C’River Environment Commissioner disburbes ₦10m scholarship to 60 Abi students

C’River Environment Commissioner disburbes ₦10m scholarship to 60 Abi students

…flags off ₦20 million Yakurr students’ education scheme By Sylvia Okoi CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses Osogi, has disbursed the sum of ₦10 million to over 60 successful candidates under his 2025 Abi Students Scholarship Programme. Presenting the scholarship funds of ₦150,000 each to the beneficiaries on SATURDAY,…

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Yakubu identifies judicial conflicts, violence, vote buying as major electoral threats

Yakubu identifies judicial conflicts, violence, vote buying as major electoral threats

By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has highlighted court cases, conflicting judicial pronouncements, electoral violence, and vote buying as major threats to the conduct and management of elections in Nigeria. Yakubu made the observation in the foreword to his new book, Election…

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How Pakistan and USA brought Taliban and India together

How Pakistan and USA brought Taliban and India together

This is the result of them reviving their Old Cold War-era strategic partnership By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced that his country will upgrade its technical mission in Afghanistan to a full-fledged embassy during the six-day visit of his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi. This came…

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