On Page 28 of his very provocative book, The Present Darkness: A history of Nigerian Organized Crime (2016), Stephen Ellis, British historian and Africanist, compared Nigerian politics to con artistry. The practices of the leaders, he said, were not different from acts of fabulists and fraudsters. Ellis’ take on Nigerian leaders synchronises with a Henry…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The saying, ‘Education is the bedrock of the nation’ does not apply to the students of Government Secondary School Atu in Calabar, Cross River State, as over 312 students sit on the floor daily to study. This was disclosed in a report by a civic technology platform, MonITNG, which…
Gospel singer and radio talk show personality Bolaji ‘Big Bolaji’ Olanrewaju is dead. He was 50 years old. Big Bolaji’s family confirmed his death in a statement on Saturday. According to the family, Big Bolaji, a certified estate surveyor, died after a brief illness on Saturday. The statement partly reads: “It is with profound sadness…
CALABAR – The wife of Pastor Inyang Ayang Ntukoghe, who went missing while travelling with former Minister of Niger Delta, Usani Uguru Usani, has alleged that the former minister has refused to disclose what happened to her husband. According to Julie Inyang Ayang, Usani has kept her husband’s travelling bag since his disappearance over two…
The Nigeria Police Force has successfully completed the extradition of Benjamin Best Nnayereugo, widely known as “Killaboi,” from Doha, Qatar, to Nigeria. A statement released today by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the force, says the fugitive, who had been on the run for the murder of Miss Augusta Oseodion Onuwabhagbe, was returned to the…
CALABAR – Senator Beobarakuma Degi, Secretary of General Affairs for the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), today (18 April 2025) reaffirmed the organisation’s corporate standing and leadership at a press briefing held at the world headquarters on 34 Ambo Street, Calabar. The briefing, convened under the authority of His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, aimed…
