Chabaidao, a Chinese bubble tea chain, had its shares fall nearly 40% on its Hong Kong stock exchange debut By Ken Ibenne At its IPO price of HK$17.50, the stock, formally listed as Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial, dropped as low as 10.84 Hong Kong dollars in the late morning, or around 38% less. According to…
A Cross section of women who were internally displaced from Bakassi and camped in Akwa Ikot Eyo Edem Village in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River have disclosed that they have gained more respect in their community. The women made the assertion on Friday in their community during a distribution of Okra, Cucumber and…
Senator Florence Ita-Giwa has inaugurated a garri processing plant in Ikpiri Obutong built by Care for Social Welfare International, CASWI, for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Inaugurating the plant on Good Friday in Bakassi, Ita-Giwa who was represented by Mr Eyo Bassey, Member Representing Bakassi State Constituency in…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has flagged off the Food Security Programme of the State Bulk Purchase Agency with the presentation of food vouchers to vulnerable members of the society. The Governor also released 368 Android Tablets pre-loaded with electronic versions of the Social Register per ward to drive the Free Food scheme…
In the midst of scarcity and taste for polished rice, a Nigerian businessman, High Chief Emeka Agbanari, has unveiled the largest rice mill in Africa. CONVERSEER learned that the rice mill, located in Nnobi, Anambra State, South East Nigeria, has started production. According to sources, the rice is branded Seaman Parboiled Rice. “The rice meets…
…for all less privileged in Akwa Ibom as he commences construction of two more roads in Uyo Senatorial District The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has announced that under his food palliative programme through the Bulk Purchase Agency, the less privileged captured in the social register will now be given the food items…
Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has disclosed that his administration is driving a major reform in the agriculture sub- sector of the state. Governor Otu who spoke in his office Wednesday, when he received the report of the committee set up by his administration to get the digital soil mapping and fertility survey…
By Solomon Azu Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu has been urged to urgently wade into the looming crisis over threats by the task force of the state Cocoa Allocation and Rehabilitation Committee to forcefully eject Cocoa farm allottees from their genuinely acquired Cocoa plots allotted to them by the previous administration to avoid…
By Mo Isa Farmers in northern Nigeria have been made to pay up to N120,000 to bandits in order for them to farm (planting and harvesting). This was revealed in a report by SB Morgan Intelligence, which added that failure to do so usually results in forfeiture of harvest, kidnapping or even death. According to…
By Chris Njoku 243 farmers in Cross River have received the Federal Government’s agricultural inputs and feeds in the ongoing National Poverty Reduction Programme with Growth Strategy (NPRGS). The farmers who were from different value chains in the state were first verified and validated to ensure that those receiving the items were the real farmers…
