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  DSS goes after Igboho’s financiers, probes aides’ call logs Sunday Igboho …heavy clash as Yoruba Nation agitators defy police in Lagos The Department of State Services has begun an analysis of the call logs of the detained aides to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as  Sunday Igboho . It was gathered that the DSS will carry out a forensic analysis of the call logs, messages and other contents on the phones of the 13 aides of Igboho who were arrested during Thursday’s raid on his Soka, Ibadan residence. The suspects are: Abdulateef Ofeyagbe, Amoda Babatunde (aka Lady K), Tajudeen Erinoyen, Diekola Ademola, Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Noah, Ayobami Donald, Adelabe Usman, Oluwapelumi Kunle, Raji Kazeem, Taiwo Opeyemi and Bamidele Sunday. Igboho has gone underground since his Ibadan residence was raided by men of the DSS ahead of a major rally in support of the call for Yoruba nation in Lagos on Saturday. The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunaya, had told journalists in ...

  Nearly 200 unmarked graves found near Canada residential school IMAGE COPYRIGHT GETTY IMAGES image caption Hundreds gathered at a vigil at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan An Indigenous nation in Canada said it has found the remains of 182 people near the grounds of a former residential school in British Columbia. The Lower Kootenay Band said it is too early to say if the remains belonged to former students of the school. But the discovery adds to a rising tally of such unmarked grave sites across the country. The grim finds have prompted national outrage and fuelled calls by some to cancel the 1 July Canada Day holiday. Indigenous leaders have said they expect more graves will be found as investigations continue. "You can never fully prepare for something like this," said Chief Jason Louie of the Lower Kootenay Band, which is a member of the Ktunaxa Nation. The community of ʔaq'am, one of four bands in the Ktunaxa Nation, used g...

  Covid common in pet cats and dogs, study finds IMAGE COPYRIGHT GETTY IMAGES image caption Most infected pets tend to be asymptomatic or display mild Covid symptoms Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease, research suggests. Swabs were taken from 310 pets in 196 households where a human infection had been detected. Six cats and seven dogs returned a positive PCR result, while 54 animals tested positive for virus antibodies. "If you have Covid, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people," Dr Els Broens, from Utrecht University, said. "The main concern is not the animals' health but the potential risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population." The authors of the study said no evidence of pet-to-owner transmission had been recorded to date but it would be difficult to detect while the virus was still spreading easily between humans. Most infect...

  Trump Organization indicted in tax investigation, US media report IMAGE COPYRIGHT GETTY IMAGES image caption Allen Weisselberg (centre) is chief financial officer of the Trump Organization Former US President Donald Trump's company and its finance chief have been indicted in an investigation into alleged tax crimes, US media report. The specific charges against the company and Allen Weisselberg, 73, are still unclear. They are expected to be made public on Thursday. Mr Trump is not expected to be implicated personally in the case. New York City has already cut business ties with the twice-impeached former president. The Trump Organization is a family holding company that owns hotels, golf clubs and other properties. Any criminal charges brought against it would mark the first in long-running investigations on alleged fraud by both the Manhattan district attorney and the state attorney general. Charges by District Attorney Cyrus Vance are expected to focus on whether Mr Weisselber...

  CCP 100: Xi warns China will not be 'oppressed' in anniversary speech media caption Some of the celebrations at Tiananmen Square on Thursday China's President Xi Jinping has warned that foreign powers will "get their heads bashed" if they attempt to bully or influence the country. He delivered a defiant speech at an event marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party on Thursday. Mr Xi also said Beijing would not allow "sanctimonious preaching", in remarks widely seen as directed at the US. It comes as China faces criticism over alleged human rights abuses and its crackdown in Hong Kong. Relations between the US and China have worsened in recent times over trade, espionage and the pandemic. The issue of Taiwan is also a major source of tension. While democratic Taiwan sees itself as a sovereign state, Beijing views the island as a breakaway province. The US, under its own laws, is required to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself should ...