By Our Reporter BENIN CITY (CONVERSEER) – The Edo State High Court has ordered the remand of some youths arrested over a protest that rocked Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre. The order followed an application by the prosecution seeking a 14-day remand period to enable further investigation of the…
By Joe Udo PORT HARCOURT (CONVERSEER) – Six family members have been found dead in their residence at Ogale Eleme community in Eleme Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State. The police have attributed the incident to a suspected case of generator fume poisoning. According to The Whistler, the incident was discovered on Sunday at…
By Our Reporter ABAKALIKI (CONVERSEER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, on Monday, ordered the remand of a social media critic, Mr Polycap Obinna Alegu, over alleged defamation of the Secretary to the Ebonyi State Government (SSG), Prof. Grace Umezurike. According to The Whistler, Alegu, 36, was arraigned before Magistrate Court…
Gov. Umo Eno briefing his EXCO members. By Anietie Akpan In a bid to set the governance agenda, front-load priority projects and strengthen service delivery across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has flagged off the 2026 Ministerial Briefing exercise. Accordingly, he charged Commissioners to be “more proactive…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The dawn of the democratic era in 1999 ushered in an administration in Cross River that made tourism its forte by activating many of the state’s tourism sites and even establishing more. Between 1999 and 2007, records show that there was a massive influx of fun seekers into the…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has appointed Dr Ukam Ivi Ngwu as the Acting Head of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies. A release from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, signed by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Offiong Efanga Offiong, on 12th…
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)…
L-R (Front row) : The NUJ State Secretary, Comrades Mike Abang; SAWN Secretary, Essien Ita; SWAN Chairman, Mike Akpang; State Chairman, NUJ, Archibong Bassey; SWAN Vice Chairman, Musa Kutama; the immediate past State Secretary of NUJ, Solomon Azu and others. By Anietie Akpan The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Cross River State Chapter, has…
The reclaimed erosion site for the projects. By Etim Etim A journalist friend of mine, Chijioke, came into Uyo on Friday from Port Harcourt (PH) and requested to visit The Arise Palm Resort and the Medical Corridor, two of Gov. Umo Eno’s pet projects. ‘’I have heard a lot about them and I want to…
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…
