By Magnus Effiong The Efik kingdom may soon experience lasting peace among various contenders and interest groups which had been at daggers drawn over succession to the throne of the Obong of Calabar, PillarToday gathered at the weekend. Recall that the Palace had late last year, in response to an advice by the State government,…
COMMUNIQUE OF THE JOINT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC)MEETING OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC) AND TRADE UNION CONGRESS (TUC) HELD ON TUESDAY THE 4TH OF JUNE 2024 AT THEOLAITAN OYERINDE HALL, NLC’S NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA. Following the successful commencement of the indefinite nationwide strike action initiated by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade…
The Cross River State Government entered collaborative agreements with the Lake Chad Institute of Research and the Ahmadu Bello University Institute of Research to boost agricultural productivity in the state. This partnership aims to provide improved seeds for various crops such as maize, wheat, and cowpeas. Governor Bassey Otu, who witnessed the signing of the…
The name Wonor Austin Ibu has become a household name within Cross River State and beyond in our security parlance as a security expert with a focus on domestic and regional security matters. He currently serves in the Special Services Department of the Cross River State Government as a Special Adviser on Security Operations; a…
A 34-year-old woman identified as Shaniqua Caldwell was taken into custody after she reportedly gave birth inside a bathroom and tried to flush her deceased child down the toilet. CONVERSEER learned that Caldwell was booked into the Warren County Jail on 30th May on a charge of concealing the birth of an infant. She was…
By Edet-Honesty Effiong In an essentially pedestrian, agro – centric, rural economy, infrastructure means Roads. And in socioeconomic governance, road means growth and development. This basically underscores the overwhelming importance of road infrastructure in the overall well-being of a people. Today, Akwa Ibom State is rated as the State with best network of roads…
By Magnus Effiong After about eights years of inactivity, the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) has finally elected executive committee to pilot its affairs with the wife of Governor Bassey Otu, Rev. Eyoanwan Bassey Otu emerging as Patron. Speaking after the elections of the committee members which took place at the Women Development Centre,…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has replied the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over the shutting down of the National Grid which has put the entire nation into darkness. CONVERSEER reports that the TCN via a statement signed by the GM Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, on Monday, said the Organised Labour shut down the national…
RESOLUTIONS REACHED AT THE MEETING BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ORGANISED LABOUR HELD ON MONDAY, 3RD JUNE 2024 Further to the negotiation by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent withdrawal of Labour from negotiation, the Leadership of the National Assembly intervened on 2nd June 2024. The Organised Labour declared a nationwide…
The General Overseer and Founder of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Nigerians experiencing hard times to call on God for help. Adeboye stated this during the June Thanksgiving Service with the theme, ‘Lifter Up of My Head’, at the RCCG headquarters in Ebute-Metta on Sunday. His words: “If…
