A chance to dine with legendary investor Warren Buffett and NBA superstar Stephen Curry has fetched a massive $9,000,100 bid in a charity auction, CNBC reported. The winning bid emerged in a week-long auction hosted on eBay that concluded on Thursday. The identity of the winning bidder was not immediately known. The winner and up…
Tinubu approves Nigeria’s bid to host 2026 CAF Awards ceremony President Bola Tinubu has approved Nigeria’s bid to host the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony. According to the Nigeria Football Federation, Tinubu also endorsed Nigeria’s proposal to host the CAF 48th Ordinary General Assembly later this year. The approvals were announced during the ongoing Africa Forward…
A UK-based Quantity Surveyor, Victor Ekunyan, on Tuesday, declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), vowing to increase workers’ minimum wage to N150,000 if elected. Mr Ekunyan, who hails from Ise-Orun Local Government Area of Ekiti State, made the declaration on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti,…
Police in Seoul have applied for an arrest warrant for HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk amid an investigation into an alleged trading scheme ahead of the company’s IPO. That’s according to multiple news outlets out of South Korea on Tuesday (April 21), which reported that the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s financial crimes unit has booked Bang…
The hope of Manchester United supporters to see Carlos Baleba play at Old Trafford this season was dashed after Brighton rejected their bid. Carlos Baleba has been on the radar of Manchester United as they need a player who fits the number 6 role at the club. They had initially agreed on personal terms with…
Côte d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara, 83, has officially announced on Tuesday his candidacy for a fourth term in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for October 25, 2025. Despite earlier public assurances that he would not seek re-election, Ouattara justified his reversal by citing the country’s worsening security and economic landscape, which he said requires “experience”…
A bold Guinness World Record attempt for the longest marathon painting by an individual has just been concluded by a young Nigerian lady, after painting non-stop for 168 hours over seven consecutive days. The feat, which began on July 21 and ended at exactly 1:50 on Monday, July 28, 2025, drew widespread attention from…
CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Comrade Dan Obo, Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on Youth Mobilisation and National Vice President (South-South) of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has strongly warned political parties, particularly the All Progressives Congress (APC), against fielding Senator Eteng Jonah Williams for re-election in the Cross River Central Senatorial District, ahead…
Jannik Sinner battled past Novak Djokovic in a gripping French Open semi-final on Friday to book a first Grand Slam final meeting with reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz after the Spaniard saw off Lorenzo Musetti. World number one Sinner held off a record-chasing Djokovic with an impressive 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) win on Court Philippe…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)’s preliminary objection against a suit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE over an oil import licence dispute. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Tuesday, dismissed the objection on the grounds that the application was…
