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…
99 Cents Only Stores announced on Friday that they are closing down all 371 locations. The company cited “inflationary pressures” for why their business model can no longer work. The company will begin liquidation sales and will then move forward by selling the real estate. READ ALSO: Ghana beats Nigeria to maiden West Africa Music &…
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…
Some irate youths have lynched three men for allegedly stealing and selling a 2-year-old child to an Alhaji for N60,000 in Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the incident happened this morning (between 8-9 am) at Ekpugrinya Junction in Ogoja Local Government Area of the State. According to Elijah Ugani who arrived at the scene…
Ghana is set to make history as an important destination for hosting major events with the upcoming inaugural West Africa Music & Arts Festival in Accra – beating its counterpart, Nigeria to it. This groundbreaking event, the first of its kind in the region, would span four days, starting at the iconic Kwame Nkrumah Memorial…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, 3 April 2024, signed into law the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2024. The Act is of historic proportions as it seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths. Why The Previous Act Was Amended The repealed…
Gene Deal, the former bodyguard to embattled U.S. rapper, Sean Combs aka Diddy, has alleged the latter may have tapes of politicians, princes and even preachers which could now be in the hands of the feds. “I don’t think it’s only celebrities gonna be shook. He had politicians in there, he had princes in there….
Two Nigerians have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court possessing quantities of cannabis and methamphetamine under the pretext of trafficking those drugs without authority. Daniel Njuoku, a 37-year-old businessman, was being held for possessing cannabis with a net weight of 28,844.60 grammes and Lucky Igbojoinu, a labourer, was charged for possessing methamphetamine with a net…
A 47-year-old police sergeant, Sgt. Emmanuel Dua has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by Ho Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Felix Datsomor, for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Ave-Xevi in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region. The incident occurred in September 2021, according to Ghana News Agency, found Sergeant Dua, who…
Faith Omodon, a 19-year-old Delta State University, DELSU 200-level student, is said to have vanished on March 30, 2024, after visiting her father’s farm. That fateful day, Omodon, a business administration student, vanished from her father’s farm, leaving her home. According to Edward, the girl’s father and a citizen of the Iru Egbede community in…
