kidnapped American, rescued in Nigeria by US forces

News making the rounds on social media has it that a team of elite United States Soldiers have successfully conducted a rescue operation in Nigeria.  

The rescue operation was for an American citizen known as Philip Walton who according to news sources was kidnapped in Niger on a town close to the Nigerian border and taken to Nigeria by the armed men.  

It was reported that the men had asked him for money but after he was only able to offer them $40 USD, they forcefully took him hostage and moved him across the border into Nigeria. 

James Bond actor, dies at 90

 Sir Sean Connery who was the lead actor in the famous James Bond film series has reportedly died, aged 90 years. The Actor held many glued to their TV screens for years, as the Actor of James Bond, he will surely be missed.

NITP President's address on World Cities Day.

The newly elected National President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners NITP, Tpl. Olutoyin Ayinde FNITP, delivered a speech today on the celebration of this year's World Cities Day: October 31st.

 The full text of his speech titled: "BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND FULFILLMENT"  was made available to the press by the National Public Relations Secretary of the Organization, Tpl. Edmund Nwokeze.

Below is the full text, enjoy:

"Since the year 2014, the world made a deliberate decision to focus on Cities, being the first grade human settlements in the agglomeration of human population spread over the earth’s surface. Owing to the continuous and uninhibited growth of urbanization, with over 55% of the world’s population living in cities (according to World’s Cities Report 2020), focus of human settlement managers has shifted to the need to make cities in particular, and human settlements generally, livable and sustainable. This is the major reason why the United Nations General Assembly designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day, by its resolution 68/239. 

WTO: Okonjo-Iweala and the new US hurdle

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Minister of Finance in her home country Nigeria, who was on her way to becoming the first African to be appointed Director General of the World Trade Organization as well as the first female to attain such position has reportedly had her smooth acceleration to the position of Director General punctuated by the United States of America.