By Our Reporter BRAKPAN (CONVERSEER) – Marius ‘Vlam’ van der Merwe, also known as Witness D in the Madlanga Commission, was tragically shot and killed in front of his family in Brakpan. Van der Merwe, a former officer with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and the owner of QRF Task Team, had testified in…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has granted bail of N4 million to seven alleged members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) accused of assaulting Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials. Delivering the ruling on the matter with file number MC/500C/2025, on Friday in…
By Joe Udo ILORIN (CONVERSEER) – The Department of State Service (DSS) has taken into custody a medical doctor who was ferrying drugs from Sokoto to kidnappers in parts of Kwara State. The doctor (name withheld) was intercepted in Jebba area following intelligence reports about the activities of the kidnappers and their couriers. The secret…
By Joe Udo HARARE (CONVERSEER) – A United States-based 33-year-old Zimbabwean senior high school teacher, Zvikomborero Maria Makedenge, has been charged in court for allegedly raping a 16-year-old male student. Makedenge was arraigned before Harare Magistrates Court on 28 November, after her sex video with the 16-year-old on 2 August surfaced online It was alleged…
By Frank Ulom BEKWARRA (CONVERSEER) – Residents of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State are seeking assistance from the public to identify and contact the family of a young woman who died on Thursday following a motorcycle accident. The victim, identified through her National Identification Number (NIN) as Agbama Success Awam, was involved…
By Zagazola Makama JALINGO (CONVERSEER) – Troops conducting Operation Peace Shield and Operation Zafin Wuta have cleared multiple bandit hideouts in parts of Southern Taraba, destroying two camps and pushing fleeing fighters into neighbouring Benue State, the military has said. It was gathered that the operation, carried out by combined troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian…
By Archibong Emmanuel CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – One of the youth leaders in Effi, Okuni community in Ikom local government area of Cross River State, Comrade Alobi Ndifon, has asked the Executive Director of Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), Prince Odey Oyama, to tender payment evidence for N40 million compensation money that he allegedly collected…
By Collin Rugg NEW YORK (CONVERSEER) – Internet users have raised over $1.2 million for an 88-year-old US Army veteran, Ed Bambas, to help him retire after his pension was wiped out. Bambas lost his wife 7 years ago and is now working 40 hours a week to make ends meet. The veteran retired from…
By Our Reporter CAPE TOWN (CONVERSEER) – Court proceedings in the high‑profile Senzo Meyiwa murder trial were briefly halted on Tuesday after the South African Police Service (SAPS) intervened following intelligence that a group present in the courtroom intended to target judges, prosecutors and other key figures involved in the case. Three men, who had…
By Frank Ulom UYO (CONVERSEER) – The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 15-year-old girl, Miss Favour Emenyi, a student of Mary Hanney Secondary School, Oron, over fake news. Arrested alongside Hanney for alleged fake news fabrication and circulation were Lexis Christopher and Stephen Owen. According to a statement signed by DSP Timfon…
