By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has launched a one-year strategic ministerial intervention to recruit Technical Facilitators for Federal Technical Colleges (FTCs) nationwide, reinforcing reforms to reposition Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). According to a press release by Folasade Boriowo, Director, Press and Public Relations, on 17 February…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has issued a strong advisory to traders and market operators across the country against the hoarding and artificial inflation of prices of essential food items during the holy month of Ramadan and Lent. Mallam Issa-Onilu expressed concern…
By Frank Ulom ABEOKUTA (CONVERSEER) – The Ogun State Police Command has probed a TikTok user known as Mirabel (@mirab351) following investigations that found her viral rape allegations to be false. On February 15, @mirab351 claimed a stranger assaulted her after a knock at her door, leading to widespread support from feminists, NGOS, and activist…
By Our Reporter BAUCHI (CONVERSEER) – A 72-year-old man, Malam Muhammad Lawan, has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly chaining his 40-year-old biological son for 17 years in Shadawanka Village, on the outskirts of Bauchi Local Government Area. According to Zagazola, the said the incident came to light on 16 February…
By Zagazola Makama ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The United States of America has frozen the assets and properties of eight Nigerians allegedly linked to the Islamist groups Boko Haram and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to a statement by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The move, detailed in…
