By Our Reporter BORKOU (CONVERSEER) – Four Chadian army officers lost their lives following a confrontation with suspected highway robbers in Borkou province, according to security and local sources. The incident reportedly began Tuesday night with an ambush along the road between Faya and Kouba Oulanga, during which a travel agency driver was fatally shot….
By Our Reporter OUAGADOUGOU (CONVERSEER) – Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has arrived in Ouagadougou to participate in the 13th Joint Cooperation Commission between Ghana and Burkina Faso, scheduled for February 20, 2026. He was received at Ouagadougou International Airport by Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister, Jean Marie Traore. The Ghanaian delegation includes…
By Our Reporter OUAGADOUGOU (CONVERSEER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the release of SDR 24.08 million (approximately US$33.2 million) to Burkina Faso following the completion of the fourth review of its 48-month Extended Credit Facility arrangement. This latest tranche increases total disbursements under the programme to SDR 120.4 million (about US$165.8 million)….
By Frank Ulom LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Nigerian TikToker, Abigail Nsuka, popularly known as Mirabel (@mirab351) on TikTok, has admitted that she fabricated the rape story which caused a stir on social media. Converseer reports that Mirabel, posted a tearful TikTok on February 18, claiming a stranger broke into her home in Mowe, Ogun State, raped…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has issued a strong advisory to traders and market operators across the country against the hoarding and artificial inflation of prices of essential food items during the holy month of Ramadan and Lent. Mallam Issa-Onilu expressed concern…
By Joe Udo PORT HARCOURT (CONVERSEER) – The Rivers State House of Assembly has halted impeachment proceedings against the Rivers State Governor, Siminialayi Fubara, and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Ordu. Speaker Martin Amaewhule informed the house that the withdrawal of the impeachment proceedings follows the intervention of President Bola Tinubu. He also informed the House…
President of the 4th Senate, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim GCON. The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has congratulated former President of the 4th Senate, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim GCON on his 65th birthday. In a goodwill message, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio praised his dedication…
…tasks them on integrity, discipline and rule of law By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River Commissioner of Police, CP Rashid Afegbua, has formally decorated 464 Inspectors elevated to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police II (ASP II). According to ASP Sunday Eitokpah, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, the decoration…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, former Presidential Aide and head of Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP). According to a statement by ASP Sunday Eitokpah, State’s Police Public Relations Officer, on behalf of the Commissioner…
From left: Secretary of NUJ, CRS Council, Comrade Mike Abang, the new PPRO, CRS Police Command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, NUJ Chairman CRS Council, Comrade Archibong Bassey, members of the Police team who accompanied the PPRO, and some NUJ members. By Ita Williams, Calabar In a move to strengthen ties with the press, the newly appointed…
