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The Police and State Security Service have closed ranks in the former’s bid to crack the $3m bribery case that involves a former chairman, House of Representatives Ad hoc committee on subsidy, Mr. Farouk Lawan, it was authoritatively gathered on Friday. Lawan and the Clerk to his committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, had collected a total of $620,000 from oil magnate, ...

The United Nations refugee agency said a total of 23,000 Angolans have been repatriated since last year from neighbouring countries where their refugee status officially ended on Saturday. “Since February 2011, 23,000 Angolans have returned to their country,” the UNHCR’s coordinator of repatriation in Angola, Margarida Fawke, told AFP. This included 16,000 from the Democratic Republic of Congo and 3,000 ...

By George Ayittey One insightful way of describing the myriad of Nigeria’s complex and inter-twined problems can be daunting and debilitating in unraveling or solving. Some Nigerians yearn for another military coup for a military dictator to knock heads and solve their problems. This proposal, in my view, is out of the question. First, the record of military rule in ...

UPDATE: Gunfire and explosions broke out in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Saturday, shortly after a dusk-to-dawn curfew came into force, residents said. “Explosions and gunshots have been going on in this neighbourhood for over an hour,” said Abdullahi Musa, a civil servant. “We still don’t know what the target is because the shooting started shortly after curfew,” ...

WASHINGTON – Among people at high risk of diabetes are people who get very little exercise, according to U.S study. The study also showed that those who manage to walk more throughout the day are less likely to actually develop the blood sugar disorder. Earlier studies have shown that walking more is tied to a lower risk of diabetes, but ...