THISDAY has learnt that the planned redenomination of the naira may take effect from January 1, 2008, eight months earlier than planned by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). However, CBN sources said shifting the date backward could present logistic … read more
Couples must first take an HIV test before they will be allowed to marry, the Anglican Church in Nigeria says. The church says the move is to help parishioners make “informed choices” when choosing marriage partners. The BBC News website … read more
SECURITY agencies under the aegis of the Joint Task Force (JTF) will remain in Port Harcourt and its environs for the next six months in order to restore permanent peace in the State. Governor Celestine Omehia gave this indication yesterday … read more
In a first admission to ransom payment, HRH Eze Francis Amadi, the paramount ruler of Iriebe Oro Esara, Evo Kingdom of Rivers state, whose three-year old, Samuel Amadi, was kidnapped last month, by militants has revealed he paid a ransom … read more
There are 103 cult groups known to Rivers State government. But it is not known whether they all operate in the state. However, the state House of Assembly is conscious of their activities, hence it took documentary notice of the … read more
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has associated the crisis in Port Harcourt with the struggle by cult groups to gain government’s patronage, adding that the problem will not be over soon. Meanwhile, security agencies in … read more
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, yesterday stated that the Police would need to carry out a comprehensive DNA test to ascertain whether one of the charred bodies of the three cultists killed during a shoot-out with … read more
After two weeks of sustained violence which led to the death of several persons and the destruction of property worth billions of naira, the Rivers State Government on Friday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state. This is even as … read more
About 12 people including two policemen were killed while scores sustained injuries in the early hours of yesterday when some armed men attacked a branch of First Bank at Ketu in Kosofe Local Government area of Lagos State. However, Governor … read more
Nigeria has asked retailers to hand over for destruction all imported toothpaste on their shelves after its food and drugs watchdog said it had discovered a harmful substance in a Chinese-made brand. The order followed a spate of scares in … read more