By Our Reporter KADUNA (CONVERSEER) – The Coalition of Civil Society Groups (CCSG) has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the nomination of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim and former INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as ambassadors, describing the move as strategic and rooted in merit. In a statement issued in Kaduna on Saturday, the Convener of…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has nominated 32 additional persons as ambassadors and high commissioners. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, on Saturday, 29 November, the president sent the names of the 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days…
By Frank Ulom BENIN CITY (CONVERSEER) – A civic technology organisation, MonITNG, has criticised Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, over his recent declaration that he would secure 2.5 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. The group, in a statement issued on 28 November 2025, via X, said the governor’s…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its decision-making bodies with immediate effect following a military coup that overthrew President Umaro Sissoco Embaló on Tuesday, 26 November 2025. In a strongly worded communiqué issued after an emergency virtual summit late Thursday, ECOWAS Heads…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Tanimu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court against cases assigned to courts presided over by three judges, describing them as “Courts of Particular Concern”. In a letter dated 19th November 2025, by the National Secretary of the faction, Teofeek Arapaja…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the national convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on 15th and 16th November. In the…
…attends Kalabari New Year Festival By Nwaorgu Faustinus KALABARI (CONVERSEER) – After 50 days in office, Princewill and key members of Queen Elebabene Da Ogo group of houses headed to the historical town of Elem Kalabari to celebrate the Kalabari New Year in support of the Chief Host and King of the source, HRH Mujahid…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German employers’ representatives are demanding that the government’s controversial pension reform package be modified, piling further pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to hold his coalition together. Rainer Dulger, president of the Confederation of German Employers’ Association (BDA), told the Employers’ Day summit in Berlin on Tuesday that “Cabinet…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Governor Bassey Otu has approved the appointment of five sports enthusiasts into the Cross River State Sports Commission. The appointments were contained in a release signed by Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), on 24th November 2025, with reference number: ‘Our Ref: SSG/GSA/102/VOL.VI/101.’ According to the…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Traditional institutions across the northern senatorial district of Cross River State have expressed joy and gratitude after High Chief Higgins Peters fulfilled his financial pledge to paramount rulers and clan heads in the region. The commitment, first announced on 6th September 2025 during the Bekwarra New Yam Festival and…
