A video showing a northern Nigerian film actress in a sex scene has caused a public outcry in the Muslim north. The outraged Kano State Filmmakers Association has expelled the actress and her lover, along with 17 others. The 17 … read more
Nigeria’s central bank has said it will make the country’s currency, the naira, convertible by 2009. Until now, the central bank has limited how much foreign currency can circulate by selling it through auctions. It has also set the exchange … read more
MILITARY authorities in Rivers State have named suspected arrow-heads in last week’s mayhem in Port Harcourt, the state capital, as Ateke Tom and Soborno George. The duo head rival militia groups allegedly fighting for the control of “bunkering,” activities in … read more
The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Mr. Jacob Gyang Buba, insisted on Tuesday, that the service had had no improper deals with the Nigerian subsidiary of Panalpina World Transport Holding Limited, a Swiss freight forwarder. Buba said this in … read more
A MEMBER of the Rivers State House of Assembly and four suspected kingpins of rival cult groups involved in the violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have been arrested by security operatives. The lawmaker’s (name withheld) arrest, according to a … read more
Anytime from now, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will invite bids for the sale of assets seized from the impeached Bayelsa State governor, Chief Diepriye Alamieyeseigha, THISDAY gathered that EFCC officials went into a discussion with some top … read more
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened renewed attacks on oil and gas installations within the area at the end of August due to perceived lack of genuine commitment on the part of government to … read more
LAST week�s shootings by rival gangs in Port Harcourt were only part of a grand plot to turn the entire Niger Delta into a theatre of war, Vanguard has learnt. Over 20 lives were lost in the six-day shootings. Fifteen … read more
A Syrian man who had been held hostage for a month and a half in Nigeria has died, his cousin said Monday. Hanna Daher told The Associated Press that he received a telephone call from the Syrian Embassy in Nigeria … read more
A MAJOR military crackdown has begun on the cult members who last week literally seized Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by the throat. In a raid, carried out in the wee hours of yesterday, officers of the Joint Task Force JTF … read more