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The Nigerian army on Wednesday said it had killed more than 30 Boko Haram insurgents and recovered arms and ammunition during an operation near Sambisa forest in BOrno. This is contained in a statement issued by the acting spokesperson of the army, Col. Sani Usman, in Abuja. The statement said the army had also rescued people held hostage by the insurgents during the operation carried out by troops of the 28 Task Force Brigade, deployed to Bitta and Pridang.

They said the more you look, the less you see. Yet here is a better explanation to that common expression which I have found very edifying if we are to understand the workings of Emmanuel Amuneke, Head Coach of Nigeria's U-17 team. Wise counselorship noted that ‘ we should not place too much confidence in unreliable sources or untested claims’ and it is on this premise that I’m devoting some attention to the stern-looking coach of the Golden Eaglets.

Popular reggae artist, Majek Fashek, says mental health is very important in the lives of people and a nation and mentally ill people have great potentials and talents. Fashek spoke at the 46th Annual General Conference and Scientific Meeting of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) in Lagos on Wednesday. Fashek said, “mental health is not a yardstick to look down upon people. “There is need to create a system to manage or rehabilitate people who are not mentally balanced and as well create more awareness on mental health challenges and appropriate management.

Central African Republic will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 13, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, reviving delayed efforts to restore democracy in a country rocked by fighting since 2013. The polls were initially to have been held on Oct. 18 but were postponed, in part due to violence in the capital. A run-off presidential vote will be held on Jan. 24 if needed, state radio said.

THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT.-GEN. TUKUR BURUTAI (R), DECORATING WITH A MEDAL, BRIG.-GEN. VICTOR EZUGWU, THE COMMANDER, OF THE 28 TASK FORCE BRIGADE FIGHTING INSURGENTS, DURING THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF’’S VISIT TO MUBI IN ADAMAWA ON WEDNESDAY The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has decorated 2,903 soldiers currently fighting the Boko Haram terrorists in Mubi, Adamawa.

THE Senate, yesterday, queried the N63.5 billion approved for the construction of the second Runway for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, saying it was an attempt to ‘steal and rape’ Nigerians of the country’s common patrimony. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja run-way It, however, called on the government to urgently construct a second runway at the airport and urged it to ensure that due process and diligence was followed in the award of contracts for the construction.

The Chinese and U.S. navies are set to hold high-level talks over tensions in the South China Sea after a U.S. warship challenged Beijing's territorial assertiveness in the disputed waterway this week. The U.S. chief of naval operations Admiral John Richardson and his Chinese counterpart Admiral Wu Shengli would hold an hourlong video teleconference on Thursday, a U.S. official said. Both officers initiated the meeting to discuss recent operations in the South China Sea as well as naval ties, the official said. It will be the third such video teleconference between naval chiefs from the United States and China.