The Police in Cross River has arrested three suspects for allegedly robbing travellers along Calabar-Ikom highway. According to a statement by SP Irene Ugbo, police spokesperson in the state, the suspects allegedly robbed travellers of their valuables worth N455,000. Ugbo said the arrest followed a distress call on 2nd September 2024, from a motorist travelling…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that only people with National Identification Numbers (NIN) can purchase the subsidised rice at N40,000 per 50kg. This was disclosed in a statement by Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, on Friday. According to Kyari, the President Bola Tinubu-led government has injected 30,000 metric tonnes…
A woman named Nini Lomidze miraculously survived after getting smacked by a high-speed train. On her recovery, Lomidze said she had no clue the tracks were in use. The incident happened in Tbilisi, Georgia, near the Russian border. Lomidze said she was posing when she heard a horn blare out. “I’m fine, and thanks for…
X (formerly Twitter) has slammed 69-year-old Lauretta Onochie, past Chairman of the Governing Board, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for posting fake news just to demonise Igbos and cause tribal crisis. Onochie, former Special Assistant on Social Media to former President Muhammadu Buhari, was slammed with a Community Notes after posting a photo of a…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded the immediate reversal of the increase in petrol pump price by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC). CONVERSEER reported earlier that the petrol pump price across the country at NNPC’s filling stations went up between N868 and N940 per litre on Tuesday. Reacting, the NLC, in a…
