By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, has convicted and sentenced one of the leaders of Islamic State West Africa province (ISWAP), Hussaini Ismaila, to 20 years imprisonment. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order in a summary judgment after Ismaila aka Mai Tangaran pleaded guilty to a four-count terrorism charge…
By Collin Rugg FLORIDA (CONVERSEER) – The 16-year-old stepbrother of Anna Kepner, who was found stuffed under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, is a suspect in her death, according to the Daily Mail. The body of Kepner, 18, was found wrapped in a blanket and stuffed under a bed in her cabin on…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Recall that Prof. Cyril Ndifon, suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), was jailed for two and five years respectively. The sentences are to run concurrently, according to Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The conviction of Prof. Ndifon followed…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of two National Assembly staff, Mustapha Mohammed and Tijjani Adam Goni, for defrauding two job seekers of N4.8 million under the guise of securing employment for them at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and…
By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – A minibus carrying about five passengers has plunged into the river in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State. The bus, Converseer learned, plunged into the Abakpa River on Tuesday evening at about 4 PM while shuttling between Igoji and Abakpa. According to a source, Prince Philip Alaga,…
