By Joe Udo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, on Wednesday, 17th April, paid a condolence visit to the family of late Sylvanus Ukpong, the Chief Executive Officer of Emem Farms Limited and Emem & Sons Limited, who lost his life, two weeks ago, while returning from his farm. Governor Eno who was deeply…
By Frank Ulom The Governor of Cross River State, Prince Bassey Otu, has approved the constitution of a 21-man committee to review the State’s Public/Civil Service Rules. According to a press statement by Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Wednesday, 17th April, the 21-member committee is given 90 days to carry out…
By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly has recommended the dissolution of the appointment of the Chairman and Members of the Civil Service Commission and has asked the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu to appoint only qualified people with the requisite knowledge and experience in public/civil service into the Commission. The House,…
…urges national support, makes case for safer roads …urges government to address insecurity By Faus Nwaorgu The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has backed the construction of a 700km coastal highway from Lagos to Calabar describing it as a critical infrastructure for national development. President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke made the…
Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State has fixed Wednesday, 17th to Friday, 19th April 2024, for the Pensioners Mop-Up Bank Verification Exercise. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Bassey Otu, on Tuesday, 16th April. According to the statement, the mop-up exercise is for…
By Our Reporter The Kaduna State House of Assembly has set up a 13-man committee to probe the financial dealings, loans, grants and other project implementations from 2015-2023 under former Governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure. The House also mandated the committee to invite notable personalities who served during the period, including contractors, to explain how the…
By Chris Thompson In what is termed the first criminal case of any U.S. president in history, seven New Yorkers have been selected to serve as jurors on former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial. The process of selecting the jurors began on Monday afternoon and involved the judge, prosecutors, and Trump’s defence team, who…
By Collin Rugg Large crowd on Tuesday gathered in Harlem, New York as Donald Trump made an appearance at a bodega where a man was stabbed to death by an immigrant. “We love Trump. We love Trump,” the crowd chanted. The campaign stop is where an immigrant, Jose Alba stabbed and killed 35-year-old Austin Simon….
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State House of Assembly has initiated a comprehensive investigation into the status of various properties, including the prominent Transcorp Hotel in Calabar, and several state-owned factories. CONVERSEER reports that the Facebook page of Transcorp Hotel Calabar has been recently renamed to The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar. The motion, moved by…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC slams Betta Edu, suspended Humanitarian Minister, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes (NSIP) Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry. The commission made the development known on…
