The Department of State Services (DSS) said the Publisher of Desert Herald Newspaper, Tukur Mamu is in its custody for investigation. A statement by Peter Afunaya, Public Relations Officer of the Service said Mamu was intercepted in Egypt on 6th September, 2022 enroute Saudi Arabia. The service assured that the law will take it appropriate course without stating what Mamu is being investigated for. But the publisher recently alleged threat to his life from government for his role in negotiating the release of some victims of the ill fated Abuja-Kaduna…
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PDP demands Investigation of APC over allege money for PVC sharing in Kaduna
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP is demanding the investigation of the ruling All Progressive Congres APC in Kaduna State for alleged sharing of money to potential voters and collecting their Permanent Voters Cards PVCs. The PDP sait it has come to their knowledge that some apc members in Kaduna state are sharing Ten thausand naira each to prospective Voters after collecting their PVC. It said what started as a rumour that Senator Uba Sani has earmarked billions of Naira for vote buying where 15 people are currently being selected per…
Read MoreRushdie’s attacker says he is surprised author survived stabbing
The man who allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie on stage at an event in New York said he was “surprised” to learn the renowned author was alive following the attack. Hadi Matar, 24, said Salman, 75, was “someone who attacked Islam” but did not confirm that his actions were driven by a fatwa issued by Iran in the 1980s. Matar pleaded not guilty through his lawyer to charges stemming from the assault and is currently being held at Chautauqua County Jail, in New York State. He is due to appear in…
Read More16 dead, 36 missing after flash flooding in north-western China
At least 16 people have died and a further 36 are missing after a flash flood in north-western China, according to a report on state television on Thursday. The flash floods occurred on Wednesday evening in the mountains in Datong County near the city of Xining in Qinghai Province, after heavy rainfall. The downpours triggered landslides that blocked and diverted rivers, affecting more than 6,000 people in two towns and six villages, the report said. The authorities mobilised around 2,000 rescue workers, including police officers, paramilitary units, emergency services and…
Read MoreDaughter of Angola former president to appeal against decision to deliver body to ex-wife
Tchize dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, will appeal against the Spanish court’s decision to deliver the corpse of her father to his ex-wife Ana Paula dos Santos, her lawyer Carmen Varela said. “The decision of the instruction judge number 11 of Barcelona to deliver the body of the former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos to his former wife will be subject to appeal by Tchize dos Santos. “We will file an appeal because we understand that the criminal jurisdiction is not competent to…
Read MoreGerman army sends civilian airplane to relieve troops in Mali
The German Army, on Thursday dispatched a civilian airplane from Cologne to rotate troops in Mali, after authorities in the West African state finally granted permission, a German military spokesperson told dpa. The plane took off with 88 soldiers from the UN mission MINUSMA and five soldiers from the EU training mission EUTM Mali on board, sources close to German parliament said in a briefing. Mali’s provisional military government suspended troop rotations for the UN mission on July 14. Thursday’s flight is the first one enabling troop rotations for Germans since then, according to the parliamentary sources.…
Read MoreCambodian Police confiscate 18.3 kg of illegal drugs
Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested a local man for possessing and trafficking narcotics, confiscating 18.3 kg of illicit drugs, the National Police said on Thursday. The suspect, 41, was apprehended earlier on Wednesday afternoon at his rental room in capital Phnom Penh. “Some 17.8 kg of ecstasy (MDMA), 447.9 grams of ketamine and 12.6 grams of crystal methamphetamine were seized from the suspect during the raid,’’ the National Police said on its website. It was the second major crackdown this week after the police in Sihanoukville on Tuesday arrested five…
Read MoreIsrael shuts down 7 Palestinian NGOs in West Bank?
Israel on Thursday shut down seven Palestinian Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), in the West Bank, the NGOs representatives and directors said. During an Israeli raid in the central West Bank city of Ramallah at pre-dawn on Thursday, breaking into the offices of seven civil society and human rights organisations based in the city. Israel has outlawed six of these NGOs, which were labeled as “terrorist’’ organisations in October 2021. Israel said that the Palestinian NGOs were linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Palestinian left-wing group.
Read MorePsychiatric Don explains why young females commit more suicide than males
By; Nicholas Dekera, Kaduna. As the burden of suicide rise in Nigeria, young females have been fingered in most suicides committed than males. Professor Aishatu Yusha’u Armiya’u, a psychiatric Doctor said that women suffer depression more than men, asserting that it is also a fact that depression is related to suicide. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Professor Aishatu Yusha’u who cited recent studies in Nigeria, said 80 percent of suicide reports were by men. However when age was used, younger women committed suicide more than men she stressed, pointing out…
Read MoreBetween Slaughtered Cattle and Insecurity in Nigeria
By; Ishaq Moddibo Kawu. Recently, the video of hundreds of slaughtered cattle, was making the rounds, on various social media platforms. An old classmate posted it on my Secondary School Class WhatsApp platform; and because he neither spoke Fulfulde nor Hausa, he was sufficiently alarmed, to request for translation of what was being said, by the obviously distressed people, in the video. I made a translation of the conversation; but I thought it was proper to provide some more engaging context for the video. There have been circulated in.the recent…
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