By Joe Udo SOKOTO (CONVERSEER) – Bandits have launched an attack on Garin Idi Village in Sobon Birni District, Sokoto State, leaving one person dead, according to the State Police Command. According to Zagazola Makama, the incident occurred on 18 December 18 at about 9:40 PM, when a large group of heavily armed bandits launched…
Nigeria’s first Female Ambassador: Mrs Elizabeth Ogbon-Day (Born December 29, 1949; Died May 6, 2012). By Frank Ulom (CONVERSEER) – The first child in a family of twelve children, she was born on Thursday, December 29, 1949, to His Royal Majesty, The Ohworode (King) of Olomu Kingdom, Ogbon Ogoni-Oghoro I and Chief (Mrs) Alice Ogbon,…
By Frank Ulom (CONVERSEER) – Rear Admiral Itunu Hotonu’s dream was to join the services of the Nigerian Army. But when she applied, she was told bluntly that the Army had no place for women in its engineering corps. She was heartbroken. Saddened by the unexpected turn of events, she spent the following days brooding…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), headed by Nuhu Ribadu, has confirmed that it provides arms to vigilante elements to support Nigeria’s security forces in countering terrorism, banditry and other criminal activities, particularly in difficult terrains. The clarification followed media reports surrounding an incident in Kwara State,…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A Nigerian delegation, led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, held diplomatic engagements with Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, regarding a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft carrying 11 personnel that had been detained in the country. The engagements resulted in the immediate release…
By Joe Udo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – FCMB Pensions Limited, a subsidiary of FCMB Group Plc, has announced plans to grow its assets under management (AUM) to N1.2 trillion by the end of December 2025, despite persistent domestic and global economic uncertainties. The disclosure was made on the sidelines of the company’s 20th Anniversary Dinner and…
