80-year-old ex-convict arrested with 5.7kg hard drugs in Akwa Ibom

80-year-old ex-convict arrested with 5.7kg hard drugs in Akwa Ibom

…as NDLEA uncovers illicit drugs in full-body mannequins …dispatch rider, others nabbed; tons of illicit drugs recovered in raids across Edo, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Taraba, Niger, Oyo By Joe Udo UYO (CONVERSEER) – Barely three years after he was arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for dealing in illicit drugs, an 80-year-old grandpa,…

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Super Eagles Beat Desert Foxes 2-0 to Reach AFCON Semi-Finals

Super Eagles Beat Desert Foxes 2-0 to Reach AFCON Semi-Finals

Man-of-the-Match, Osimhen, peels away from his marker. By Dianabasi Effiong Irrepressible Super Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday in Marrakech produced an even more superb masterclass to over-run a dazed Algeria and reach the last-four of the ongoing 35th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Morocco. The Desert Foxes goalkeeper, Luka Zidane, did his reputation a lot…

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Chimamanda Adichie accuses Lagos Hospital of negligence in son’s death

Chimamanda Adichie accuses Lagos Hospital of negligence in son’s death

By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has detailed how her son, Nkanu, initially treated for a worsening infection at Atlantis Pediatric Hospital, was taken to Euracare on January 6 for a lumbar puncture, MRI, and central line ahead of a planned air transfer to Johns Hopkins. Adichie alleged the anesthesiologist…

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