Hon. Pius Edet Ankpo, Cross River State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, has debunked media reports credited to him alleging that the immediate past governor, Sen. Ben Ayade left an empty treasury and dilapidated infrastructure across the state. Hon. Ankpo dismissed the media reports while briefing journalists on Friday in Calabar, the state capital. CONVERSEER…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Engineer Uzoma Nwagba as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation, CREDICORP. Engineer Nwagba, 36, holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a first-class Bachelor of Engineering from Howard University, Washington DC. Prior to his appointment, Engineer…
The Council of Traditional Rulers in Egbe-Mbube, Ogoja Local Government Area, have conferred the highest honourary chieftaincy title on the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Peter Odey. Odey was conferred with the title of “Likeuel é’mpam I” of Egbe Community, which means, the “Pillar of Egbe” community as a reflection of…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja, disclosed his plans to leave Nigeria in the event that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar became victorious in the 2023 presidential election. The former Rivers State Governor from 2015 to 2023 claimed to be aware of schemes being developed against him since he supported…
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate reacted to Mr Femi Falana, counsel to the suspended senator from Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, in a letter on Thursday, telling him to follow his guidance in whatever action he plans to take. Falani sent a letter on behalf of Ningi, whose charges of budget padding split…
The Honourable Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Hon. Pius Edet Ankpo, has said the Bakassi Deep Seaport project that was initiated by former Governor Ben Ayade is a must for the state. Ankpo stated this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen in his office in Calabar, adding that all projects initiated by previous administrators will be…
Akwa Ibom State Government has begun the process of upward review of pensions for pensioners who retired before 2012, with the new payment to start next week. It has also ordered a comprehensive audit report on the state-owned Ibom Power Company Limited to enable it to perform optimally. A statement by Information Commissioner, Comrade Ini…
Thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Labour Party, LP, All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, and other political parties, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Northern Cross River State. CONVERSEER learned that the defectors were received on Saturday, 30 March in Ogoja by the Cross River State PDP Chairman, Barr….
…challenges DMO over fresh borrowing Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has denied taking nor signing for any loan (domestic or foreign), since the inception of his administration on 29 May 2023 to date. The Governor’s reaction follows the misrepresentation of the figures presented on the spreadsheet of the Debt Management Office, DMO and…
The Speaker of the Cross River State House Of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem over the weekend commissioned a Constituency Liaison Office at Edor in Abanyom Ward of Ikom II State Constituency – the first and only liaison office in the constituency since 1999. During the commissioning ceremony, Ayambem stated that the Constituency Liaison Office…
