By Mo Isa The petroleum sector has proposed N1,200 as new petrol (fuel) pump rice but the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has opposed the proposal by the stakeholders. According to a statement by the NANS South West zone, which was signed by the Coordinator, Comrade Alao John, such a price hike would increase…
By Mo Isa Barely 24 hours after celebrating the new year, 12 people have been killed by terrorists in a Supermarket in Nasarawa. CONVERSEER learned that the ugly incident happened on Tuesday 2 January 2024 at One Man Village, Nasarawa – a few kilometres from Abuja. According to @PIDOMNIGERIA, an investigative journalist’s handle on X…
By Frank Ulom Bishop Emmah Isong, Founder and General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International, CCCI aka Faith Mansion World Headquarters, Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria, has released 37 prophecies for 2024. Bishop Isong, who is also the National Publicity Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, gave the prophecies on New Year’s Eve in…
By Williams Atibile The saying ‘When preparations meet opportunity, success is inevitable’ encapsulates the success story of Calas Vegas Band from the just concluded 2023 Carnival Calabar with the theme: ‘Season of Sweetness’. With the boldness of a Lion, strength of an Eagle, radiance of a Zebra and theatrics of Thespis, this evolutionary Band confronted…
By Anonymous British Nobel laureate Dorothy Hodgkin once noted that the University of Lagos was one of the world centres of expertise in her specialist field of Chemical Crystallography. Ahmadu Bello University Zaria had the first world-class computer centre in Africa. The University of Ife had a notable pool of expertise in nuclear physics. Our…
By Mo Isa Amidst the incessant killings in Plateau State and other parts of the nation, President Tinubu’s New Year message didn’t mention or address anything of such. Over 160 people were killed by a religious sect while celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day across 20 villages of Barkin Ladi, Bokkos and Mangu…
By Our Reporter President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2024 Budget, capped at N28.7 trillion into law. He assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. Among those with the President while he signed were the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the…
By Chris Njoku Prof. Grace Etuk, Head of Department, HOD Social Works at the University of Calabar, UNICAL has called on Nigerian politicians to make sacrifices too in 2024. Etuk made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Monday in Calabar. It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu…
By Our Reporter Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has assured that Cross Riverians will have no regrets for voting him as governor. The Governor, who promised to transform and grow the economic fortunes of the state and restore the state to her pride of place in the country, made the commitment during a…
By Our Reporter The Director General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Rev. Hon. James Anam has tasked political stakeholders in Calabar Municipality to complement government efforts in ensuring the security of lives and property of the people within their domains to guarantee an enabling environment for the smooth implementation of lofty…
