By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has on Sunday, 28December 2025, left the country to Europe as part of his end-of-year break. Converseer learned that journey is part of Tinubu’s preparation for an official engagement in the United Arab Emirates. According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the…
By Our Reporter AKURE (CONVERSEER) – The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly and a scholar of Modern War Studies, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, has argued that no nation in the contemporary international system enjoys absolute sovereignty, insisting that prevailing global security realities compel states to embrace cooperation and collective action. Ibrahim,…
By Joe Udo UYO (CONVERSEER) – The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, says Nigeria will experience renewed peace and redemption from banditry and insurgency in 2026 and the years ahead. Akpabio made the assertion during a church service at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Cathedral of Unity, Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim Local Government Area…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the Federal Government of lacking prior knowledge of the United States airstrikes carried out in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day. His position followed President Donald Trump’s Christmas Day announcement via his Truth…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Senator Gershom Bassey, former Senator representing Cross River South Senatorial District, has urged Governor Bassey Otu not to vilify his critics but rather listen to them the same way he listens to his supporters. Senator Bassey stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions from selected journalists at his residence…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A group under the umbrella of Cross River State Initiative for Good Governance (CRSIFGG) has dismissed claims by the former State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Eba, on Governor Bassey Otu’s qualifications for the 2023 governorship elections. The group dismissed Eba’s claims that Governor Otu was…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has assured that his Office is committed to the full implementation of the digitisation of records and administrative processes to strengthen digital governance, enhance efficiency, and transparency in its operations, in line with the Federal Civil Service…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for the immediate suspension of President Bola Tinubu’s tax laws scheduled to take effect from January 1, 2026, citing alleged post-legislative alterations. The opposition party said its demand followed the discovery of what it described as extraneous provisions inserted into the laws…
2026 BUDGET SPEECH “BUDGET OF CONSOLIDATION, RENEWED RESILIENCE AND SHARED PROSPERITY” Presented by: His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja, Friday, 19 December 2025 PROTOCOLS Distinguished Senate President, Rt. Honourable Speaker and Honourable Members of the House of Representatives, Distinguished Senators…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed for the exemption of Federal Lawmakers in the presidential directive to withdraw police officers from VIPs. Akpabio made the appeal during the 2026 budget defence by President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. Recall that President Tinubu had issued a directive, withdrawing police officers from…
