By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has openly admitted to killing Christians in Nigeria and Africa and has vowed to continue with the killing spree without respite. In a post on X on Sunday by Mario Nafwal, a Lebanese-Australian journalist, the Islamic extremist group dared US President…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Activists under the umbrella of RevolutionNow have elected new executives in Cross River State to champion a better Nigeria and a free civic space engagement. The congress, which held on Saturday under the supervision of the Centre Planning Committee (CPC), was chaired by Engr. Segun Damilare, elected seven executives…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Senator Ned Nwoko, billionaire husband of Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, has broken the silence over the arrest and arraignment of his wife’s younger brother, Samuel Ojeogwu, aka Sammy West. Converseer reports that Sammy was arrested alongside three others by the FCT Police. He was arraigned on alleged Criminal Conspiracy,…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately reverse the appointment of the newly inaugurated Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan. The call on Saturday came after reports revealed that Professor Amupitan once authored a legal brief in…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Cross River State Chapter, has called on the state government to domesticate and implement the Urban and Regional Planning Law to ensure sustainable and orderly development across the state. The appeal was made by the State Chairman of NITP, Tpl. Dr Samuel…
(DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Friday called for a reform of the United Nations in order for the global institution to be able to meet the challenges of the 21st century. More than anything, this means the Global South, particularly Africa, must be given more weight, Wadephul said in a parliamentary…
By Isabell Scheuplein, dpa BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The number of new arrivals from Syria in Germany has declined significantly since the fall of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, slumping by 46.5% in 2025, the federal statistical office said on Friday. According to the preliminary figures, some 40,000 Syrian nationals migrated to Germany…
By Angela Atabo ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN) has called for urgent reforms in the nation’s criminal justice system to decongest the rising number of inmates in correctional centres across the country. The Executive Director of PFN, Dr Jacob Tsado, made the call at PFN’s Family Weekend and 2025 Annual General…
By Sani Idris Abdulrahman KADUNA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – Members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly have been decorated as Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) ambassadors during a one-day parliamentary engagement on human rights held in Kaduna. The engagement aimed to deepen the lawmakers’ commitment to strengthening laws, promoting civic freedoms, and ensuring justice for…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has raised alarm over the growing influx of illegal miners across its forest reserves, revealing that more than 5,000 illegal miners have invaded parts of the state in the last three years. Chairman of the State Taskforce on Illegal Mining, Prince Paul Effiong, disclosed…
