By Frank Ulom NEW YORK (CONVERSEER) – Two men from Queens, New York, have been accused of trying to buy $43,000 worth of computers. According to the police, the suspects identified as Kelvin A. Alvarez and Manny A. Alvarez Marriaga, impersonated Nassau County employees to make the purchase. They tried to order 20 laptops from…
By Frank Ulom NEW YORK (CONVERSEER) – Five men with alleged ties to the notorious MS-13 gang have been indicted in connection with two violent attacks that occurred in Nassau County, New York, last year. According to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, the accused are alleged members of the MS-13 Hempstead Locos Salvatruchas clique….
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has clarified that the recent alleged child theft incident in Cross River State was not carried out by nurses as widely reported, but by Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs). According to a disclaimer issued by NANNM, the Cross River State…
By Frank Ulom FLORIDA (CONVERSEER) – An Indian national living unlawfully in the United States has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide after allegedly causing a deadly crash in Florida, renewing debate over illegal immigration and state licensing laws. Harjinder Singh, who investigators say entered the country illegally through the U.S.–Mexico border in…
Omar Fateh holds Somali-language rally for Minneapolis mayoral bid By Frank Ulom MINNESOTA (CONVERSEER) – A small rally in support of Minneapolis Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh was held on Sunday night, conducted largely in Somali and broadcast by Somali TV Minnesota. Fateh, a Minnesota state senator and the first Somali American and Muslim…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – OpenAI boss Sam Altman will receive the Axel Springer Award in recognition of his “contribution to digital transformation and his belief that technology should serve humans, not the other way around,” the Axel Springer media group announced on Monday. The award ceremony is set for September 24 in Berlin. “Sam Altman…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – A new online database aims to document the fates of victims subjected to forced medical experiments during Germany’s Nazi era. The collection, which contains thousands of profiles of confirmed and suspected victims, was jointly launched on Monday by the German National Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Society, a research…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Pakistani authorities have deported 211 Afghan nationals in recent days who were waiting to travel on to Germany on a special admissions scheme, the German Foreign Office said on Monday. Some 450 people who are hoping for permission to enter Germany as part of a programme for individuals particularly at risk…
By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Police Force has rescued two teenagers, Miracle Ogar (aged 18) and Angela Kingsley (aged 16), from Cross River State from the hands of human traffickers. Converseer reports that they were rescued along Enugu–Onitsha Expressway by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command, while on routine patrol, on…
Soldier, 2 health workers arrested for allegedly stealing and selling newborn in Cross River By Joe Udo AKAMKPA (CONVERSEER) – Two health workers and a serving female soldier have been arrested over the alleged theft and sale of a newborn baby in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. Zagazola Makama reports that the suspects…
