By Frank Ulom Women across Nigeria are calling for President Bola Tinubu to forgive Dr Betta Edu, suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The women under the umbrella, Concerned Grassroot Women, made this known during a World Conference held on Saturday (20 Jan. 2024), in Abuja. At the World Conference tagged “Bring Back…
By Frank Ulom An unknown group is organising prayers for the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to be recalled. CONVERSEER learned from one of the flyers made available to our newsroom that the prayer session will be held on Monday (22 Jan. 2024) at Eleven-Eleven (Millennium Park), Calabar, Cross…
By Our Reporter The prospect for the return of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu to her former office may have been deemed as there are strong indications that the Presidency has already begun shopping for her replacement. Feelers to this emerged recently when Presidency sources hinted that President…
By Our Reporter The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem has expressed his deep condolences to High Chief Higgins Peters over the untimely demise of his immediate younger sister, the late Mrs Juliana Akpowu Ezekiel (Née Peters). Ayambem conveyed his condolences to Chief Higgins at the burial ceremony…
By Frank Ulom The Commissioner representing Cross River at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC board, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke has called for more collaboration for the development of the state. Duke made the call following the Supreme Court verdict that affirmed Governor Bassey Otu’s victory at the March 18, 2023 gubernatorial poll. The NDDC…
By Our Reporter Hon. Eyo Bassey (Empowerment Chairman), Member Representing Bakassi State Constituency, has called on the Cross River State Government to come to the aid of the people of Ine Abasi, a fishing community in Bakassi which was engulfed in a fire incident. Sometime last week, the attention of the Honourable Member was drawn…
By Our Reporter In continuation of efforts aimed at boosting Research and Development for economic and technological development in Nigeria, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration has approved the sum of N5,128,180,623.63 (N5.1bn) for the funding of 185 successful research proposals under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) 2023 Grant Cycle….
By Joe Udo Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has stated that illegal mining activity is the cause of the heavy explosion that killed two and injured over 77 in Ibadan, the state capital. CONVERSEER reports that an explosion rocked Adeyi Estate in Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, causing panic to the people of the…
By Mo Isa During the 2023 presidential election, the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, SCSN campaigned rigorously for the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Muslim-Muslim. Today, the council is living in road regrets, saying it has brought more suffering instead of positive change to Nigerians. This was revealed by the President of SCSN, Sheikh AbdulRasheed…
By Mo Isa Senator Adamu Aliero representing Kebbi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has said that there is untold hardship in the northern part of the country following the closure of Nigeria/Niger Republic border closure. Aliero revealed this in an interview with Arise News Television on Tuesday, adding that the border closure had…
