By Chris Thompson In what is termed the first criminal case of any U.S. president in history, seven New Yorkers have been selected to serve as jurors on former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. The process of selecting the jurors began on Monday afternoon and involved the judge, prosecutors, and Trump’s defence team, who…
By Collin Rugg Large crowd on Tuesday gathered in Harlem, New York as Donald Trump made an appearance at a bodega where a man was stabbed to death by an immigrant. “We love Trump. We love Trump,” the crowd chanted. The campaign stop is where an immigrant, Jose Alba stabbed and killed 35-year-old Austin Simon….
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State House of Assembly has initiated a comprehensive investigation into the status of various properties, including the prominent Transcorp Hotel in Calabar, and several state-owned factories. CONVERSEER reports that the Facebook page of Transcorp Hotel Calabar has been recently renamed to The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar. The motion, moved by…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC slams Betta Edu, suspended Humanitarian Minister, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes (NSIP) Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry. The commission made the development known on…
Former United States president, Mr Donald Trump has said the attack on Israel would not have happened if he was president while promising to restore world peace. Trump stated this while rallying for Support at Schnecksville in Pennsylvania. “We will return the world to peace through strength, and it’ll happen very quickly. “I will revive…
The Iran Permanent Mission to the United Nations has warned the United States of America to “stay away” as its attack on Israel was conducted as a “legitimate defence” in response to Israel’s attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria. “Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defence,…
The United States has said it will support and defend Israel, following the attack by Iran, earlier on. This was disclosed by President Joe Biden while fielding questions from journalists, adding that he expects an Iranian strike on Israel to occur “sooner than later” amid urgent concerns that Iran was about to retaliate for the…
…directs renovation of family house The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has offered automatic employment to the elder sister of the Nollywood make-up artist, Abigail Edith Frederick, who died in the Anambra boat mishap. According to a statement by Ekerete Udoh, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Saturday, 13th April 2024,…
Campaigning for the legislative and regional elections has begun in Togo. Originally scheduled to take place on 20th April, campaigning starts on Saturday, 13th April and will last for two weeks before the vote on 29th April. Although the upcoming polls will be the first regional elections in the country’s history, it is the legislative…
By Mathew Okache The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem, in a proactive approach towards the longstanding issue of impassable roads, which has been a major challenge for several communities, took a decisive step by personally inspecting the ongoing internal road construction site at his hometown in Nde….
