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INTERVENTIONS by the Peoples Democratic Party notwithstanding, the House of Representatives on Sunday insisted that President Goodluck Jonathan must achieve 100 per cent budget implementation by September or face impeachment. Apparently reacting to interventions by the PDP and reported overtures by the President to save his job, the House said it would not change its resolution midway. “A resolution of ...

Unbelievable is the constant dirty revelation coming from the Senate, the latest of them is that Chairman of the Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodinma that lied about his Degree in Arts/Criminology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It was gathered that the Senator had, in an interview with a national newspaper and on his Facebook page and ...

By SaharaReporters A source in Ungwar Sarkin Musulmi, which houses the famous Sultan Bello Mosque, has disclosed that about 50 Christian young men last night stormed the mosque and in furtherance of the Muslim Ramadan, broke the Ramadan fast with Muslim youths as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen unity, peace and coexistence between both faiths in the troubled State ...

UPDATE: A bomb blast in restive Bauchi killed a 10-year-old boy and wounded 10 others on Sunday, police said. The explosion went off at around 6:30 pm (1730 GMT) in Bauchi city’s Tundunwadan Dan-iya area, a neighbourhood known for its cluster of bars and other entertainment spots. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. “There was an explosion from ...

Michael Jackson’s mom, Katherine Jackson, 82, has was reported missing late Saturday after her grandchildren were unable to get in touch with her for a week. Paris Jackson waited at home Sunday, hoping for a phone call from her grandmother, the woman who has cared for her since her father, Michael Jackson, died three years ago. “Yes, my grandmother is ...