By Our Reporter Governor Bassey Otu has felicitated with former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, on his 68th birthday celebration. In a birthday message the Governor personally signed on Friday, 8 March 2024, he described the Chairman of the State’s 2023 Transition Committee as a “worthy and dependable servant-leader clothed in humility and focused on…
By Frank Ulom The wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Rev (Mrs) Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, has footed the hospital bills of the two traders who suffered severe electrocution injuries in Calabar last Saturday. Rev. (Mrs) Otu who visited the victims, Chijioke Udoji and Uzoma Anthony, at the Calabar General Hospital on Thursday, was…
By Our Reporter The 10th Cross River State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem has recovered some state-owned construction equipment following an investigation into the misappropriation of 34 State-owned heavy-duty construction equipment by certain government officials during the administration of former Governor Ben Ayade. Recall that on Thursday, 22 February…
By Mo Isa President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution and amended structure of the Governing Board of the FGN Power Company, which is tasked with implementing the accelerated performance agreement with Siemens Energy. The development, CONVERSEER learned was in furtherance of his landmark effort to achieve the full end-to-end modernisation of the nation’s electric…
By Frank Ulom President Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, alongside three Executive Directors of the Agency, from office indefinitely. Their suspension, CONVERSEER learned was in the light of new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities of the agency. The three others…
By Frank Ulom Governor Bassey Otu has appointed 21 persons into four Cross River State Urban Development Authorities, namely, Ikom, Ugep, Obudu and Ogoja. This was contained in a press release with reference number: “Our Ref: GO/PRESS/014/VOL.IV/45”, signed by Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, on Wednesday, 6 March 2024. According to…
By Frank Ulom Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has appointed 25 people as Community Relations Officers (CROs). Their appointment was contained in a press release signed by Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Wednesday, 6 March 2024, with reference: Our Ref: GO/PRESS/013/VOL. IV/44. According to the release, the 25…
By Mo Isa The foreign ministers of Nigeria and Russia met in Moscow on Wednesday and talked about their future partnership. Nigeria is considered by Moscow as a top partner on the African continent, as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov informed his Nigerian colleague, Yusuf Tuggar. Tuggar agreed with him. “The relationship will continue to…
By Chris Thompson A measure to overturn the Women’s (Amendment) Act of 2015, which banned circumcision and other forms of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, has been introduced by a lawmaker from Gambia. The bill was introduced in the national assembly for a first reading on Monday. The external female genital organs are cut or altered during circumcision…
By Frank Ulom The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, has appointed Director Generals (DGs), Managing Directors (MDs), General Managers (GMs) and Vice Chairman into boards and agencies. In the press release signed by Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Tuesday, 5 March 2024, one Vice-Chairman, nine DGs, three…
