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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Researchers have long believed that humans split from apes some five million years ago in Africa, but a study Monday suggests it happened in Europe far earlier than that. Just where the last common ancestor between chimps — our closest relatives — and humans existed is a matter of hot debate in the scientific community. The new hypothesis about the origin of mankind is based on 7.2 million-year-old pre-human remains found in caves in Greece and Bulgaria. Researchers from France, Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Canada and Australia analyzed the dental roots of two known specimens of the fossil hominid Graecopithecus freybergi. Using a specialized X-ray known as computer tomography to scan a lower jaw from Greece and an upper premolar from Bulgaria, they found characteristics suggesting these ape like creatures — nicknamed “El Graeco” — were likely pre-humans, or hominids. “We were surprised by our results, as pre-humans were previously known only from sub-Saharan A...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ola Ajayi I badan —SOME Concerned Ibadan indigenes have described as unacceptable the administrative style of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, saying controversies trailing the actions of the monarch were avoidable. The group took exception to the raging crisis on the removal of Iyaloja of Ibadanland, Chief Labake Lawal, noting the action of the monarch was unfair. Led by Alhaji Muili Akanbi and Mr. Layiwola Lapade, President and General-Secretary of the group respectively, the group said the crisis that emanated from the removal and installation of a new Iyaloja has not only caused sharp division among the market men and women in the metropolis , but it is also generating tension capable of rupturing the fragile peace of the state. The group maintained that it was wrong for the monarch to reconstruct, redefine and redesign the Olubadan-in-Council to consist him and his wives as against him and the high chiefs. The group ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Lawani Mikairu Another batch of 258 Nigerians were yesterday deported from Libya, the deportees arrived the cargo section of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 9.50pm aboard an Airbus A333-200 and were received at the Hajj Terminal by the National Emergency Management Agency This is the second time in less than a month that hundreds of deportees are brought in one batch. On April 25th, a batch of 253 Nigerians were also deported from Libya. The profiling of this current batch of deportees lasted into the night because of the large number. The deportees made up of 24 adult female and one female infant , and 229 adult male and 4 children were given stipend by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, as it is the practice, to meet their immediate financial needs. There coming was said to been facilitated by International Oganisation for Migration, IOM, after the Federal Government asked for its assistance after confirming that so...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J THE successful negotiation and release of 82 of the abducted Chibok school girls over the past weekend filled well-meaning Nigerians with joy and relief. It has rekindled the hope for the return of the remaining 113 victims. President Muhammadu Buhari, who had the privilege of receiving them just before he flew out for his latest medical trip abroad, reiterated the determination of his administration to ensure the retrieval of the outstanding captives in line with his maiden speech in which he vowed that he would not consider the war against Boko Haram over until all the girls have been brought home. Though the Federal Government admitted that some top commanders of the Islamic terrorist group were exchanged for the girls, its successful execution surprised many Nigerians and gives the indication that the government is beginning to learn the ropes not only in the asymmetrical warfare but also in the diplomacy that goes with cleaning up the accompanying mess. Wi...