The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly killing one Ezekiel Samaila were arrested following Police investigation A statement signed by Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer said the deceased Ezekiel Samaila was reported missing on September 24 after leaving his residence to watch a football match in Nera village his body was discovered the following day along a roadside near his home with his motorcycle and mobile phone notably missing the State Intelligence Department promptly launched an investigation who was found in possession of the deceased’s mobile phone,” Wakil said Ezekiel Simon confessed to colluding with Lumana Zakka to assault and brutally kill the victim by smashing a pestle on his head several times Lumana Zakka claimed he acted out of grievances and revenge accusing Ezekiel Samaila of being responsible for the deaths of several family members the stolen mobile phone was recovered.” the suspects had sold the deceased’s motorcycle for N400,000 but police said it was making an effort to recover the motorcycle from the buyer Wakil revealed that the suspects will be charged with criminal conspiracy and 221(a) of the Penal Code upon the completion of the investigation has remained committed to maintaining law and order and ensuring public safety across Bauchi State He urged individuals with any relevant information to come forward and assist in the investigation process © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved a vibrant bar and bistro putting Ghanaian spirits in your cocktails Remove items from your saved list to add more Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime ShareThis venue appears in the June 2024 Melbourne hit list. See all stories.Victoria is home to the largest population of Ethiopian people in Australia so it makes sense that many of Melbourne’s oldest African restaurants represent cuisine and culture from the Horn of Africa But in the post-COVID-19 pandemic years, a new wave of West African restaurants has brought the food of countries such as Nigeria and Ghana to suburbs across Melbourne, following the trail blazed by Nigerian restaurant Adonai, which opened in 2017. Review‘Golden, starchy goodness’: These are hot chips, but not as you might know themBecoming more widely known in Melbourne are quintessential West African dishes such as jollof rice fragrantly spiced and reddened with tomatoes; and fufu depending on the country – that is torn apart with one hand and dunked into soups and stews But there are myriad more regional specialties to know about We spotlight five recently opened West African eateries and ask their owners: what’s your must-try dish “There was a massive show out by the African community [at the launch],” says Adeniyi But his mission is as much about offering a taste of home as is about sharing the beauty of all things West African with those who might not be as familiar you’ll think you’re in the wrong place: our customer demographic is about 50 per cent Asian 40 per cent Caucasian and 10 per cent African,” he says We want everybody in each other’s spaces.” Little Lagos has found a temporary home at Oko Rooftop in Fitzroy 60 Rose Street, Fitzroy, instagram.com/alittlelagos Ghanaian couple Angelina Dampson and her husband have been working to win over the north-west with their Kensington bar and bistro Edziban “[It’s] inspired by traditional Ghanaian cuisine vibrant markets and warm hospitality,” Dampson says homey dishes are primarily flavoured with spices imported from West Africa And the best way to sample widely is to order from the dedicated share-style platter menu Most of the signature cocktails are spiked with spirits made in Ghana And the couple also hosts regular bottomless Afrobrunch Sundaze events with vibey DJ sets “It’s every fish-lover’s favourite,” says Dampson Crispy fried fish is served with flavourful rice packed with chunks of fish a “trade-secret” mix of Ghanaian spices and local herbs 307 Racecourse Road, Kensington, edzibanbarbistro.com.au In three years, it’s created a community with its soulful Ghanaian soups and stews, weekly live African music and heart-filled hospitality, which puts curious diners at ease. “A lot of people see [dishes] on social media and they want to try them, so we help,” says Inusah. “Fufu has gone ballistic.” 13/20ReviewAkwaaba brings the food of West Africa to St KildaTradition is woven into the fabric of Akwaaba I want to create more of a fusion between Western food and my traditional herbs and spices,” says Inusah Akwaaba’s suya platter.Chloe DannMust-try dish: Suya share platter ($98) “suya is basically spiced barbecued street meat” on a big platter with kelewele [marinated fried plantains].” 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, akwaabarestaurantandbar.com.au Zuya specialises in West African barbecue. Zuya, various locationsSuya, or West African barbecue, is the name of the game at Zuya (formerly Tasty Suya) by the Cameroonian-born Leo Chofor. It started as a pop-up before Chofor set up shop at Spotswood food market Grazeland then opened a bricks-and-mortar diner in Caroline Springs You’ll also find Zuya on Wednesdays at Queen Victoria Market’s Night Market Everything revolves around a secret spice rub handed down from Chofor’s grandpa The various meats marinate in spices for 48 hours before being grilled over wood and charcoal giving them a unique smoky and spicy flavour with beef sausages made to a recipe passed down a few generations 218-222 Caroline Springs Boulevard, Caroline Springs; 20 Booker Street,Spotswood, zuya.com.au “Growing up in a small mining town in Ghana almost every dinner was jollof,” says