The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 9th and Wednesday, 10th April, 2024 as Public Holidays to mark Eid al-Fitr Celebration in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, on Sunday. READ ALSO: Former Ayade’s aide defects from APC to PDP Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration on behalf of the…
A former Governor Ben Ayade’s aide, Comrade Afuo Joseph Ogbaji, and others have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Cross River Northern Senatorial District. Ogbaji, also known as OGB, hails from Ugboro ward in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the State. He stated that APC…
By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam There was nothing like the African or Arab slave trade. There was just the slave trade, which was no different from commodities trading today. One might trade Urals or Brent, Middling Fair or Low Middling, and you’d be a participant in the oil or cotton trade. Slaves were commodities to their traders and property to their owners. Both definitions were…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi has told the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC that he is not leaving the party. Obi was replying to a statement by NLC spokesperson Benson Upah who said the former Anambra State Governor was free to leave the party if he wanted to. Upah…
By Emmanuel-Francis Ogomegbunam A booming European economy was a pebble flung into the tranquil waters of West African history in the 16th and 18th centuries. Now 15 comes before 16. The mighty cannons of the Ottoman gunners blasted open the walls of Constantinople in 1453 and extinguished Roman power in Asia forever. Thirty-nine years later,…
By Emanuel Ayanleke How can Nigerians unite to create real change in their country if there is so much division amongst themselves? First, let me clear up one or two misconceptions I can intuit in your question: Nigerians readily identify themselves as Nigerian (without qualification) where such identification matters. E.g. in official dealings with government and other…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pursuant to the provisions of Section 29 (2) (b) of the Constitution of our Party on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), approved the appointment of the Executives whose tenures have expired in some State, Local Government and Ward chapters to serve as…
Senator Eteng Jonah Williams representing Cross River State Central Senatorial District has fulfilled one of his campaign promises as over 15,000 people have been earmarked to benefit from his free medical outreach in the Senatorial District. The flag off of the free medical outreach which took place on Saturday at the General Hospital UGEP and…
The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested eight notorious criminals including a cultist on three different occasions in the State. CONVERSEER learned from a statement signed by SP Edafe Bright, Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State on Saturday that the suspects were arrested in three different locations in the State….
Today, Sunday, 7 April 2024, CONVERSEER brings to you newspaper headlines from Nigerian national dailies. *PUNCH* Hajj: Fives states with $483bn debt budget N9bn for pilgrims Wike speaks from both sides of the mouth, says Rivers ex-gov States urged to invest in tech for employment Army denies freeing northern soldiers facing trial Tinubu to observe…
