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SAN FRANCISCO, September 16, (THEWILL) –  It was a rain of naira in Lagos on September 11, 2013, for the distributors of Dangote Cement as the management of the company splashed about N800 million on them as their sales...

SAN FRANCISCO, September 16, (THEWILL) –  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two bureau de change operators: Salihu Liman Mahmoud and Dan Asabe Ibrahim and two University of Jos undergraduates, Isaiah Friday and Azzaior Samuel over...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where jihadis might find a safe base to promote their ideas. The...

A U.N. photograph of chief U.N. chemical weapons investigator Ake Sellstrom handing over his report on an August 21 gas attack on Damascus suburbs shows that the report confirms use of the deadly nerve agent sarin. "On the basis of...

U.S. stocks rose on Monday after former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers' withdrew as a candidate for Federal Reserve chairman, removing market uncertainty about a long confirmation process that already had plenty of opposition. The move means a path for the...

Several people have been killed and others injured in a shooting at the US Navy Yard in Washington, officials say. Police were searching the Navy complex after the shooting on Monday morning to track down the gunmen involved in the...

The World Bank, faced with a tight budget and greater competition for development funds, aims to become more selective in its lending, focusing on fragile states, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and other areas where it can have the greatest...

The Vatican department in charge of paying salaries and managing real estate acted improperly as a parallel bank, providing accounts to outsiders, an arrested prelate who worked there for 22 years has told Italian prosecutors. The latest allegations of misdoings...

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has called for players who dive to be shown straight red cards. Manchester United's Ashley Young was booked for tumbling over after a challenge by Palace's Kagisho Dikgacoi in United's 2-0 win on Saturday. Dikgacoi was...

The United States, France and Britain agreed on Monday to step up pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to stick to the terms of a deal under which Syria is to give up its huge arsenal of chemical weapons and...