German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday signed off on a landmark easing of the country’s debt limit for increased defence spending and a €500 billion ($547 billion) financial package for infrastructure and climate initiatives, his office said. This means that the changes, approved by parliament earlier this week, have cleared the final hurdle and will…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Betta Edu, and Chief Chukwuemeka Egwuonwu (CEO of Peterson Group) have been inducted into the University of Calabar’s prestigious Hall of Fame. The…
By Asuquo Cletus Calabar, Nigeria – The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has called for an overhaul to outdated curriculums in Nigerian Universities. Kalu lamented that with the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence), most Nigerian courses are becoming obsolete and cannot be linked to problem-solving in line with modern…
By Michael Fischer, dpa Germany on Thursday reopened its embassy in Damascus, more than three months after the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.The embassy – which closed in 2012 after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war – was formally opened by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a visit to the Syrian capital….
SaharaReporters has uncovered that cash was distributed at Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s guest house on Tuesday and Wednesday nights to secure lawmakers’ support for President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Sources privy to the matter told SaharaReporters that Akpabio’s guest house, located at No. 22, Yedeseram Street, Maitama, Abuja,…
Bekwarra, Cross River – The Legislative arm of Bekwarra Council, in a unanimous resolution today, 20th March 2025, announced the impeachment of the chairman of the Council, Hon. Theresa Akwaji Ushie. According to a statement released by the Council Leader, Hon. Thompson Inah Adie, shortly after their sitting in Abuochiche, the Chairman was impeached based…
By Frank Ulom and Bob Ramsey Ekat Port Harcourt, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, 18th March, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State following the political imbroglio since 2023. The president, in a State National Broadcast, also suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy Professor Ngozi Odu, for six months while Nyesom…
Calabar, Nigeria – The prophecy of Prophet Ken Ewa about a state of emergency being declared in Rivers State has come to pass. Converseer reports that Prophet Ewa, who is the Founder and General Overseer (GO) of Bethel City International Church located at 8 Miles in Calabar, Cross River State, made the declaration on the…
Minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has taken to social media to reflect on the slap she gave former Anambra state first lady, Ebele Obiano, at the inauguration of Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo on 17 March 2022. What was meant to be a political celebration transformed into a dramatic scene when Bianca…
Poland is at a geostrategic crossroads amidst the nascent Russian-US “New Détente” whereby it can either remain a stalwart American ally despite its misgivings about the rapid Russian-US rapprochement, rely more on France to balance the US or pivot away from the US towards France. Most observers missed last week’s European Parliament resolution on the…
