The lifeless body of a man, said to be a father of 12 children has been found in a brothel at Tombia-Amossoma road axis of Yenagoa, Bayelsa. According to the residents of the area, the deceased is a 40-year-old man from Delta, though his name was not known at the time of filling the report….
Dr. Solomon Arase By Anietie Akpan Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, retired Inspector General of Police has harped on the need for nternational human rights based policing. Accordingto a press release by the Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, Arase said this in a training workshop organised by…
By Anietie Akpan The need to reinstate the suspended Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to continue with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda On Humanitarian Response and Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Nigeria have been stressed. The national leadership of the Ijaw Youth Council,(IYC) made this known in a…
An ex-soldier, Samuel Mbugua, has narrated how his boss used to take advantage of him after sending him on a mission in Somalia. According to him, the boss would sleep with his wife to the extent of impregnating her. Mbugua was born and raised in Naivasha. After completing his Class 7 education, he couldn’t further…
The Cross River State Government has pledged to establish netball in schools across the 18 local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the State’s Commissioner for Education, Sen. Stephen Odey, during a two-day netball training session organised by Community Sports and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative on 2nd and 3rd May 2024, at…
…recovers exotic cars, computers, phones, others The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Command, on Wednesday, 8th May 2024, arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Boys. CONVERSEER learned that the suspects were arrested at Apo, Gwarimpa and Katampe axis of Abuja, following actionable intelligence about their suspected involvement…
Two teens in California have been awarded $1 million after being accused of ‘blackface’ while wearing acne cream which forced them out of their elite Catholic school. The teens sued Saint Francis High School after initially seeking $20M. The photos were taken in 2017 but reemerged after the death of George Floyd in 2020 when…
May 25 each year has now been declared World Football Day. This follows a United Nations General Assembly resolution on Tuesday, May 7 to allow football fans to celebrate the most popular sport in the world. The day marks the 100th anniversary of the first international soccer tournament in history with the representation of all…
Scientists claim to have eradicated HIV from infected cells using CRISPR gene-editing technology, which won the Nobel Prize. CRISPR acts like molecular scissors, cutting DNA to remove or deactivate harmful sections. According to Africanews, the goal is to eliminate the virus from the body completely but more research is necessary to ensure safety and effectiveness….
Pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca has formally asked the European Medicines Agency to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine authorisation. In an update on the European Medicines Agency’s website Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria had been withdrawn “at the request of the marketing authorisation holder.” According to Africanews, the vaccine, initially approved in January…
