KADUNA BUSINESSMAN DRAGS EX FIANCEE’S FATHER TO COURT, DEMANDS DOWRY REFUND. (PHOTO).

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Kaduna businessman drags ex fiancee’s father to court, demands dowry refund A businessman, Nasiru Dayyabu, on Wednesday, dragged the father of his ex-fiance, Mallam Sani Direba, to Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over N260,000 dowry. The complainant had joined Direba in the suit against two brothers demanding a refund of N250, 000 dowry and N10,000 introduction money he paid to marry his daughter. Represented by his counsel, Mr Sani Sunusi, the complainant told the court that he sent his people from Karaye, Kano State to Kaduna in 2025, to seek for the defendant’s daughter’s hand in marriage. “We paid the dowry and the introduction money (kudin gausuwa) and were waiting for them to set a date for the wedding,” he said. “Unfortunately, the lady’s father called to inform us that they have cancelled the marriage.” The counsel said the complainant had asked for the refund of his money since Sept. 2025 but all the efforts he made proved abortive. He claimed that his client ...

FLOODING KILLS AT LEAST 40 NEAR BEIJING, MANY REMAIN MISSING. (PHOTO).


 Flooding kills at least 40 near Beijing, many remain missing

At least 40 people have died in Beijing after severe flooding struck the Chinese capital following days of heavy rain across northern China, officials reported Tuesday. The majority of fatalities occurred in Miyun, a hilly northern suburb, where 80,000 residents were evacuated, power was lost in 130 surrounding villages, and many areas became isolated as roads flooded and turned impassable. Two deaths were also reported in Yanqing, another northern district of the city.

Elsewhere, eight people were killed in a landslide in Chengde, located about 140 miles northeast of Beijing, after six months’ worth of rain fell over the weekend, with four individuals still missing. In Shanxi Province, southwest of Beijing, rescuers recovered the body of a passenger from a bus that went missing on Sunday, but the bus and 13 other passengers remain unaccounted for. As more heavy rain was forecast for Tuesday evening, President Xi Jinping urged an “all-out” search and rescue operation to find those missing. He emphasized the need to relocate residents in affected areas and minimize casualties as much as possible.

Meanwhile, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu provinces, and Shanghai were placed under a Level IV emergency alert ahead of typhoon Co-May, which is currently located about 300 miles southeast of Shanghai in the East China Sea and moving at roughly 9 mph. The typhoon is expected to strengthen and bring heavy rain as it approaches landfall between Zhoushan and Ningbo in Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, with a possible second landfall near Shanghai’s Pudong or Fengxian districts.

Southern China was also impacted, with Hong Kong experiencing intense rainfall exceeding four inches per hour, prompting school closures, landslide warnings, and partial subway shutdowns. In contrast, much of the rest of the country faced heat alerts with temperatures forecast to surpass 40 degrees Celsius over the next week.


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