Hon. Emmanuel Ironbar, Chief of Staff to Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, has visited the ongoing renovation project at the Governor’s Office in Calabar to get an on-the-spot assessment of the progress and ensure the project is on track. Hon. Ironbar who visited the place on Monday, expressed satisfaction with the work completed so…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, has taken an indefinite leave of absence to attend to medical issues affecting his family. Ngelale who is also the Official Spokesperson of the President; Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen, disclosed this in a…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that only people with National Identification Numbers (NIN) can purchase the subsidised rice at N40,000 per 50kg. This was disclosed in a statement by Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, on Friday. According to Kyari, the President Bola Tinubu-led government has injected 30,000 metric tonnes…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has urged the State Government, through the Ministry of Education, to reverse Government College (GOVISCO), Ikom, to an “All-Male School” as it was conceived and operated from its inception in 1961. The House further urged the Ministry of Education to take steps to transfer the female students in…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following qualified Nigerians to the board of the Bank of Industry Limited: (1) Dr Mansur Muhtar, OFR — Chairman (2) Dr Olasupo Olusi — Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (3) Mrs Ifeoma Uz’Okpala — Executive Director, Large Enterprises (4) Mr Shekarau Omar — Executive Director, Micro, Small…
A leader whose people are strongly behind will do more but a leader who is distracted will do less. This has always been an instrument in governance since time immemorial. Barely one year and four months after Governor Bassey Otu was sworn in as Governor of Cross River State, there have been policies, developments and…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Barr. Alphonsus Eba has urged President Bola Tinubu to introduce subsidy (even if it is a partial subsidy) following the increment of petrol pump price by the NNPC. CONVERSEER reports that NNPC increased petrol pump prices to between N868 and N940 per litre…
The Labour Party (LP) in Anambra State has stated that it will not participate in the forthcoming State local government council elections scheduled for 28th September 2024. According to a statement signed by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Engr. Theo Egbe, and made available to Journalists in Awka on Tuesday, the local government election is…
The Speaker of the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem has described the late Hon. Asuquoanwan Andem Attah as an astute Legislator who left footprints in the sands of time. Ayambem, who was speaking during a Valedictory Session held in honour of the late Lawmaker at the Assembly’s Chambers, admonished her family to build on…
Joe Biden’s speaking capabilities appear to have gotten even worse since he dropped out of the presidential race. Biden, who has been hidden from the public in recent weeks, gave a speech in Pittsburgh for Kamala Harris. Audience members had a hard time understanding what Biden was saying as he slurred his way through the…
