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The Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, has issued a query to the police chief Hafiz Ringim, asking him to explain within 24 hours the circumstances surrounding the escape of a suspected mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing in Madalla, Niger State. The query also asked Ringim to show why he should not be punished for negligence since the ultimate ...

A gang of thugs in Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital on Tuesday went wild and started stripping women wearing trousers and miniskirts naked, saying they had President Bingu wa Mutharika’s consent to do so, police said. Report says about 15 men were on Wednesday arrested for stripping the women. The women were in some cases stripped naked and groped. Lilongwe police said ...

Leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to fire his petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to allow for proper investigation of the oil industry. The party, which was beaten to a distant third position by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress for Political Change (CPC) in the presidential elections last year, said at a ...

There will be no shortage of stars on show at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations from Saturday despite the absence of big guns Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. Each of the 368 footballers at match venues Libreville, Franceville, Malabo and Bata will dream that his country can conquer Africa and he can collect the Most Valuable Player ...

The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said what evolved into a monumental fraud in the management of the funds earmarked for fuel subsidy developed its root while former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in power and Adamu Ciroma was finance minister. Testifying before a House of Representatives hearing on the management of funds allocated for fuel subsidy, customs officials said fuel ...