By Etim Etime The visit of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to Akwa Ibom State for the flag-off of his presidential campaign today (October 10, 2022) raises a number of moral and political questions that Akwa Ibom people should consider keenly. First, the moral issues: 1. Atiku was the VP to President Obasanjo and we recall that…
APTITUDE TEST FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING ADMISSION INTO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR FOR THE 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION The University of Calabar, UNICAL has set a date for the aptitude test for candidates seeking admission into the institution for the 2022/2023 academic session. In a statement signed by Gabriel Egbe, Registrar of UNICAL, he registration for the…
A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) of Ghana and Nigeria to increase mutual assistance and collaboration in market regulation. This was said in a statement released by the commission on Sunday in Abuja. According to the statement, the updated Memorandum of Understanding would promote market…
Usman Baba-Alkali, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has advised troops sent to police training institutions not to view their deployments as a form of punishment. At the Police College Maiduguri’s Sunday inauguration of a few finished constructions, he delivered the invocation. Baba-Alkali exhorted the college employees to approach their tasks with the interest and passion…
By Frank Ulom Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, has announced the promotion of 15 Academics to the Professorial cadre amidst the ASUU strike. Prof. Obi, who disclosed this recently at a Special Session of the Senate, said six were Professors and nine Associate Professors. The new Professors are; Bassey…
By Frank Ulom The Correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, Comrade Nsa Gill has emerged as the new Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ in Cross River State. Gill, CONVERSEER reports emerged as the State Council Chairman of the NUJ on Saturday, July 16, 2022, after polling a total of 76 votes to defeat…
By Frank Ulom The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and Chairman of Senate, Prof. Florence Banku Obi has announced the promotion of six academic staff in the University to the position of professors in their various disciplines. Prof. Obi who made this known at an emergency Senate meeting held at the Senate Chamber…
By Frank Ulom Barely five days to the deadline for Nigerians to return the old NGN200, NGN500 and NGN1,000 notes to commercial banks, residents of rural communities in Central and Northern Cross River State have lamented the lack of the new notes, accusing banks of hoarding the currency. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria…
…Each Computer Lab will carry at least 50 computers and there will be one Lab each in all the 267 Public Schools in Cross River State. By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has called on Governor Ben Ayade to grant the association the go-ahead to establish Computer…
By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – The former military administrator of old Rivers State, HE General Anthony Ukpo (rtd) has been nominated by Cross River North Elders Forum as chairman of a 13-man Committee for the creation of Ogoja State. In a statement, the Committee was inaugurated on Monday, October 5, 2020, at its Secretariat…
