ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian troops have rescued 13 hostages who were kidnapped by an extremist group in the northwestern state of Kaduna, the country's army said on Saturday.  The army said in a statement that "the troops successfully overwhelmed the terrorists, forcing them to abandon their captives."  Several kidnappers were killed, and others were captured, the military added. It didn't specify which armed group the kidnappers belonged to.  The rescued hostages were taken to a military facility for a medical assessment before being reunited with their families. Weapons, ammunition, solar panels and cash were also discovered during the rescue operation.  Kidnappings have become common in parts of northern Nigeria, where dozens of armed groups take advantage of a limited security presence to carry out attacks in villages and along major roads. Most victims are released only after the payment of ransoms that sometimes run into the thousands of dollars.  At least 1,400 students have been taken from Nigerian schools since the 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants in the village of Chibok in Borno state shocked the world.  Boko Haram, Nigeria's homegrown jihadi rebels, launched its insurgency in 2009 to establish Islamic Shariah law in the country. At least 35,000 people have been killed and 2.1 million people displaced due to the extremist violence, according to United Nations agencies in Nigeria.  

A military court in Congo has sentenced three Americans and 34 others to death after convicting them on charges of taking part in a coup attempt. 

According to the NY Post, about 11,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in the crucial swing state of Nevada. Democrat Secretary of State Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar will not clean up the rolls. The Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, and the Nevada GOP filed suit Thursday against Aguilar in Carson City judicial district court, A total […] The post 11K Nevada Noncitizens Registered to Vote, 3,987 Voted appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Kevin Hassett, a former senior adviser to former President Donald Trump and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said this week that Vice President Kamala Harris stole another proposed economic policy from the Republican presidential nominee. Hassett said during an interview on PBS’ “Firing Line” with Margaret Hoover that Harris’ proposed $50,000 small business tax credit was actually something that she was against when Trump was in office and he proposed increasing the tax credit. “So that policy, the small business deduction, it’s $5,000 in the law now,” he said. “And in 2018, President Trump and the Republicans wanted to expand the deduction to $20,000. It actually passed the House with very little Democratic support. And so, you know, Republicans are on the record as saying that there should be a bigger deduction for the start of a small business. And so this is an example of her reaching into Donald Trump’s playbook and taking one of his policies.” “Expanding the deduction for startup business is a good idea. And it’s something that Republicans tried to do in 2018, but the Democrats were opposed to it,” he continued. “And so, it’s something that she was opposed to before she was for it. And so you could say, well, is she really for it now? Or, you know, could she explain why she changed her mind?” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! He added that it was not clear at all what her economic agenda was, but that a lot of what she has proposed is “very extreme.” WATCH:

Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism and mockery online over the weekend after she conducted her first solo interview as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. Harris looked nervous and struggled to answer easy questions from a friendly reporter at 6abc Action News in Pennsylvania, including questions about how her policies would lower prices and make life more affordable for Americans and questions about how she is any different than President Joe Biden. Our newest ad just dropped pic.twitter.com/HGYvK5jNYX — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 13, 2024 “Some folks are turned off by Trump’s personality and will vote accordingly, but I have zero idea how any common sense person can listen to Kamala Harris & say this person should be running the country & especially the economy,” said media analyst Joe Concha. “This is an unmitigated hot mess of a train wreck.” “She is the Michael Scott of presidential candidates but with no endearing qualities whatsoever,” said political commentator Sean Parnell. “She got through a whole debate without her essential emptiness being exposed,” said Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume. “But it was on full display in this local tv interview. Very much worth watching.” Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “She’s adding some vapid vinaigrette to her usual word salad,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said, “This interview speaks for itself. I encourage you to watch it and vote accordingly.” “Kamala spends more than a minute skating completely around a specific question about how she’d bring down prices … and she gets away with it from another ABC ‘journalist’ who daren’t complain that she’s not within a mile of answering the question,” said Fox News anchor David Asman. “Vacuous word salad when asked about the most important issue facing Americans courtesy of Kamala Harris,” said the Republican Jewish Coalition. “Weak, incompetent, dangerously liberal.” Attorney Will Chamberlain reacted to Harris avoiding answering questions: “She knows what the question is. She just doesn’t think you deserve an answer.”

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