Mame Ama Lordia Baidoo owner of Melbourne food truck Ama’s Delights “We [would] gather when the food [was] ready .. the excitement of everyone so ready for it.” and other West African soul-food dishes she grew up eating – such as red red a (vegan) Ghanaian bean stew made with black-eyed beans and gari (grated dried cassava) – are on offer at Ama’s Delights She’s a regular fixture at the Queen Victoria Market, but the food truck is also parking up at the Firelight Festival in Docklands from June 28-30 A permanent restaurant is set to open soon in Spotswood’s Union Quarter development Must-try dish: Jollof rice with chicken suya ($24) “This dish is eaten everywhere in my country [and] is basically rice cooked in a flavour-packed tomato stew,” says Baidoo amasdelightfoods.com.au ‘I literally sat there and sobbed into my falafel’: New Middle Eastern eateries to weep (with joy) overFrom Palestinian soul food and late-night Lebanese to a vegan falafel joint, there are now even more Levantine food options to explore. No latte art, no espresso machine: This Surrey Hills cafe brews beans the old-fashioned wayAt his new venture, The Stovetop Sessions, hospitality veteran Paul Mathis is inviting customers to slow down and smell the coffee. Real-deal diners to rooftop bars: A trio of hot new Mexican joints to tryVisit a neighbourhood spot for lesser-seen traditional dishes or a five-level CBD venue where the good times are already flowing. news and the hottest openings served to your inbox Manape LaMere came home to Sioux City to make a difference The son of the late Native American activist Frank LaMere The 42-year-old spent five years living in South Dakota fighting for indigenous people’s rights including participating in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline before moving back to Sioux City this summer “I want to take all the things that I learned on the warpath and apply them around here but I’ve been gone and the people are going to have to learn how to trust me again.” He has helped organize events in Sioux City this year including gatherings to honor the lives of indigenous children who died at boarding schools and whose remains came through town on their way home also go around providing food and water to the community’s houseless people and children who are food insecure “I don’t want to feed them bologna and chips,” Manape said I want to feed them squash and all the healthy stuff; that’s what we need to be giving to the homeless Also in the short time since he’s returned Manape has become a regular speaker at public meetings he challenges elected officials and community organizers in attendance to do more to support Sioux City’s indigenous population While Native Americans account for about 0.4 percent of Sioux City’s population the group disproportionately accounts for a lot of arrests typically for minor infractions such as panhandling or public intoxication we’ve been telling the department of health and human services we’ve been telling the recovery programs that Indians have a different way of doing things and we could help your recidivism rates by implementing different methods,” Manape said One of his suggestions adopts a two birds and one stone approach Manape doesn’t view feeding people healthy food and helping them get treatment for their addiction as two separate issues His idea is to create a unique rehabilitation program for people who get incarcerated because of their addictions “They need to get in the gardens,” he said “There’s no reason why we can’t be utilizing them to make a better I think they will learn something when they connect to that ground It should be noted Manape speaks from a place of experience when it comes to addiction and incarceration he used and sold drugs and was accused of domestic violence by two partners that way people are completely aware of what they are dealing with when it comes to me,” Manape said Manape tried to clean his life up before completely succumbing to his addiction He put himself into treatment and moved to a halfway house in Omaha He got a job at a Hardee’s restaurant and enrolled in community college the federal case brought against him was conspiracy to distribute meth “The dude they wanted me to snitch on snitched on me which was like the nail in the coffin,” Manape said “I pled guilty—no plea agreement—I got sentenced to 89 months behind the fence.” When it was time for him to serve his time Manape’s parents and little sister dropped him off at the federal courthouse Manape maintained his sobriety leading up to his incarceration and had embraced his heritage “I had gotten connected with my traditional ways and went to different ceremonies throughout my trial and sentencing and I believe those altars and the spirits helped me,” he said Manape served five years of his sentence and was on probation for 120 months—twice the typical length—but eventually he was free of the system and had worked a number of jobs before really finding his foot working for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska one of the things he helped with was the development of the Youth Crisis and Intervention Center a 24-hour facility that provides secure temporary housing to children temporarily removed from their homes His work with the Winnebago youth led to him working with other indigenous youth including those who organized the inaugural Run for our Lives protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline “So I’m going east and I came to Sioux City and I’m going to manifest our own destiny here Who told us that we can’t manifest our own destiny or is it only white people that get to manifest their own destiny?” A new report shows the number of Americans getting scammed is on the rise Iowa Republicans have made outlawing gay marriage a key goal in their 2024 party platform During the Iowa GOP’s 2024 state convention on Saturday,.. 