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It is indeed a national disgrace to the acclaimed Giant of Africa that something like this is still happening in this 21st century in our country, yet Mr President and his co-travelers�are comfortable to waste a whooping N2.2bn to build a new banquet hall, while the existing banquet hall gets ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday Thursday December 6th announced the De-registration of 28 political parties. “In the exercise of the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Independent National Electoral Commission has today, Thursday, December 6, 2012, de-registered ...

Nearly 15 years after the death of General Sani Abacha, Nigeria�s former military ruler, the Swiss Government has said that it has so far returned to Nigeria the sum of $700 million stolen by the late dictator and deposited in several Swiss banks. The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Hans-Rudolf ...

A civil servant, Adeyemi Jolugbo, 32, on Wednesday urged an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his four-year-old marriage which he claimed he was forced into by the wife with a charm. Jolugbo told the court that he had come back to his senses and was not willing to ...

The University authorities of Covenant University, Canaanland, Ota in Ogun state, last Saturday expelled over 200 students for varied offences. A source told us that trouble started when the Chancellor of the institution,Bishop David Oyedepo visited the school chapel unannounced and noticed that some students were loitering around the chapel,some ...

Police say a homeless man found decomposing in a basement freezer in central Indiana had been drinking, doing drugs and having sex with the man now suspected in his death. Court documents say 52-year-old Walter Logan told police that he and Alex Shipp ending up fighting at his home in ...

The victorious Golden Eaglets breezed into the country Tuesday�s evening from Bamako where they secured the ticket to the 2013 African Under-17 Championship to be held in Morocco. The team contingent led by Alhaji Muazu Suleiman, the chairman of NFF�s Referee Committee,� arrived Lagos�� about 4:00pm aboard ASKY Airlines and ...

The Nigerian film industry, Nollywood, has recorded another milestone. Beyond just world class films being churned out, and more acceptances from a growing international audience, organizations are partnering to bring greater development to the industry. � Recently, a group of local and international organizations, namely: One-O-Eight Media, BGL Asset Management, ...

The family of Odumegwu-Ojukwu will soon meet to take a decision on the Will of their brother, late Chief Emeka Ojukwu, which was read on Friday at the Enugu High Court. One of the senior members of the family, and a younger brother of the late Ikemba, Mr. Ude Ojukwu, ...

Zulai Buhari, the first daughter of former Nigerian head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has died. Sahara reporters learnt Ms. Buhari died earlier today from sickle cell anemia, a source disclosed that she developed complications after having a baby two days ago Chasel Hospital, private clinic in Ungwar Sarki ...

House of Representatives, yesterday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over her refusal to honour invitations from its Committee on Pensions. Members of the committee also want the Finance Minister to explain her role in the take-over of Police Pension Fund ...

Chocolate City Records have announced the signing of Kenyan born singer, Victoria Kimani. Ms Kimani started writing, recording and performing at 16, Lived in Nigeria her high school years, and moved back to Nairobi, Kenya at 17. Since then, she has been back and forth between LA, ATL, NY and ...

A court in the United Kingdom has jailed an acclaimed Nigerian gospel singer, Oluwamayola Ajayi, 31 for six and half years for stealing more than N30m (120,000 pounds) from lonely women by posing as a pilot, oil executive and grieving widower. The convict, according to the Daily Mail of London, ...

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has consecrated its first woman bishop in Africa. Ellinah Wamukoya, 61, will serve as the church�s bishop in the small, conservative kingdom of Swaziland. Her consecration comes as the Church of England is due to vote on whether to allow women to become bishops. ...

One of the hostels at Medical School LUTH, block 6, was gutted by fire around 9am this morning. No lives were lost but properties and other valuables were destroyed in the inferno that lasted for over an hour before it was put out by the fire service. Cause of the ...

President Goodluck Jonathan’s younger brother Meni Jonathan has died at the Aso Rock clinic Abuja today. Medical sources told SaharaReporters that Mr. Meni was flown in from Bayelsa last week to receive medical treatment at the Villa. The cause of death has not been revealed. Mr. Meni is President Jonathan’s ...

The Lagos State Government is set to put an end to indiscriminate parking of vehicles on sidewalks. Governor Babatunde Fashola on Sunday said there was a need to ensure sanity in people�s attitude to driving and road usage. He said the Ministry of Physical Planning and other relevant agencies had ...

The University of Abuja has been ordered shut down by its authorities. The University was shut Monday morning following students� unrest. Reports reaching Vibesngists.com from Gwagwalada, where the University is situated, said trouble started when some students of the Faculty of Engineering protested the inability of the school authority to ...

Gunmen riding on motorcycles have killed a prominent politician in Nigeria�s second city of Kano, officials said Sunday amid a wave of similar shootings blamed on a radical Islamist group. Boko Haram insurgents have attacked scores of political leaders and other symbols of authority in Nigeria�s restive north. A police ...

A local official says at least four people have died in riots that erupted in central Nigeria after a Muslim was killed at an illegal checkpoint. Local government chairman Isiaku Adamu said rioters burned houses and shops Sunday in Ibi, about 140 miles (230 kilometers) from the Taraba state capital ...