By Sodeeq Atanda OWERRI (FIJ, CONVERSEER) – Policemen from the Anti-Kidnapping Squad known as Tiger Base in Owerri, Imo State, tricked a mortuary attendant into an arrest last year, forcing his family to cough up N1 million to secure his freedom, his son has said. Speaking on the July 2024 incident, the attendant’s son, who…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Hon. Justice Franca Isoni of the Family Court 1, Calabar Division, has convicted and sentenced Mr Uduak Jack Anietie to 10 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a child. Anietie, aged 28, was sentenced on Friday, 12 December 2025. According to the charge, the convict committed the offence in 2020…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Nigeria Peace Corps Commandant, Dickson Akon, and the Director of Finance of the Corps, Omolala Aminat Ahmed, have been arraigned before Justice H. B. Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Abuja. They were arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
By Joe Udo ENUGU (CONVERSEER) – Six suspects have been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly initiating young men into the Supreme Vikings Confraternity. According to a statement by SP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, on Saturday, the suspects were arrested on 5th December 2025, by the officers…
By Zagazola Makama JOS (CONVERSEER) – The Nigerian Army troops of 3 Division of Operation Lafiyan Jama’a have rescued four abducted persons and neutralised a kidnapper during an ambush operation in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to Zagazola Makama, the operation followed intelligence on the abduction of four persons at Rimi village…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – An accident involving a Mercedes-Benz 4Matic GL550 and a HOWO truck tipper has claimed the lives of two persons in Abuja. Converseer reports that the accident occurred at about 1:00 AM on Friday on the Sani Abacha Expressway, Wuse. The Mercedes was identified to have the following registration number:…
POLOKWANE (LOL, CONVERSEER) – Police in Limpopo have arrested three foreign nationals accused of running a “prophetic” scam in Polokwane, allegedly using counterfeit money and rats to swindle unsuspecting community members. The men, all Ugandan nationals aged between 32 and 37, were apprehended on Wednesday after the Provincial Tracking Team followed intelligence about individuals soliciting…
By Joe Udo DURBAN (LOL, CONVERSEER) – Two people have been confirmed dead while more are still trapped under concrete and rubble after a four-storey building under construction collapsed at the River Range Ranch temple in Verulam, Redcliffe, North of Durban, South Africa. The building collapsed on Friday and according to IPSS medical rescue, five…
By Joe Udo NSUKKA (CONVERSEER) – Students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) have reportedly beaten a fellow student identified simply as Godwin to death over an alleged phone theft. According to a social media influencer, Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, the incident occurred on Tuesday on campus at the Eni Njoku Hostel. Ugwuanyi posted the incident…
By Joe Udo IBADAN (CONVERSEER) – A popular vendor in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Adeshina Olayinka, has been found dead in a hotel. The dead body of Olayinka, popularly known as Khadi, was discovered in Wetland Hotel in Akobo, Oyo State. According to reports, Adeshina told a friend that she planned to meet someone at…
