CALABAR – About 20 passengers have been reportedly abducted along the Calabar–Akwa Ibom waterways after their vessel was intercepted by armed kidnappers. According to CrossRiverWatch, the travellers boarded the “Heavenly Grace” boat in Calabar on the morning of 23 April 2025, bound for several riverine communities in Akwa Ibom State. Eyewitnesses say the vessel was…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a native and citizen of Afghanistan and U.S. lawful permanent resident, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with knowingly receiving, attempting to receive, and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used to commit a federal crime of terrorism. According to court documents,…
BATON ROUGE – A Louisiana hairstylist started cutting off the hair of an 11-year-old girl after the mother refused to pay a $25 fee for being 10 minutes late. Once the hairstylist finished the haircut, she began cutting off the braids. When the mother tried to stop her, she was cut on the hand and…
VIRGINIA – A 16-year-old high school student has been rushed to the hospital after being stabbed at West Potomac High School in Virginia. According to reports, the teenage student was left in critical condition after being stabbed by a 15-year-old student at school. According to police, the 15-year-old was arrested and is currently in custody….
CALABAR – A 25-year-old student nurse, Elizabeth Awhobiwom Ukah, has drowned in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Converseer gathered that the incident happened on Good Friday (18 April 2025) at Big Qua Town, close to Marian Market, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area, following a heavy downpour on the same day. According to sources, Ukah, a…
UYO – The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 18-year-old Amanam Bassey Abraham with a firearm Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of the state. The suspect said he was given the gun by his landlord as collateral for a ₦5,000 loan. According to a statement by DSP Timfon John LLB, Police Public Relations Officer,…
CALABAR – Residents of Calabar, Cross River State capital have raised alarm over herdsmen taking their cattle to graze at the metropolis. Converseer reports that incidents like this have been ongoing in the city but not as close to the centre of the town as today, where a herder was grazing openly with his cattle…
CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (TCN) — Detectives arrested a missing 23-year-old woman’s boyfriend and her uncle after she was found dead in a wooded area last week. Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra’s boyfriend, Keycy Robinson Alexi Barrera Rosa, reported her missing to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on April 2 and said she was last seen March 31 at their…
In this episode of “True Crime News,” Kaylee Whitehall and Kuston Johnson’s volatile relationship ended in death after Kaylee stabbed Kuston in what she said was an act of self-defense. Plus, Stacey Smart was a loving mother who vanished out of sight the same day Sherri Papini’s high-profile and ultimately fake kidnapping made headlines. Years…
ALBANY, N.Y. (TCN) — A 53-year-old woman will spend the next 25 years in prison for smothering her newborn son to death, leaving him in a park, and lighting his blanket on fire to cover up her tracks nearly 30 years ago. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office announced Keri Mazzuca’s sentencing on April 18, saying she…
