By Anietie Akpan The Cross River State Police Command has denied video currently circulating on social media alleging police brutality by personnel of the Operation Anti-Kidnapping Unit (popularly known as “Dragon”). The video had shown the police beating and dragging a suspect in the process of attempting arrest on a Mercedes-Benz driver attracting condemnation from…
By Our Reporter IBADAN (CONVERSEER) – A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has formally dissolved the 30-year-old marriage between two senior police officers, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Gladys Faniyi and her husband, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Abayomi Faniyi, following allegations of persistent domestic violence, infidelity, and irreconcilable differences….
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The son of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Abba Atiku Abubakar, has joined the APC, declaring support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027. The defection, Converseer learned, was announced at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, on Thursday, where Abba was formally received…
…The Ekid people will fight for their inheritance By Prof Desmond Wilson A liar’s punishment is not in the lie told, but in nobody believing them when they speak the truth’. Discussing politics is a favourite rendezvous for me in our world of missteps, lies and grave human rights violations. In the past few weeks…
By Anietie Akpan As Nigeria celebrates the 2026 Armed Forces Celebration, Remembrance Day, the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu has doffed her hat for the steadfast service of the Nigerian Armed Forces to the nation. Edu, in a statement personally signed by her celebrating the Nigerian Armed Forces, stated…
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 Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A prophet of the Mount Zion Lighthouse Full Gospel Church in Calabar, Prince Asuquo, has been a trending topic on social media after being stripped and beaten for alleged homosexuality. Converseer gathered that Asuquo, popularly known as Prince Boo on social media, was apprehended by suspected vigilantes in Port…
By Anietie Akpan The Akwa Ibom State Government has unveiled a comprehensive economic empowerment package aimed at improving the livelihoods of widows of fallen heroes. This includes widows of military, police, and paramilitary personnel through sustainable income-generating initiatives. Governor Umo Eno announced the programme on Wednesday, during the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony held…
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori By Dianabasi Effiong Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, on Wednesday, approved a minor cabinet reshuffle with Engr. Michael Ifeanyi Anoka redeployed from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Renewal, to the Ministry of Energy. This was made known in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Dr.Kingsley Emu,…
The commissioning of the project. By Anietie Akpan The Golden Initiative for All (GIFA) Water of Life’ Project at Ikot Offiong community in Ikono Clan, Uyo Local Government Area (LGA) of Akwa Ibom State has been inaugurated. This, according to the release dated January 14 from the Media Unit, Office of the First Lady, Akwa…
