The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, 13th May 2024, arraigned Babakura Muhammad Nur and Kaltum Mustapha for criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12,950,000 (Twelve Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only). The duos were arraigned separately before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High…
The Fourth Prosecution Witness, PW4, Bitrus Sambo Bako in the trial of Kassam Kopte and Yakubu Zwalnan, former Chairman and Secretary of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions respectively on Tuesday, 14th May 2024, narrated before Justice S.P. Gang of the Plateau State High Court, Jos how the defendants lured union members into fraudulent land deals…
A pro-lifer, Lauren Handy, has been sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for “blockading” a Washington abortion clinic in 2020. After she was indicted, police said they found 5 fetuses in her Washinton home. Why? The provenance of those 115 fetuses is bizarre: the group claims several activists (including Handy) encountered a driver from…
The entire raw materials warehouse of Eastern Premier Feed Mill Company, also known as Flour Mill, has been gutted by fire. The incident, CONVERSEER gathered, occurred on Saturday, 11th May 2024. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained at the time of this report but our Reporter learned the fire was massive. The…
…recovers 6 exotic cars, 16 laptops, 38 mobile phones The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters also referred to as Yahoo Boys in Calabar, Cross River State. CONVERSEER learned that the suspects were arrested by investigators at the Uyo Zonal Command of the EFCC. According to a statement by the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 128 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys in Osun, Kwara and Edo states. CONVERSEER gathered that 64 suspects were arrested on Wednesday, 8th May 2024, in Ede, Osun State, following actionable intelligence on their suspicious fraudulent activities in their environs. Items recovered from them…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) influencer, Sadiq Jibrin Gadah (@sadiqsolar), has been arrested by the Police in Kano for allegedly killing his colleague, Bello Bukar Adamu, over a prolonged dispute involving N3 million. Gadah, known on social media for his acerbic vitriol against opposition political commentators online, reportedly killed Adamu for pestering him over N3…
Unknown gunmen attacked the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State, on Thursday, 9th May 2024, at about 8:23pm while some students were gathered for tutorials ahead of their first-semester examinations. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Abdulrahman Salawu, stated that the exact number of students involved is currently being ascertained. The…
A group of young people, aiming for social media fame, have been arrested after filming and publishing on Tiktok a fake robbery outside a police station in Kilifi, Kenya. The four, one of whom is 17 years old, made a video titled ‘wezi mbele ya police station’ (robbery outside a police station), and posted it…
On a recent afternoon, hundreds of Voodoo practitioners gathered In a small church to celebrate St. George, a Christian martyr believed to be a Roman soldier who is revered by Catholics and Voodooists alike. They offered him money and prayers in hopes they would make it through Haiti’s deepening crisis. “We don’t care if they…
