By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Ogoja has restrained the Cross River State House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment process against the Vice Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Area, Emmanuel Idi Yakubu. The order was granted by Justice Daniel Ofre Kulo following an ex…
By Joe Udo KATSINA (CONVERSEER) – The Katsina State Government has successfully rescued 21 kidnap victims comprising 19 Christians and two Muslims during a joint security operation in Dargaza Hills, Danmusa Local Government Area. The intelligence-led operation comprising the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerian Army (NA), alongside the Nigerian Police Force (NP) and Community…
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…
