OPINION By Etim Etim From May 16 to 17, over 2,000 of Africa’s business leaders, investors, policy makers and political leaders as well as their counterparts from around the world met in Kigali, Rwanda under the auspices of the Africa CEO Forum 2024 to discuss the continent’s development, opportunities and challenges. The Africa…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, 17th May 2024, handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster (Yahoo Boy), Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on 15th August 2023,…
Commercial drivers in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, have increased their transportation fares. CONVERSEER gathered that the new fare increment is for certain routes within the Calabar metropolis. According to a memo signed by All Drivers plying the below routes, the new transportation fare will take effect from Monday, 20th May 2024. READ…
By leveraging on Nigeria’s natural gas resources, the Federal Government has said it will stop subsidising poverty, importing unemployment and exporting jobs Michael Oluwagbemi, Programme Director of the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), disclosed this on Friday during a stakeholders’ engagement meeting on the Presidential Initiative on CNG held in Port Harcourt, Rivers…
Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels Nwoko has said virginity is not old fashioned as she could not have married her husband if she wasn’t a virgin “Yes, many people will say they know people who were not virgins and still got married to good men, you do not feel happy deep inside knowing you wasted your…
Peter Obi said the judiciary is the biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy and not the Independent National Electoral Commission. Obi, who was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, said this while delivering a keynote speech at the fifth memorial of late Justice Anthony Aniagolu at the Godfrey Okoye University…
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Dr Paul Enenche, recently stirred controversy when he stated that a bag of rice he had bought for his family started multiplying after his wife gave out one-tenth of it as tithe. According to him, after giving out a portion of the rice as tithe, they…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has hinted at supporting his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, in the 2027 elections. This comes as Atiku engaged in merger discussions with stakeholders from various opposition political parties. In an interview with BBC Hausa, the former Vice President said…
Today we’re revealing the next 10 albums in Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums. For in-depth analysis of each album, archival interviews and so much more please visit the new Apple Music 100 Best microsite – updated daily at 9am PT to make it easy for fans to follow along with us. Albums 60-51 on Apple…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Barrister (Mrs) Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has formally reached out to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and filed a request for a legal order to prevent Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji of the Niger State Assembly from overseeing the marriage of 100 orphaned girls. The speaker has revealed his intention to provide marriage…
