By Our Reporter A chief magistrates’ court in Badagry, Lagos, on Friday remanded a 37-year-old man, Ademola Afeez, in a correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. Mr Afeez, whose address was not provided, is being charged with unlawful penetration and defilement. The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed…
By Mo Isa The National Population Commission (NPC) representing Yobe State, Mai Aliyu Muhammed, has died while performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia. CONVERSEER learned that Muhammed died on 21st April 2024 and has been buried according to Islamic rites. According to a press statement signed by Mrs Nkoyo Nwakusor, Acting Director, Public Affairs Department, NPC,…
Gov. Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan The Cross River state government has granted approvals for development initiatives, including infrastructural interventions and construction of some key roads in the three senatorial districts of the state. A press release by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Nsa Gill said Governor Otu, who opened the meeting with…
By Anietie Akpan Cocoa farmers in Nigeria have raised concerns on cocoa production in certain countries as regards the implementation of the European Union Deforestation (EUDR) policy. Smarting from the just concluded World Cocoa Conference (April 21 to 24), in Brussels, Belgium, the National President, Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Comrade Adeola Adeoke in…
By Chris Njoku The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has disclosed that for the past 25 years, Calabar Port has never received a container vessel. This was stated by Mr Olumati Festus, the Calabar Port Manager on Friday during an investigative visit to the Calabar Port Complex by the House of Representative’s Adhoc Committee on Ports…