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This work, The Crawford Family: Proud to be American, Proud to be Native American, Proud to Serve, by Kristin Savage, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright According to a study published in the journal PLoS ONE a 35,000-year-old flint flake found at a Middle Paleolithic site in Crimea was likely engraved symbolically by a skilled hand of a Neanderthal The engraved flint flake from the Kiik-Koba site Ukraine; the arrow indicates the point of impact Engraved objects are important clues to the history of human culture and cognition Incisions on the cortex — soft outer layer — of stone tools are known from Middle and Lower Paleolithic sites across Europe and the Middle East it can be difficult to determine the action that created an incision: was it an accidental scrape or purposeful engraving Ana Majkic from the University of Bordeaux and her colleagues from the University of Bergen created an interpretive framework that allows scientists to classify the structure and patterns of engraved cortexes and cross-check these attributes with a list of possible causal actions The researchers tested their methodology with an engraved flint flake from Kiik-Koba, a key site of Mousterian culture in Crimea “Discovered in 1924 by Gleb Bonch-Osmolovsky Kiik-Koba is a large cave site located 7 km south of the town Zuya at an altitude of 512 m above sea level and 90 m above the river bank,” they said “Kiik-Koba is well known for being the first East European Mousterian site that has yielded Neanderthal remains.” “The object analyzed in the study has the following dimesions: length – 35.86 mm and is kept at the NASU Institute of Archaeology in Kiev Following microscopic examination of the grooved lines on the Kiik-Koba flake the team concluded that the incisions represent deliberate engravings that would have required fine motor skills and attention to detail “These engravings appear to have been made with symbolic or communicative intent,” Dr “If this interpretation is correct, this engraved flake would join a growing list of signs that Neanderthals engaged in symbolic activities.” “This has implications for the question of when and how many times this sort of cultural expression has evolved among hominin populations.” “We hope to hone our framework further for use with artifacts of varying ages and cultural contexts.” Assessing the significance of Palaeolithic engraved cortexes A case study from the Mousterian site of Kiik-Koba PLoS ONE 13 (5): e0195049; doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195049 it doesn’t look like much: a few uneven lines etched into the soft But a group of archaeologists claims those uneven lines are a deliberate marking making the 3.5cm-long flake the latest piece of evidence for symbolic thought among Neanderthals Kiik-Koba Cave overlooks the Zuya River in the Crimean Mountains the sediment layers that filled the cave contained evidence of a long history of Neanderthal occupation The engraved flake came from a layer dating to between 35,486 and 37,026 years old Archaeologists found the skeleton of a Neanderthal infant in the same layer leaving no doubt about who lived at Kiik-Koba when the stone tools were made and used Several recent discoveries, including cave art and shell jewelry at sites in Spain leave little doubt that Neanderthals were capable of symbolic thinking Archaeologists want to understand more about the origins and development of symbolism in both modern humans and our hominin relatives But interpreting the evidence is sometimes a challenge That makes it easy to dismiss a real symbolic marking as an accident or to make a fuss over the symbolic meaning of an accidental mark At Middle and Lower Paleolithic sites across Europe and the Middle East archaeologists have found several flint and chert flakes with lines etched into the stones' chalky outer layer—the cortex whether those incisions are deliberate markings with meaning or random scratches picked up during use University of Bordeaux archaeologist Ana Majkic and her colleagues developed a set of questions about the shapes and features of etched lines the context in which the stone flake was found Archaeologists can assign points based on the answer to each question and the total score suggests how likely it is that the markings were deliberate and symbolic or produced by some other process Majkic and her colleagues tested the framework on the Kiik-Koba flake The 13 lines etched in the chalky outer layer of the flake look messy and haphazard at first glance; some are straight and many of them overlap or are superimposed over others It’s hard to make out individual lines with the naked eye But microscopic analysis tells a different story It turns out that the lines were etched with a pointed stone tool which produced clean-edged incisions with a V-shaped cross-section that shows up clearly under a microscope Some of those cross-sections are asymmetrical in a way that hints at a right-handed craftsman holding the etching tool Most of the lines have clear starting points where the grooves are deeper but then fade toward the far ends That rules out other possible explanations for the marks on the flake The lines don’t match the kinds of marks a retouching tool would leave on the flake and the fact that they were etched with a pointed tool rules out accidental cut marks By looking at which lines cross or cover