Russia’s Novaya Gazeta ‘killed off’ after murders, arrests and pressure
Russia’s most prominent investigative newspaper is closing, with staff accusing the government of succeeding in finally killing it off after decades of pressure. The paper says six of its journalists were killed including Anna Politkovskaya 20 years ago this month.
Arrest follows post-mortem report indicating a head injury as the cause of death; police also received statements that the accused used to assault the child
By Edwin Philip, Lafia The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the alleged murder of a 50-year-old man, Jude Thaddeus, popularly known as Musa, whose decomposed remains were recovered from a dry well at his residence in Aku Village, Base 5, Karu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this to journalists in Lafia, saying the complainant had become concerned after repeated attempts to reach her brother failed, with unidentified persons answering his telephone calls.
The 82-year-old appeared in court in Florida after the FBI searched two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented.
The Infopark police registered the case against the doctor on a complaint filed by a relative of one of the accused; he allegedly abused the woman after giving her intoxicants, say police
The accused is suspected to have roamed with the boy’s parents’ bodies in the boot and boy, ‘his next target’, in the car
Najib transitions to house arrest after his party UMNO raises $12m fine via crowdfunding.