President Muhammadu Buhari is in Kaduna State for the
passing-out parade and commissioning ceremony of cadets
from the Nigerian Defence Academy’s Regular Course 69.
The President who is also the reviewing officer arrived at the
venue at 10:40 a.m. and inspected a Quarter Guard at the NDA main gate.
He is expected to present the Champion Battalion with the
Banner and awards to deserving cadets.

All service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, Usman
Alkali, were present, as were Senate President Ahmed Lawan, the governors of Niger and Kaduna states, and National Assembly members.

A total of 239 cadets are graduating from the Academy as
junior military officers, including those from sister African
countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Niger Republic, Chad,
and Uganda.

Safiya Yusuf , the Kannywood actress, has
opened up about her battle with depression
after her nude video was leaked online.

The film star, fondly called Safara’u, was on
the receiving end of heated backlash some
months ago after her nude video surfaced
on social media.

She was also suspended from Kwana
Casa’, the popular TV series on Arewa24, in
the wake of the criticism.

Speaking with BBC Hausa ,the actress said
she could not go outside her house for
three months.

Yusuf also said when she eventually
mustered the courage to step outside her
gate, she was stoned by an undisclosed
individual.

“The period when my nude video leaked
was the most depressing time in my life
because I spent three months without going
close to the gate of my house, I was
indoors,” she said.

“When I eventually mustered the courage to
go out, people started abusing me on the
road. In fact, one of them once stoned me
while I was going out.”

Yusuf also reflected on how the support
from her family helped her overcome the
trauma she went through at the time.

“I am really grateful for my family because
they were the ones that helped me
overcome that experience. My brothers and
extended family all helped by telling me to
let go of the past and face the future,” she
said.

The actress also clarified claims that she
had been expelled from Kannywood.
Yusuf said she only took a break from the
movie industry, adding that she did not quit
acting as claimed.

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed his former Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, as Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, confirmed the appointment in a letter of appointment addressed to Ahmad, dated July 20, 2022. According to Mustapha, the appointment took effect from July 19, 2022. The appointment came about two months after the presidential media aide failed to secure the All Progressives Congress’ Federal House of Representatives ticket for Gaya, Ajingi, Albasu
Federal Constituency at the May 2022 primaries. The PUNCH reports that Ahmad had resigned his previous position as Personal Assistant to the President in line with President Buhari’s directive that all political appointees seeking electoral
offices step down.

Ahmad who has been spotted several times at the State House by our correspondent is considered to be the only presidential aide ‘recalled’ by the president since the conclusion of the APC primaries. All cabinet members and presidential aides who resigned to contest for various electoral offices in the APC but failed to secure the tickets were not reinstated.

Gunmen have reportedly abducted at least 50 people from Damari community in Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna state.

The gunmen were said to have invaded the community on Saturday after troops of the Nigeria military escorted some residents to neighbouring communities.

In recent weeks, Damari community has reportedly been under the siege of Ansaru insurgents, a faction of Boko Haram.

Ishaq Kasai, chairman of Birnin-Gwari emirate progressives union (BEPU), in a statement on Sunday, said the gunmen invaded the community after the Ansaru insurgents withdrew from the area.

“Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU) has been, in the last five days, alerting the relevant authorities and the general public on the cruel, wicked and heartless attacks by terrorist bandits in Damari, following the withdrawal of Ansaru (a splinter group of Boko Haram ) from the area,” Kasai said.

“The sad event in the last seventy-two hours in Damari town of Kazage Ward in the Eastern part of Birnin-Gwari local government area, Kaduna state, has reached a catastrophic situation.

“As at yesterday, bandits encircled Damari and abducted about 50 people, shortly before and after troops from military field-base from Dogon-Dawa went to the town and escorted some remnants of the residents who were willing to move to comfort zones in neighbouring communities, and even to as far away Zaria.

“The most worrisome situation is where a pregnant woman was running away along with her colleagues and was left away by the fleeing groups, [and] she fell down and delivered a baby boy, but unfortunately, both the mother and the baby lost their lives instantly.

“Damari is considered as the largest town in the entire Eastern part of Birnin-Gwari and with this worrisome development, about 20,000 persons, including women and children, are rendered internally displaced.

“Even today, the bandits returned to the town unchallenged, burnt a vehicle, kidnapped scores, intercepted and maltreated people — a serious development that reflects the level of serious insecurity situation facing our community.”

Meanwhile, efforts to get comments from Mohammed Jalige, Kaduna police spokesman, had not yielded success as of the time of this report.

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The skeleton of a gorgosaurus, a dinosaur relative of tyrannosaurus rex that lived approximately 77 million years ago, has been sold at auction for over $6m.

Sotheby’s said the ancient skeleton, which was discovered in the US state of Montana in 2018, sold for just under $6.07m as part of its natural history auction on Thursday.

It is only one of 20 known gorgosaurus specimens, Sotheby’s said on its website, and the only one known to be available for private ownership. Most of the other specimens were found in Canada, which has strict export rules prohibiting private sales.

The auction house did not say who purchased the skeleton, which measures nearly 3m (10 feet) tall and just under 6.7m (22 feet) long.

The gorgosaurus, whose name means “dreadful lizard”, lived approximately 77 million years ago in what is now the western region of North America, Sotheby’s said.

But the sale has angered scientists, who say allowing dinosaur specimens to be sold to private buyers could hurt their ability to study them.

“There are not very many specimens of gorgosaurus. All the others are in museums. And one more being sold, you might say, ‘Oh well it’s only one.’ But if there’s only a few, that’s a lot of information that we lose,” said Jessica Theodor, president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

“You have no guarantee that whoever buys it is going to allow access to scientists,” Theodor told Al Jazeera.