By Carolyn Ugbor In a significant move to bolster the tourism sector and make ecotourism thrive in Cross River State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts And Culture, Chief Ewa Robert Abubakar and his management team have held an inaugural meeting with the Technical Committee for Eco-tourism Project. The meeting which was organised at the instance of…
OPINION By Rotimi Adesina There is a palpable anxiety in the banking industry over delays by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve issuance of new securities by the banks. In the last three months, over 15 banks have filed applications with SEC to issue new shares by way of right issues and public…
In the past week climate activists targeted two very different venues to send their message of doom, disrupting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut and vandalising the Stonehenge monument at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Their defacement of Stonehenge could be considered relatively successful because no one was able to stop them. It’s…
A Georgia judge, Christina Peterson, has been removed from the bench after she was apparently caught on camera hitting a police officer. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Peterson has broken multiple Code of Judicial Conduct policies since taking office. “We agree that removal is warranted here. The Hearing Panel found that the (JQC) Director…
Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has arrived at the federal courthouse in Saipan where he is set to plead guilty in a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ). Assange ignored reporters as he exited the car in a dark suit. Assange spent approximately $500,000 to fly to Saipan to avoid landing on the US mainland….
