By Mo Isa The management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA has cut off water and power supply to student’s hostels. CONVERSEER learned that this was coming in shortly after the students protested against exorbitant fee increments. In a statement by the Students’ Union body on Monday, the students said the protest was…
By Joe Udo Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh, for an alleged conspiracy and fraud to the tune of N3.6 billion. Ugwuh was arrested alongside Chief Geoffrey Ekenma on 11 January 2024 by the Lagos Zonal Command EFCC Officials at No.2,…
By Paschal Abu Peanut, the world’s oldest chicken who lived for 21 years and 238 days old has passed away. CONVERSEER learned that Peanut died on Christmas Day 2023 at her home in Michigan, United States of America. Taking to her blog to announce her passing away, Peanut’s owner, Marsi Darwin, said: “Peanut was a…
By Our Reporter The leader of the Biafra Nations League, BnL, Princewill Chimezie Richards, at the weekend, ordered his men to take down Cameroonian flags from the Bakassi Peninsula, insisting that BnL will not tolerate foreign flags flying along with the Biafran flags in the territory. Richards, who disclosed this to Sunrise Daily declared a…
By Mo Isa Barely 24 hours after celebrating the new year, 12 people have been killed by terrorists in a Supermarket in Nasarawa. CONVERSEER learned that the ugly incident happened on Tuesday 2 January 2024 at One Man Village, Nasarawa – a few kilometres from Abuja. According to @PIDOMNIGERIA, an investigative journalist’s handle on X…
By Chris Thompson Not less than 21 persons have been killed by flash floods in the small town of Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. This was disclosed by South African officials on Saturday. “As of Friday, 29 December 2023, a total of 21 bodies have been recovered,” said police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda….
By Frank Ulom Three persons have lost their lives in an auto crash involving a red Audi vehicle in Calabar, Cross River capital. CONVERSEER gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday night prior to the Carnival Calabar. The vehicle rammed into the centre demarcation along IBB Way close to Atimbo Roundabout. A source, Kandy Umoh…
By Frank Ulom Kidnappers have raided a community in Cross River State, killing a baby and abducting two persons barely three days after a tragic incident befell the area. The incident, CONVERSEER learned happened on Thursday morning in Nde 3 Corners, Ikom Local Government, the same community where Youth Leader, Akpang Ayambem was killed and…
By Frank Ulom A dry cleaner (laundry serviceman), Gabriel James has been arrested for alleged kidnapping by the Police in Cross River. James, who operates a laundry service at Edibe Edibe in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state, was arrested on Tuesday night. He is the third member of a kidnapping gang that…
By Mo Isa The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead at 67. According to SaharaReporters, Akeredolu died on Wednesday in Lagos, after battling leukaemia, a cancer of the blood caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in the body. He was managed by State House doctors up to his…
