NIGERIAN VICE PRESIDENT HOUSE PROBE

US probes Nigeria vice-president. The US government says federal agents have raided the Maryland home of Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The search took place on 3 August, but officials refused to confirm reports that it was linked to raids on homes belonging to a Lousianian congressman.
William Jefferson is being investigated over the financing of a high-tech company and his properties were searched on the same day. There has been no comment on the case from Mr Abubakar. Mr Jefferson, a Democrat who has served eight terms in the House of Representatives, has come under scrutiny as the FBI looks into an international telecommunications deal.
Investigators are interested in Mr Jefferson's links with Mr Abubakar and vice-president of Ghana, Aliu Mahama, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. According to the newspaper, Mr Jefferson visited Ghana in mid-July. Mr Abubakar reportedly only uses his home in Potomac, Maryland for a couple of months each year. His wife, Jennifer, is a doctoral student in international relations at American University in Washington.