DORTMUND (DPA, CONVERSEER) – It stands 45 metres tall, is made up of around 1,200 Norway spruces and is, according to the administration of the western German city of Dortmund, the largest Christmas tree of its kind in the world. On Monday evening, Dortmund’s massive traditional Christmas tree was ceremoniously lit. The colossus of Norway…
Gov. Umo Eno laying the 2026 budget before the Assembly on Tuesday. …Roads get 387.5bn, Education N31.6bn, Health N136.1bn By Anietie Akpan Akwa Ibom state government has proposed a total of N1,390 trillion for 2026 Financial Year. Of this amount, N354.867 billion or 25 percent of total budget is for Recurrent Expenditure, while N1,035 trillion…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German employers’ representatives are demanding that the government’s controversial pension reform package be modified, piling further pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to hold his coalition together. Rainer Dulger, president of the Confederation of German Employers’ Association (BDA), told the Employers’ Day summit in Berlin on Tuesday that “Cabinet…
By Joe Udo KATSINA (CONVERSEER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested all Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) personnel in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina for allegedly killing the father of a bandit leader. According to Zagazola Makama, 60-year-old Alhaji Ibrahim Nagode, the father of a known bandit leader, Haruna Ibrahim, also…
By Joe Udo MAIDUGURI (CONVERSEER) – A false alarm raised late Monday night by students of Government Girls College Maiduguri, Borno State caused widespread panic after claims circulated that unknown gunmen had invaded the school’s hostel. Borno state government and security operatives swiftly intervened, confirming that no gunmen were present and that the alarm was…
