Nigerian soldiers accused of beating a car dealer to oblivion over his inability to get buyer for a car in Abia State

Nigeria sees no need to apply for an International Monetary Fund programme, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Tuesday. Adeosun also told CNBC that non-oil revenues were improving while the government was fine-tuning an economic reform programme.
. The Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi has said that he would introduce a law prohibiting poor men from marrying more than one wife, saying there is a connection between polygamy, poverty and terrorism. . . He said because muslims practice polygamous marriage, most poor men end up marrying...
. . A light aircraft exploded Tuesday in a “massive fireball” with police saying none of the five people aboard survived as it smashed into a shopping centre near the Australian city of Melbourne. The Beechcraft plane veered just after take-off into the shopping centre, that was still closed,...