Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc has been cleared of allegations regarding insider trading during a closed period, as initially stated in the Nigerian Exchange’s X-Compliance Report. After a review of the circumstances surrounding the case, the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has decided not to enforce any penalties against the bank. The initial report, dated May 10, had…
Melinda French Gates, erstwhile wife of Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has resigned from her co-chair position at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will take additional $12.5 billion to continue her philanthropic work focused on women and families. Ms Gates announced her resignation on Monday, 13th May 2024, in a post on X where…
A lecturer of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cross River (UNICROSS), formerly CRUTECH (Cross River University of Technology), Obubra Campus, Dr Stanley Eval Bassey, has sought counsel from the court to divorce his heavily pregnant wife, Mrs Precious Eyam Ayang. CONVERSEER gathered that Dr Bassey approached the Customary Court of Cross River State, Ikom/Olulumo…
Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, the world’s leading luxury goods company, continues to dominate as the world’s wealthiest individual as of May 1, 2024. Forbes’ real-time billionaires list confirms Arnault’s ongoing reign at the top, a position he has held since February 2024, closely trailed by Elon Musk, the visionary behind Tesla. In a recent…
A truck driver with Transport Service Limited (TSL), Ms Peace Kefikebusa, has said that she ran into women, who abused and mocked her for being a truck driver. Kefikebusa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Calabar. Noting that being a trailer driver had not been very…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has elected Comrade Archibonganwan Eso Bassey as its Chairman. CONVERSEER reports that Eso was elected on Thursday, 9th May 2024, in a special Congress held at the Ernest Etim Bassey Press Centre in Calabar. Bassey became the…
Two teens in California have been awarded $1 million after being accused of ‘blackface’ while wearing acne cream which forced them out of their elite Catholic school. The teens sued Saint Francis High School after initially seeking $20M. The photos were taken in 2017 but reemerged after the death of George Floyd in 2020 when…
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has donated 50 sets of HP computer laptops to the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD). Dr Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, made the donation during a courtesy visit by a delegation from NCC to the NCPWD headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday. Maida, represented by Mr…
Royal Ambassadors Family Enlightenment Foundation, (RAFEF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has taken steps to assist some inmates of the Afokang Correctional Centre in Calabar with legal aid. This was disclosed by Mr Jonathan Okwudiri, Chairman, Board of Trustees of RAFEF on Monday in Calabar during the official inauguration Ceremony of Cross River Executive Working Committee…
Meet “Stephen Jackson”, The NBA Star Who Dumped His Fiancée At The Altar And Went To Party After She Refused To Sign Prenuptial Agreement ‘In Case Of Divorce’ Retired NBA star Stephen Jackson didn’t go ahead with his marriage to his fiancée, Imani Showalter, after she refused to sign a pre-nuptial agreement. A prenuptial agreement,…
