…to be buried on 22nd June 2024 The media community has again been thrown into mourning with the untimely death of Anietie Iyoho, ace sports editor and prolific writer. Aged 52, Iyoho, until his demise was the Special Assistant to Senator Ita Enang, former Senior Special Assistant to then President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly…
Residents of Okpoama in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have butchered a whale that was washed off the seashore. CONVERSEER gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday morning when some of the residents woke up to see a whale, the largest animal in the world, struggling to get back to the sea after…
More than 600 people have died from heat-related illnesses during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid extreme temperatures, reports on Wednesday say. On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s state TV reported that temperatures rose to 51.8 degrees Celsius in the shade at the Grand Mosque in the Islam’s holiest city. Medics and officials, speaking on condition…
The tributes are pouring following the announcement of the passing of American baseball legend, Willie Mays, on Tuesday. He was 93. The San Francisco Giants, where Mays spent most of his career, obsessed a moment of silence in-game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. According to Africanews, Fans at Mays’ hometown ballpark, Rickwood Field,…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a fresh barrage of projectiles into northern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli army said, a day after Israel warned of a “total war” with the Iran-backed militant group. “Approximately 15 projectiles were identified from Lebanon toward the area of Kiryat Shmona, several of which were intercepted by [army] aerial defence array,” the…
Egypt has carried out mass arrests and unlawful deportations of thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Sudan, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The rights group said it had documented 12 incidents in which Egyptian authorities returned an estimated total of 800 Sudanese nationals between January and March this year,…
The Sudanese government on Tuesday, 19th June 2024, accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of fueling the 14-month war in the country by providing weapons to a rival paramilitary force. The UAE dismissed the allegation as “ludicrous,” calling it “a shameful abuse by one of the warring parties.” The clash came during a U.N. Security…
The Anambra State government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has handed a couple and an accomplice to the police for alleged human trafficking in Ifitedunu, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. According to SaharaReporters, the couple, identified as Temple and Ndubuisi Nwankwo, were arrested by the police alongside one Ebere while…
A 25-year-old illegal immigrant has been arrested for forcing a 13-year-old at knifepoint into the woods in Queens before tying her up and raping her. According to the police, the man is an Ecuadorian national who came to New York City in 2021. Police say the man pulled out a “large machete-style knife” on a…
Trans TikToker, Rose Montoya, who went viral at the White House, has been accused of s*xually assaulting five people. The accusation was made by Jesse Diamond who shared what appears to be an email from Montoya. “I broke your trust and violated you,” the email read. “I’m sorry I forced myself on you.” Diamond, who…
