation. He said the N5,000 note would be reserved for banks and heavy cash users.

Absolute monarch: King Mswati III

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Costa Rica on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 

The major quake near the Pacific coast was centered about 50 miles south of Liberia, Costa Rica, and was at a depth of 12.4 miles.

A Caribbean-wide tsunami watch is in effect, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.."Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Caribbean region," the warning center said.

(Washington World Desk)

Reuters