CAN PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release January 17, 2026 CAN Pays Tribute to Heroic Imam Who Saved 262 Christians 1. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) pays glowing tribute to an extraordinary religious leader whose life and actions remain a profound testimony to courage, compassion, and our shared humanity. 2. The late Imam Abubakar Abdullahi…
By Our Reporter PORT HARCOURT (CONVERSEER) – Residents of several fishing communities in Ogoniland, Rivers State, have raised concerns that oil pollution continues to affect their waterways and seafood despite the ongoing clean-up by the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). The concerns were raised by fisherfolk from Gbee, K-Dere and Nweemuu communities during a multi-stakeholders…
By Joe Udo KANO (CONVERSEER) – Kano State Commissioner for Investment, Commerce, Industry, and Cooperatives, Shehu Wada Sagagi, has reportedly donated bicycles to junior staff in the Ministry to cushion the effect of rising transportation costs. Converseer learned that Sagagi personally funded the bicycles for low-level staff struggling with fuel costs of over N700 per…
…pays tribute to heroes past By Our Reporter UYO (CONVERSEER) – The Abaak of Abak, His Royal Highness Oböng Ifiok Umanah Mkpopkporo VII (JP), PhD, has called on churches and parents to cultivate lasting values while honouring heroes to shape the future. Speaking after the Armed Forces Remembrance Day church service at Salvation Army Church…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its proposed nationwide strike, pending a review meeting scheduled to be held in two weeks in Jos. This was disclosed by President-Elect of the association Dr Emmanuel Idoko, on Monday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
By Our Reporter KATSINA (CONVERSEER) – The Government of Katsina State has reportedly completed plans to free 70 repentant terrorists amid the growing insecurity in the country. An X (Twitter) user, @OurFavOnlineDoc, who raised the alarm on Monday, said, “I have just confirmed now that Katsina State Government has completed plans to set free 70…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has defended the 2026 budget with total expenditure of ₦58.18 trillion before the National Assembly, and this is how it was allocated to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs): 1. Presidency → ₦355,100,320,721 2. National Assembly → ₦344,852,880,669 3. Ministry of Defence → ₦3,154,393,400,291 4. Ministry of…
By Imran Muhammad ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Below are the Ministry of Power and National Rural Electrification Agency Projects in 2026 Budget. Ministry of Power 1. COUNTERPART FUNDING OF EARMARKED TRANSMISSION LINES AND SUBSTATIONS PROJECTS UNDER DONOR AGENCIES & ZUNGERU TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (WORLD BANK, AFDB, AFD, JICA, CHINA EXIM BANK) – ₦25.38 billion – Nationwide…
By Musa Kiliya BIRNIN KEBBI (CONVERSEER) – A brilliant and hardworking young man, Abdullahi Abubakar, who was previously a student pilot in 2018, has now resorted to working as an okada (commercial motorcycle) rider due to lack of financial support and inability to pay his school fees. At the beginning of his journey, Abdullahi Abubakar…
WASHINTON (CONVERSEER) – President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the “interim authorities” in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States to be sold at “market price.” In a Tuesday evening statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “I am pleased to announce that the Interim…
