CRSG begins stakeholders’ engagement for land acquisition towards establishment of 6 new cocoa farm estates

By Ovat Lawrence The Cross River State Government has initiated plans to establish Cocoa estates in six Local Government Areas of the State. During a critical stakeholders engagement meeting held in Calabar, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Hon. Johnson Andiambey Ebokpo KSM, disclosed the ongoing process of engaging stakeholders to acquire land for…

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Court jails 12 internet fraudsters in Calabar

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State capital has jailed 12 internet fraudsters (popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys). CONVERSEER gathered that the 12 internet fraudsters were convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court Calabar, on Thursday, 13th June 2024. While Justice…

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Alleged N80.2bn Money Laundering: Court shifts Yahaya Bello’s arraignment to 27th June

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, 13th June 2024, adjourned the arraignment proceedings of a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello to 27th June 2024. The adjournment followed discrepancies between the EFCC and defence counsels on the actual date of Bello’s appearance in court for his arraignment. While defence…

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Godwin Offiono’s One Year Scorecard: 2 bills, 3 motions, 9 projects, 6 empowerments & 11 interventions

HON. GODWIN OFFIONO’S ONE-YEAR SCORECARD AS A FIRST-TIME HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER, REPRESENTING OGOJA/YALA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY. LEGISLATION/PROJECTS/INTERVENTIONS & EMPOWERMENT, IN ONE YEAR. LEGISLATION Motions: 1- Motion on the need to stop excess charges and illegal deductions by commercial banks in Nigeria. 2- Motion on the need to rehabilitate the Bekwarra-Ogoja-Ikom-Calabar Federal Highway in Cross River…

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