By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Senate is urging Nigeria’s Armed Forces to, with immediate effect, recruit at least 100,000 personnel to tackle insecurity in parts of the country. It is also to set up an ad hoc committee to look into the funding, expenditure and outcome of the safe school programme. These and…
By Frank Ulom BRUSSELS (CONVERSEER) – Belgium and Wales went into their last group game in the European qualifying series knowing that a win would guarantee them an automatic place in the FIFA World Cup next summer, and both sides took advantage and scored seven each. Belgium scored 7-0 against Liechtenstein in Liège while Wales…
By Frank Ulom GLASGOW (CONVERSEER) – Scotland are heading to the 2026 FIFA World Cup after producing one of the most dramatic qualifying victories in their modern history, defeating Denmark 4-2 in a pulsating play-off at Hampden Park on Tuesday night. The hosts needed nothing less than victory to book their ticket to the global…
By Frank Ulom LILLE (CONVERSEER) – Brazil will need significant improvement ahead of next summer’s FIFA World Cup after playing out a 1-1 draw with a well-organised Tunisia during an international friendly in Lille on Tuesday night. The South Americans, chasing their first World Cup trophy in 24 years, were forced to settle for a…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deep grief over the death of Chief Dan Agbese, a veteran journalist, prose stylist, author, and co-founder of the trailblazing Newswatch weekly magazine. A statement by Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, indicates that, “Dan Agbese, who was…
