By Our Reporter ACCRA (CONVERSEER) – The Ghanaian government has summoned the Ambassador of Russia to Accra, Sergei Berdnikov, to formally protest the alleged publication of explicit images of Ghanaian women without their consent by a person suspected to be of Russian origin. Acting on the directive of the Foreign Affairs Minister, authorities conveyed what…
By Our Reporter LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – An international crackdown coordinated by Interpol has resulted in the arrest of 651 suspects and the seizure of more than $4.3 million across 16 African nations as part of a major effort to combat cybercrime and transnational financial fraud. The operation code-named “Red Card 2.0” was carried out between…
By Our Reporter BORKOU (CONVERSEER) – Four Chadian army officers lost their lives following a confrontation with suspected highway robbers in Borkou province, according to security and local sources. The incident reportedly began Tuesday night with an ambush along the road between Faya and Kouba Oulanga, during which a travel agency driver was fatally shot….
By Frank Ulom LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Nigerian TikToker, Abigail Nsuka, popularly known as Mirabel (@mirab351) on TikTok, has admitted that she fabricated the rape story which caused a stir on social media. Converseer reports that Mirabel, posted a tearful TikTok on February 18, claiming a stranger broke into her home in Mowe, Ogun State, raped…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, former Presidential Aide and head of Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP). According to a statement by ASP Sunday Eitokpah, State’s Police Public Relations Officer, on behalf of the Commissioner…
By Frank Ulom ABEOKUTA (CONVERSEER) – The Ogun State Police Command has probed a TikTok user known as Mirabel (@mirab351) following investigations that found her viral rape allegations to be false. On February 15, @mirab351 claimed a stranger assaulted her after a knock at her door, leading to widespread support from feminists, NGOS, and activist…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has remanded six persons suspected of kidnapping and killing Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a prominent Professor of Neurology at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Those remanded are Patrick Essien Etim, also known as PATO; Etim Effiong Eyo, alias IT-CAN-HAPPEN; Anthony Essien…
By Our Reporter BAUCHI (CONVERSEER) – A 72-year-old man, Malam Muhammad Lawan, has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly chaining his 40-year-old biological son for 17 years in Shadawanka Village, on the outskirts of Bauchi Local Government Area. According to Zagazola, the said the incident came to light on 16 February…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A former Honourable, Hon. Ukpong Edet Godwin Edet, has been accused of collecting N4 million from herders to permit open grazing in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. The accusations were made during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Cross River State Police Command to address the…
By Frank Ulom BOKI (CONVERSEER) – Community leaders of Abo-Obisu Village in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have banished a 60-year-old woman, Florence Osang, over alleged witchcraft. Converseer learned that Osang, a cocoa farmer, was banished for 10 years over the display of witchcraft, resulting in the alleged killing of a 40-year-old…