others Majkic and her colleagues were able to see the order in which the marks have been made the craftsman apparently added a second line to lengthen one that came up too short; in the diagram L2 seems to have been added over L1 to lengthen it And new lines were added in between older ones The marks are concentrated in the center of the flake and except for the two mistakes of L7 and L8 The Neanderthal who etched the lines into this flake seems to have done so with the intent of creating a color contrast between the center and the edges much the way artists today use hashing to shade parts of an image rather than filling them in with solid color the engraver appears to have switched to another tool to get a deeper line Most of the first 10 lines show microscopic parallel marks on the sides of the groove probably caused by slight protuberances on the sides of the tool and the last three lines were made by a different tool or by the same tool held at a different angle—the lines are deeper So the marks on the Kiik-Koba flake weren’t the product of idle scratching—these lines were made deliberately—but they were still hasty work reach all the way to the edge of the flake “They probably correspond to mistakes in the positioning of the tool due to the speed of execution of the overall pattern,” wrote Majkic and her colleagues the shape of the two lines reveals quick motions made in rapid succession That kind of work would have required good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail—but most importantly The flake probably isn’t meant to be read like a barcode with the position or number of the lines conveying a detailed meaning Several of the lines cover or cross others; with the naked eye it’s hard to pick individual lines out of the overall pattern “It is rather the contrast between the whitish background and the heavily hashed center of the cortex that may have been used to recall [a piece of] information to the flake user or eventually communicate one when the tool was passed to somebody else,” wrote Majkic and her colleagues It’s possible that the hashing was just meant to make the smooth surface of the flake easier to grip but Majkic and her colleagues say that’s unlikely because the Kiik-Koba flake is too thin to stand up to the kind of vigorous movements that would require a thumb-grip And a craftsman who just wanted to put a grip on a stone tool wouldn’t have taken such care to stick to the center of the flake and avoid the edges The marks could just be meant to denote ownership but a similar flake from the same layer of the Kiik-Koba cave is unmarked which suggests that the Neanderthals who lived here didn’t label their tools as a general rule And although the sharp flake seems to have been used for something—it bears a slight fracture on its right side and some microscopic scars along its edge—it’s not clear exactly what its purpose was So it’s hard to say what was special about this flake or what the marking was meant to convey But Majkic and her colleagues say it’s a clear example of symbolism the results of this study add to the growing body of evidence that Neanderthal cultural adaptations particularly those at the end of their cultural trajectory included practices that could be consistent with symbolic interpretations,” they wrote PLOS ONE, 2018. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195049  (About DOIs). 2015Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyThe hundred and six people who died in the Maidan in the winter of 2013-2014 have been called the Heavenly Hundred and the center of Kiev is dotted with memorials to themPeople put up monuments to display what they think of history and of themselves They tear down monuments for the same reason At the corner of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard and Khreshchatyk the first of about a hundred Lenin monuments removed by Ukrainians all over the country in the past year and a half which is very sensitive to the removal or alteration of Soviet-era monuments in parts of its former empire took the topplings exactly as they were intended to be taken: as insults authorities in the Crimean town of Zuya resolved to restore the local Lenin monument All that’s left of Lenin in central Kiev is a giant pedestal of gray granite with a few rusty pieces of metal sticking out the top The steps at the base of the pedestal have been painted yellow and blue The round column of the pedestal itself has been repeatedly covered with graffiti so only faint traces remain: “Ukraine without [illegible],” “AC/DC,” “Bon-Scott.” On either side of the column The one to what used to be the Bolshevik's right hand “A free Ukraine is possible if the Russian and Ukrainian proletariats unite; without such unity there can be no free Ukraine.” This saying alone would have been reason enough for the Ukrainian revolutionaries to dismantle Lenin On the other hand (formerly Lenin's left) which says that no one can defeat a people determined to obtain self-rule—an idea far better suited to the current Ukrainian moment If the battle of the quotations on this monument is unintentional, then just up Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, in the center of Taras Shevchenko Park, on the monument to Taras Shevchenko himself, it is obvious and heated. Ukraine's national poet, who stands a couple of stories tall, facing the Taras Shevchenko University, was commemorated in Soviet times with his own wistful, lyrical lines, taken from a poem called “My Testament”: And in the great new family,The family of the free,With softly spoken, kindly wordRemember also me.