CALABAR – Five agile men believed to be taskforce personnel have allegedly brutalised an aged commercial driver in Calabar, Cross River State. Converseer gathered that the ugly incident happened on Thursday at Marian Market in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of the state. According to eyewitnesses, the commercial driver identified as Edwin Ekwebelem was attacked…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called on Nigerian authorities to hold the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, responsible for killings of innocent Nigerians especially northerners in the South-East region. The CGN, in a statement signed on Thursday in Abuja by its National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi,…
A Michigan mother has been arrested after her 18-month-old daughter suffocated between a truck seat and the vehicle door while left alone with her siblings as she went to pick up lunch for her husband. Angelica Linda Arechiga, 27, of Michigan, has been charged with child abuse after allegedly leaving her child in a vehicle resulting…
February 14, 2025 CounterPunch Radio On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk with Jesse Hagopian about his new book Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. Jesse has taught in the public schools for over 20 years, serves on the Black Lives Matter at School steering committee, organizes for the…
The Malian transitional government has officially launched the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR-1) program, aiming to integrate 3,000 former combatants into the national armed forces. The initiative targets armed groups allied with the military, as part of efforts to strengthen security and stability. However, former rebels from the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) are excluded from…
