By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Launched in 2021, the NSCDC Female Squad also known as the Female Strike Force is a specialised, all-female armed unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, designed to combat insecurity. Through military training programmes, they are highly trained to handle asymmetric threats, ensuring professional responses to criminals,…
By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Centuries ago, it was an honour to fight for one’s home. Warriors were prized, feared by enemies and celebrated by their people. Land meant survival, and those without it often took it by force. If a community were weak or unable to defend itself, it could lose everything. Sometimes,…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The head of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) has called for the reduced rate of value added tax (VAT) on certain goods to be abolished entirely. “Reducing the reduced VAT rate from 7% to 0% would be a strong signal, especially for low earners,” Yasmin Fahimi told Saturday’s edition of…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Germans gathered at around 70 locations across the country on Saturday for the traditional Easter marches calling for peace. Marches were held in the major centres of Berlin, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig. The three-day march through the Ruhr Region began in Duisburg, from where it will proceed via Essen, Wattenscheid and…
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON. …Says Nigeria Will Surely Overcome Insecurity President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has enjoined Nigerians to embrace peaceful coexistence, tolerance and mutual respect, regardless of faith or ethnicity. Akpabio gave the advice in a congratulatory message, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme…
