7th OCTOBER 2001: U.S. ‘WAR ON TERROR’ TURNING AFRICA INTO TERRORIST HUB COMMENCE Following the horrific 9/11 attack that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States, US President George W. Bush declared a global ‘War on Terror,’ which began with the first bombardments on this day, 7th October 2001, in Afghanistan. The war led…
Two men, old and young have been caught while practising homosexuality in Rivers State. CONVERSEER learned that the two men were caught practising the crime by youths in Rumuewhara community in Port Harcourt, the state capital. According to Port Harcourt Specials on X (formerly Twitter), the incident happened on Sunday morning. “Homos*xuals caught around Rumuewhara…
…as NDLEA intercepts N9bn worth opioids in Rivers, recovers large consignments of illicit drugs in Ikorodu warehouse, commercial bus in Taraba A 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for importing a large consignment of…
Unknown gunmen have allegedly kidnapped a pregnant woman in Cross River State. CONVERSEER learned that the heavily pregnant woman (name undisclosed) was kidnapped on Friday in Eseku Community, Creek Town, in Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. According to CrossRiverWatch, the target was the woman’s husband, who escaped, but they [kidnappers] had to whisk…
Police intervened at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Berlin’s central Alexanderplatz due to anti-Israel chants and actions, resulting in 10 temporary arrests on Friday evening, according to police reports. One incident involved a man tearing paper Israeli flags during a “Vigil for Gaza” rally. At another gathering titled “Stop the War,” which saw a peak attendance of…
Footage released showed Kentucky Sheriff Shawn Stines killing Judge Kevin Mullins after the pair had an argument in the judge’s office. Mullins and Stines had lunch together just hours before the incident. They later met in the judge’s office where an argument unfolded. “I was told Sheriff Stines tried to call his daughter and tried…
The remain of the Hope Waddel Training Institution student, Ephraim Samuel Etim, who was killed by a delivery van on 30th September, has been laid to rest. CONVERSEER reports that Ephraim was the only son of his parents and was knocked to death by a delivery van (DELVAN) along Calabar Road by Total Filling Station…
After smugglers reportedly forced them off two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week, rescuers were looking for the remaining 111 African migrants on Thursday, according to the Djiboutian coastguard. There are reportedly at least 48 drowning victims. The International Organisation for Migration reports that 310 people were aboard…
There was a pandemonium at the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) office following the announcement of the Local Government Election Timetable by the Commission’s chairman as fight brokered between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The incident happened on 25th September, when CROSIEC Chairman, Dr Ekong Edet Boco…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), FCT Command, has arrested 10 illegal immigrants for unlawful stay within the country. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSI Anyanwu Ifeanyi Paul, on 1st October, the illegal immigrants were arrested during a night raid operation in Abuja. Those arrested include five Nepalese nationals and five Sri Lankan nationals…
