The Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Peter Odey (Left, pix 1), presenting a speed outboard engine to one of the fishermen. By Anietie Akpan Cross River State Government has flagged off the livelihood component of the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme with the distribution of 100 boats to fishermen and riverine communities of…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cross River State Chapter, Barr. Alphonsus Eba, has summoned a meeting involving key stakeholders of the party over the suspension of Governor Bassey Otu’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Helen Isamoh. In a press release signed by Hon Emmanuel Edem Inyang, State Publicity Secretary…
The missing Corps Member, Miss Dorcas Paul Ojong. By Ita Williams, Calabar The Cross River State House of Assembly has called on the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to produce Miss Dorcas Paul Ojong, a missing corps member from Cross River state. The state lawmakers in a recent sitting in Calabar,…
The Organised Labour, consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have given reasons why they accepted ₦70,000 as the new minimum wage. This is coming in after much deliberations between the unions and the Federal Government. Reacting on Thursday on why they accepted the ₦70,000 as against the ₦250,000…
Dr Betta Edu with some of the IDPs By Anietie Akpan The leadership of Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) in Borno and Niger states have passionately appealed to President Bola Tinubu to in the spirit of humanity and performance, reinstate Dr. Betta Edu to office as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to reduce their suffering….
An auto crash involving a white minibus (Suzuki Carry 3) has claimed many lives at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Ilorin, Kwara State. Converseer gathered that the incident happened on Thursday afternoon, with many being injured as well. According to a reliable source, the minibus plummeted into a side pavement due to overloading, killing scores…
