Witness D turned down protection, says Justice Minister

Witness D turned down protection, says Justice Minister

CAPE TOWN (CONVERSEER) – Marius van der Merwe (right), identified as Witness D, was shot dead outside his Brakpan home on Friday night, weeks after providing explosive testimony to the Madlanga Commission regarding alleged corruption and abuse within the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department. Van der Merwe had reportedly declined an offer of state protection, believing…

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OPINION: Setting the Record Straight on the Defamation Case Involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

OPINION: Setting the Record Straight on the Defamation Case Involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan By Jackson Udom On 5 December 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct. These allegations, as…

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Retired Major General names top Nigerians allegedly financing terrorism

Retired Major General names top Nigerians allegedly financing terrorism

By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A controversial counter-terrorism mission personally authorised by former President Muhammadu Buhari (late) has re-emerged in national discourse, following serious allegations by retired Nigerian Army Major General Abdul Khalifa Ali-Keffi, the former General Officer Commanding 1 Division. The retired officer revealed that Operation Service Wide (OSW), the high-level multi-agency task…

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