KINSHASA (CONVERSEER) – Missionaries in Congo denounced a “shameful silence” of the international community as 20 people were killed in a terrorist attack Nov. 14 at the North Kivu village of Byambwe, in Congo, according to Vatican News. Pope Leo XIV offered special prayers for the Christian community in North Kivu, where members of the…
By Joe Udo JOHANNESBURG (CONVERSEER) – Two people have been reportedly killed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in a cult-related clash. According to Naija Confra, the victims were shot dead this morning in Rosettenville, Johannesburg. “Initial reports suggest it was connected to the ongoing clash between NBM (Aye) and DNKI (Vikings),” the data-collection/reporting platform stated on…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, has convicted and sentenced one of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa province (ISWAP), Hussaini Ismaila, to 20 years imprisonment. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order in a summary judgment after Ismaila aka Mai Tangaran pleaded guilty to a four-count terrorism charge…
By Collin Rugg FLORIDA (CONVERSEER) – The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner, who was found stuffed under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, is a suspect in her death, according to the Daily Mail. The body of Kepner, 18, was found wrapped in a blanket and stuffed under a bed in her cabin on…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Recall that Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), was jailed for two and five years respectively. The sentences are to run concurrently, according to Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The conviction of Prof. Ndifon followed…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of two National Assembly staff, Mustapha Mohammed and Tijjani Adam Goni, for defrauding two job seekers of N4.8 million under the guise of securing employment for them at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and…
By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – A minibus carrying about five passengers has plunged into the river in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State. The bus, Converseer learned, plunged into the Abakpa River on Tuesday evening at about 4 PM while shuttling between Igoji and Abakpa. According to a source, Prince Philip Alaga,…
By Joe Udo MAGA (CONVERSEER) – In what has been reported as a deadly attack on Sunday, bandits kidnapped 25 students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State. According to reports, the girls were taken away by the gunmen at night at the school located in the Danko/Wasagu Local…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), to five years imprisonment for sexually harassing his female students. According to Vanguard Newspapers, the court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice James…
By Joe Udo ILORIN (CONVERSEER) – The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over the sum of ₦104,091,162.46 (One Hundred and Four Million, Ninety-One Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty-Two Naira, Forty-Six Kobo) to the Niger State Government. The official handover took place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at…
