By Joe Udo SOKOTO (CONVERSEER) – Bandits have launched an attack on Garin Idi Village in Sobon Birni District, Sokoto State, leaving one person dead, according to the State Police Command. According to Zagazola Makama, the incident occurred on 18 December 18 at about 9:40 PM, when a large group of heavily armed bandits launched…
Nigeria’s first Female Ambassador: Mrs Elizabeth Ogbon-Day (Born December 29, 1949; Died May 6, 2012). By Frank Ulom (CONVERSEER) – The first child in a family of twelve children, she was born on Thursday, December 29, 1949, to His Royal Majesty, The Ohworode (King) of Olomu Kingdom, Ogbon Ogoni-Oghoro I and Chief (Mrs) Alice Ogbon,…
By Frank Ulom (CONVERSEER) – Rear Admiral Itunu Hotonu’s dream was to join the services of the Nigerian Army. But when she applied, she was told bluntly that the Army had no place for women in its engineering corps. She was heartbroken. Saddened by the unexpected turn of events, she spent the following days brooding…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), headed by Nuhu Ribadu, has confirmed that it provides arms to vigilante elements to support Nigeria’s security forces in countering terrorism, banditry and other criminal activities, particularly in difficult terrains. The clarification followed media reports surrounding an incident in Kwara State,…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A Nigerian delegation, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, held diplomatic engagements with Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, regarding a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying 11 personnel that had been detained in the country. The engagements resulted in the immediate release…
By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – FCMB Pensions Limited, a subsidiary of FCMB Group Plc, has announced plans to grow its assets under management (AUM) to N1.2 trillion by the end of December 2025, despite persistent domestic and global economic uncertainties. The disclosure was made on the sidelines of the company’s 20th Anniversary Dinner and…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has nominated a successor to replace Engr. Farouk Ahmed, following his resignation as the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). This was disclosed in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, on…
By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have uncovered huge counterfeit foreign notes to the tune of $3,430,000 (Three Million, Four Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) and €280,000 (Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Euros) in possession of a five-member syndicate…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Organised Labour has called off the planned nationwide protest on insecurity scheduled for today, 17 December 2025. The leaders of the Organised Labour, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Joe Ajaero, met with the Federal Government Intervention Team, headed by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have gathered at the Labour House in Abuja for the planned nationwide protest. Joined by some civil society groups in solidarity, heads of various NLC organs who addressed the gathering said they are awaiting directives from the national leadership after it met…
