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Emotions flared on Tuesday as members of the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges and oil businessman, Femi Otedola, reportedly clashed at the National Assembly. Otedola was at the House to answer questions relating to the $620,000 bribery scandal involving a lawmaker, Farouk Lawan. The billionaire businessman appeared before the committee but he refused to testify, submitting in ...

President Barack Obama has on Tuesday issued a statement on the death of Andy Griffith. Andy Griffith, an icon of TV died Tuesday morning (July 3, 2012) at the age of 86. Griffith, who became famous for “The Andy Griffith Show,” passed away at his home in Manteo, North Carolina. Below is president Obama’s statement: “Michelle and I were saddened ...

British football club Manchester United filed papers in the United States on Tuesday to raise money by selling shares on the US market. In the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Britain’s all-time top Premier League team said it would raise up to $100 million in the initial public offering. The team, controlled since 2005 by the Glazer family, ...

UPDATE 3: A second bomb was later discovered in the area, which was safely detonated. In a statement, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yushau A. Shuaib, said: “When we were trying to find out what is happening, the anti-bomb squad discovered another one. They just detonated it,” the head of NEMA’s Abuja office, Ishaya Chonoko, told journalists ...

Mogwase (SAPA) – A one-year-old baby has been found buried in a house in Mogwase, South Africa, North West police said on Tuesday. Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said the baby’s body was discovered on Monday around 8am after neighbours alerted the police. “It is believed the baby became weak last week before dying on June 27.” Ngubane said the baby’s 29-year-old ...