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US Forces, Saturday, showed military class by rescuing an American citizen captured by suspected armed bandits earlier this week in Niger State, the Pentagon said. Despite the rescue operation, the forces mowed six armed said to have held the American missionary hostage. “U.S. forces conducted a hostage rescue operation during the early hours of 31 October in Northern Nigeria to recover an American citizen held hostage by a group of armed men. This American citizen is safe and is now in the care of the U.S. Department of State. No U.S military personnel were injured during the operation,” Pentagon spokesman…

A globally known and the actor of James Bond, Sir Sean Connery, has passed into eternity. Aged 90, the multiple award-winning Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, and was the first to bring the role to the big screen. The news of his death was confirmed in a statement to the BBC on Saturday afternoon, October 31. The actor’s son, Jason Connery stated that he died peacefully in his sleep, while in the Bahamas, having been “unwell for some time. He said his father “had many of his family who could be in the Bahamas…

A senior lecturer in the Nigerian University has taken a swipe at NTA International for showing how to prepare ogbono soup while dodging the coverage of momentous shooting of unarmed protesters by suspected soldiers at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State. Nsikak Solomon Idiong, the Political Communication and Media Studies teacher at the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, hailed some independent television stations in the country for the coverage of the momentous #ENDSARS that has attracted global attention to the gruesome murder of unarmed protesters. Idiong, a holder of PhD in Mass Communication, said “However, nobody…

Rescuers continue to dug through heavy blocks of concrete with their bare hands early on Saturday, in a desperate search for survivors from a powerful earthquake that levelled buildings across Greece and Turkey, killing at least 26 people. Much of the damage in Turkey occurred in and around the Aegean resort city of Izmir, which has three million residents and is filled with high-rise apartment blocks. It was unclear how many people were trapped in the rubble. The quake also caused a mini-tsunami on the Aegean island of Samos and a sea surge that turned streets into rushing rivers in…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 170 new cases of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The NCDC announcing this Friday night via its handle said the infections were reported in 13 state with Lagos having the highest number of 106 cases, followed by FCT-25 and Oyo-14. Edo and Kaduna have seven each; Ogun-4; Bauchi-2; Benue-2; Kano-1; Osun-1 Rivers-1,Edo and Kaduna have seven each; Ogun-4; Bauchi-2; Benue-2; Kano-1; Osun-1 and Rivers-1. Over all, 62,691 are confirmed cases, 58,430 persons were discharged while 1,144 died.

United Nations has honoued Nigerian female police officer with outstanding record has honoured by the United Nations. CSP Catherine Ugorji of the Nigerian police and serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been selected by the UN as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year award for 2020. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in a statement by Oluseyi Soremekun, the National Information Officer of the UN System in Nigeria, said through both her words and actions, UN Police Officer Ugorji exemplifies the best of UN policing. Of…

A University lecturer has drummed support for better remuneration to journalists, noting that a responsible press could not be attained until journalists are properly remunerated. Nsikak Solomon Idiong, a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, said “Consequently, there is need for government to improve the remuneration package of journalists in its employ as well as sponsor their training and retraining as being done today. Presenting a paper entitled: Towards Symbiosis: Reflections on Government/Media Relations In Nigeria, Idiong explained that “Such initiatives will, one hopes, motivate private employers to also enhance the welfare and skill set…

Despite most polls putting his rival, Joe Biden ahead, the  incumbent US President Donald Trump has a 91% chance of being re-elected to the White House, pollster predicted.. Pollster Helmut Norpoth whose model has been successful in predicting presidential winners since 1996 correctly predicted Donald Trump’s shock election win back in 2016 and four years later his poll model predicts the Trump will win again. Norpoth, a professor of Political Science at New York’s Stony Brook University, created his prediction model in 1996 by analysing data from every US election going back to 1912. The model is based around each…

In what looked as attempt by the Nigerian Army to further fuel suspicion of its involvement in the Lekki Shooting, soldiers manning the gate of Military Hospital, Ikoyi were said to have prevented members of Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry on ENDSARS from entering the hospital’s main mortuary. The seven-member panel inaugurated by Governor Babajide San-Olu to investigate Lekki tollgate shooting could not gain entry into the hospital’s main mortuary. This was as the panel visited and discovered bullet shells at the Lekki tollgate. The panel visited the hospital unannounced on Friday, October 30 to carry out an investigation into…

In the aftermath of ENDSARS protest in the country, former Akwa Ibom Governor Victor Attah has joined in voicing solutions that would enhance the unity, love and togetherness of Nigerians. Attah who was addressing a press conference at NUJ Press Centre, Information Drive, Uyo on Friday, said “Here and there voices were raised shouting for change, for True Federalism, Resource Control, Diversification and a New Constitution for Nigeria.” The former Governor known as “Apostle of Resource Control” said “Chile, which had also inherited a military Constitution has just changed it through a referendum. Why not Nigeria?” “Today, from every part…