* Below these words, etched tastefully in the pedestal, someone has pasted a laminated white sheet of paper with a different Shevchenko selection: Keep fighting—you are sure to win!God helps you in your fight!For fame and freedom march with you,And right is on your side! Shevchenko addressed these lines to the nineteenth-century freedom fighters in the Caucasus Mountains, but the 2014 revolution, which has since been named the Revolution of Dignity, has appropriated the verse. President Petro Poroshenko recited it from a stage in Kiev's Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) on February 20th, 2015, the first anniversary of the revolution's deadliest day. At the end of the memorial wall, someone had added four more photographs that did not have cradles, bringing the total to a hundred and thirteen and making the effort to make the memorial permanent seem, perhaps, premature. *This passage is taken from a translation by John Weir. Reporting for this story was partially funded by the Pulitzer Center. If Dad's got a thing for charred meats and crafty brews we reckon he'd be pretty stoked to join you at Grazeland's weekend-long food fest The Spotswood food precinct is getting into the Father's Day spirit with its third annual BBQ Beer Festival The weekend's food lineup is a meat-lover's dream with lots of Grazeland's vendors set to serve up special barbecue-inspired eats for the occasion along with a globe-trotting array of grilled goodies from the likes of Zuya African BBQ To wash it down, there'll be a dedicated beer zone pouring drops from hyped local breweries including Little Creatures there'll be plenty of live tunes and DJs across the weekend 19/12/2017 By On Sunday, the company Zuya unveiled a 15-metre cake at Zurich’s main train station described by the company as the world’s biggest space cake The world’s biggest space cake – source_Facebook_Zuya The company said more than 2,000 people turned out to see and eat their cake. According to 20 minuten A traditional “space cake” is one containing intoxicating cannabis This one however was made with low-THC cannabis so it would not have been particularly spacey The main ingredient in this type of cannabis, which contains less than 1% THC, is CBD or cannabidiol. According to Wikipedia CBD does not appear to have any of the intoxicating effects caused by THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) which the company claims had a 0.2% THC content For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter Filed Under: Zurich Tagged With: , By subscribing you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy Previous Newsletters Copyright © Le News Sàrl 2014-2022 / Company number: CH-550.1.129.786-5 / VAT number: CHE-193.843.357 TVA By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy Th‎e people of Zuya community in Lere district Zango and Bangu Zari of Kardam ward community  and Gital in Bula districts all in Tafawa Balewa Local government council of Bauchi state have cried out for lack of portable drinking water in their communities Their cry  was made known yesterday by members of the affected communities when a Member of Bauchi State House of Assembly Honorable Aminu Tukur visited their areas in a thank you They were passionately saying that they have been abandoned by the Bauchi State Government “Our children are die of various diseases related to water bone diseases almost every family have lose a member due to contaminated water Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Malam Umar Bununu said in the area of youths empowerment and employment Bauchi state Government under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has neglected the youth of the area He said the aim of the forum was to create awareness Enlightenment and educate the youths on political happening and participation so that they can equally benefited from politics He called on the youths of the area to eschew all forms of political bitters and shun violence while urging them to stick to their ideologies Maffidin Ayuba said his community is faced with the challenges of portable drinking water Ayuba said they are serious undergoing hardship as they have to go far to access health care fetch water from the stream and bad road in time of selling ‎their farm produce In Gital the district head of Gital Alhaji Umar Aliyu commended Honorable Aminu Tukur for providing them with the only existing solar power borehole in his community which they are holding with high esteem He said with the provision of the portable drinking  water members of his community would no longer be affected with diseases related to water He explained that a special committee of elders have been inaugurated to protect the water from sabotage Tukur representing Lere/Bula in the Bauchi House of Assembly said he was in their various Communities  for a thank you visit and also to hear from them their problems if any with the aim of intervention by elective members from the area He commended the people for their roles they play in electing  them to represents them both in the  state and National Assembly during the 2015 elections saying the remain grateful Senator Wakili and himself remains much grateful to the people of the area and they are ever ready to assist their communities in areas of their needs Exciting news - we've deactivated our website's comment provider to focus on more interactive channels Join the conversation on our stories through Facebook Contact us: 247ureports@gmail.com 247Ureports Protects its' news articles from plagiarism as an important part of maintaining the integrity of our website Javascript required for this site to function Please enable it in your browser settings and refresh this page.