By Frank Ulom The World Health Organization, WHO, has said that e-cigarettes with nicotine are highly addictive and harmful to health, especially for young people. According to the report published by the world health leading body on Friday (19 Jan. 2024), on its website, these products also harm non-users through second-hand exposure to toxic emissions….
By Our Reporter The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC witness, Hamma-Adama Bello, has told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court how Winifred Oyo-Ita, former Head of Service, HoS, used her companies to launder money while in office. Bello, a Chief Superintendent of EFCC and Head of the Special Investigation Team, SIT, told…
By Frank Ulom The management of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS (formerly Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH) has announced the postponement of the institution’s 22nd matriculation. CONVERSEER learned from a circular, Circular No. 411, signed by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Augustine Angba, and Registrar and Secretary of Council, Victor Ene, that the 22nd…
By Our Reporter To revive the moribund Tinapa Free Trade Zone, the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, and Cross River State Government have agreed to work out a realistic modality of the state-owned trade zone. The agreement, CONVERSEER learned was reached when the new Managing Director of NEPZA, Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi paid a courtesy…
By Our Reporter There has been a lot of interest from the public and stakeholders in recent weeks regarding the $3.3 billion crude oil pre-payment loan, also known as Project Gazelle. This is a financing agreement secured by NNPC Limited to prepay future royalties and taxes to Nigeria. Project Gazelle is a crude oil-backed, forward…
By Frank Ulom Prof. (Mrs) Rita Cyril Ndifon, wife of the suspended University of Calabar, UNICAL Dean of Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has charged women, especially the young, to stand with their husbands no matter the circumstances. Mrs Ndifon gave this remark at a Thanksgiving service organised on Sunday (21 Jan. 2024) by…
By Frank Ulom France International and Paris Saint-German, PSG striker, Kylian Mbappe has taken stand with fellow countryman, Mike Maignan. The 2018 FIFA World Cup winner and 2022 FIFA World Cup runners-up in a supporting post on X, formerly Twitter, said his France teammate, Maignan is not alone in the fight against racism. Mbappe who’s…
By Paschal Abu 61-year-old man, Mr Sobowale Babatunde has emerged as the overall best-graduating student at the University of Lagos, UNILAG. Babatunde graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA of 4.84 at the Distance Learning Institute, DLI of the institution. He became the overall best-graduating student in the 2021/2022 academic session. Babatunde’s achievement at…
By Paschal Abu Nigerian Gospel singer, Moses Bliss has engaged his girlfriend, Marie, whom he met on Instagram, in a surprise engagement ceremony held on Friday (19 Jan. 2024) in London, United Kingdom. The engagement ceremony was streamed LIVE on YouTube. Taking to social media to share his joy, Bliss wrote: “The Lord makes all…
By Mo Isa The Nigeria Police Force has been ordered to pay with wife of Chief MKO Abiola, acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola N50 million damages for violation of her fundamental human rights, including arresting her in her nightgown. The order was given on Thursday (18 Jan….
