By Our Reporter Representative of Cross River State at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. (Chief) Orok Duke, has vowed to revisit all the Commission’s projects that have been abandoned across the state. Duke stated this on Friday during an inspection visit to the Skill Acquisition Centre located in Akpabuyo local government…
The Organised Labour unions have shut down the National Grid as they begin their indefinite strike. Recall that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had embarked on a nationwide strike at midnight on Sunday, 2nd June 2024. The workers are demanding an increased minimum which the Federal Government offered N48,000, then…
Journalists across Nigeria have joined the Organised Labour to embark on a nationwide strike. This was disclosed by a circular signed on Sunday by Achike Chude, National Secretary, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) – an umbrella body for journalists in the country. According to the circular, the strike is in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour…
Meet female UNICAL graduate who drives keke napep for a living After 9 years of graduating from the University of Calabar (UNICAL) without a job, Miss Joy Amara Ihezie has ventured into Keke driving work (tricycle driver), operating in Delta State. The CONVERSEER learned that the female graduate operates around PTI Road and Jakpa Road…
People of Opuama and Polobobou communities in Egbema Kingdom, Warri North LGA of Delta State, the host communities of OML 40, are protesting against Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited for refusing to implement the Petroleum Industry Act. NPDC/Elcrest JV are the operators of oil mining lease (OML) 40….
…as Duke promised to take their plea to the Commission The Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, has presented a truckload of relief materials to Bakassi returnees to ameliorate the sufferings of the people. Presenting the items to the coordinator of the Bakassi returnees…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, 29th May 29 2024, convicted and sentenced one Adeyinka Bilkisu Gbadamosi to six months imprisonment for currency racketeering. Gbadamosi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on currency…
Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 28th May 2024 arrested five suspected illegal Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in Maiduguri, Borno State. The suspects were arrested in Borno State Hajj Camp, situated at Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri. READ ALSO: Court jails one…
Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court on 29th May 2024 convicted and sentenced one Aliyu Mohammed to twelve months imprisonment for land scam to the tune of N4,800,000 (Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira). Mohammed was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge of intent to defraud preferred against him by the…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Command, on Thursday, 30th May 2024, arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in early morning sting operations at two different locations in the state. 21 of the all-male suspects were arrested in Eket, while the remaining 19 were picked up in Ikot Ekpene. READ ALSO:…
