By Folasade Akpan ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The Rotary Foundation is targeting malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia, Africa’s leading killers of children, through its Rotary Healthy Community Challenge. Mr Holger Knaack, Chairman of the Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees, said this in Abuja during a medical outreach, explaining that teams would move from community to community…
By Sani Idris Abdulrahman KADUNA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – Members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly have been decorated as Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) ambassadors during a one-day parliamentary engagement on human rights held in Kaduna. The engagement aimed to deepen the lawmakers’ commitment to strengthening laws, promoting civic freedoms, and ensuring justice for…
By Aderogba George ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The Federal Government has inaugurated the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the forthcoming Africa Tourism and Creative Economy Expo, scheduled to hold from Nov. 24 to 25, 2025. Mukhtar Yawale Muhammad, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, said this at the inaugural…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to creating a stable and business-friendly environment for both domestic and foreign investors. Speaking at the 39th Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF) organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday in Lagos, the President said Nigeria was fully…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Government has raised alarm over the growing influx of illegal miners across its forest reserves, revealing that more than 5,000 illegal miners have invaded parts of the state in the last three years. Chairman of the State Taskforce on Illegal Mining, Prince Paul Effiong, disclosed…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses’ Forum (NGSF) has reaffirmed its collective commitment to advancing women’s empowerment, maternal health, and child welfare across the country. The pledge followed the conclusion of its fifth annual retreat held on Friday, 7th November 2025, in Calabar, Cross River State. The retreat, attended by 22…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed 20th November 2025 for judgment in the terrorism trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice James Omotosho announced the date on Friday following the expiration of the six-day window granted to Kanu to…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad, has inaugurated a new Board of Trustees (BoT), pledging to restore the party’s founding principles of justice, fairness, inclusivity, and respect for the rule of law. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony held on Friday, 7th November…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The FCT Police Command has broken its silence on the arrest and arraignment of Samuel Ojeogwu aka Sammy West, the younger brother of Regina Daniels. In a statement released on Friday morning, the spokesperson of the FCT command, SP Josephine Adeh, said on 28th October, the command received a…
By Aderogba George ABUJA (NAN, CONVERSEER) – The All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN) on Thursday announced the suspension of its ongoing protest following the intervention of the Senate, led by its spokesperson, Sen. Adeyemi Adaramodu. The suspension notice, released to newsmen in Abuja, was jointly signed by the association’s President, Mr Jackson Nwosu,…
