NO PLACE FOR TRUMP AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA, SAYS KENNEDY

Donald Trump has no chance of winning the US presidential election, best-selling US writer Douglas Kennedy has told AFP — but if he did, he would be an “American Mussolini”.

“Trump has no chance,” said Kennedy of the Republican candidate in next month’s US presidential election.

But the fact that he was even in the running for the White House was indicative of “the rise of the far right all around the world,” he said in an interview at his home in Paris.

NAVY HANDS OVER 17 OIL THEIVES TO NSCDC

The Nigerian Navy has handed over 17 suspected oil thieves with 47,450 litres of diesel to Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Akwa Ibom for prosecution.

The Commander, NNS Jubilee, Ikot Abasi, Commodore Saidu Garba, who spoke at the handing over in Ikot Abasi on Saturday said the suspects were arrested by naval special patrol team.

Garba added that 13 of the 17 suspects were arrested at Mobil Jetty in Ibeno Local Government, while four suspects were arrested at Ataba Community.

TRUMP APOLOGISES FOR LEWD TALK ABOUT WOMEN

Donald Trump, facing the deepest crisis of his presidential campaign, apologised early Saturday for crude and aggressively sexual remarks about women that he made in 2005, as criticism swelled from within his Republican Party.

The Republican nominee, in a shocking video released by The Washington Post Friday, was caught using vulgar language about groping and kissing women with impunity.

“I’ve said and done things I regret,” he said in a televised apology, believed to be the first of his 16-month White House campaign.

“Anyone who knows me knows these words don’t reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong, and I apologise.”

CHECK OUT ADOLF HITLER'S FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The first biography of Adolf Hitler which presented him as “Germany’s saviour” and compared him to Jesus may have been written by the future dictator himself, a Scottish historian has claimed.

“Adolf Hitler: Sein Leben und seine Reden (Adolf Hitler: His Life and his Speeches)” was the first major profile of Hitler and appeared in 1923, authored by Victor von Koerber.

GERMANY GIVES NIGERIA N16 BILLION TO RESETTLE BOKO HARAM VICTIMS

The German government has announced a commitment of €47.6m (N16.23bn at the official exchange rate of N341.14 to one euro) as financial support to Nigeria for technical cooperation programmes and special project initiatives.

This was revealed by the Leader of a German delegation, Mrs. Renate von Boddien, during a meeting of the Nigeria-Germany Consultations on Development Cooperation, hosted by the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning in Abuja on Thursday.

ALCOHOLISM, NOT INDECENT DRESSING, CAUSES RAPE-- VIVOUR ADENIYI

As many concerned people and organisations continue to raise concern over the rising incidence of rape in the country, the Coordinator of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, says efforts of the group have begun to yield fruits.

Among the efforts are radio jingles and special publications the agency is producing and distributing to people, especially students who could be target of the crime.

AFRIMA PRESENTS COMPUTERS, BOOKS, TO SCHOOL

The management of the All Africa Music Awards has presented computers, books and other writing materials to selected schools in Lagos.

The items were presented to participating schools in the recently-concluded 2016 Felabration Senior Secondary School debate in Lagos.