By Our Reporter ABAKALIKI (CONVERSEER) – Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has sworn in newly appointed government officials. Swearing in the officials on Thursday in Abakaliki, the Governor charged them to leverage their expertise in driving the state’s development. The appointees include two members of the Civil Service Commission, a Special Assistant, and Princess Nnenna…
By Frank Ulom ABUOCHICHE (CONVERSEER) – Hon. Peter Akpanke, Member Representing Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, has shown that politics in Nigeria is local. The Lawmaker shocked the people when he stopped by the popular Abuochiche Junction, Headquarters of Bekwarra Local Government Area, to eat with the people. The gesture occurred shortly after…
By Frank Ulom OBUDU (CONVERSEER) – Traditional rulers in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State have told Hon. Peter Akpanke, member representing Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku Federal Constituency that they are looking forward to seeing him become a Senator representing the Northern Senatorial District of the state. The traditional rulers, all of whom belong to the…
By Kingsley Agim ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Cross River State governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, weekend, said the award of a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) by the Modibbo Adama University, Yola, as well as The Sun Newspaper Governor of the Year was a charge on him to do more, even as he dedicated the two awards…
By Joe Udo PORT HARCOURT (CONVERSEER) – Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that he and his loyalists are completely in control of Rivers amid the political crisis and faceoff between himself and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Wike stated this on Saturday during a reception organised to honour him by his supporters and…
By Lena Klimpel BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has called on European countries to be confident in their dealings with the US government.The minister told the RND media group that it would be a mistake “if we stared at the White House like a rabbit staring at a snake. Then we would lose…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc has drawn level with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the first time in months in a new survey conducted by the INSA research institute. If a federal election were held this Sunday, 26% of respondents said they would vote for Merz’s Christian Democratic…
By Kelvin Obambon CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Member representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Bassey Akiba, has provided a detailed account of his first year in the National Assembly, asserting that his tenure is defined by a rigorous balance between constitutional mandates and grassroots economic empowerment. Speaking during an interactive…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the full timetable for its congresses and National Convention ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to the schedule issued by the APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, on Friday, notices for Ward and Local Government Congresses will be issued on February 2, 2026,…
By Our Reporter PARIS (CONVERSEER) – France is set to legally abolish the long-standing concept of “conjugal duty,” the idea that marriage comes with an obligation to engage in sexual relations. Lawmakers, on Wednesday, 29 January 2026, approved a bill in the National Assembly amending the civil code to clarify that “community of living” within marriage…
