Care for Social Welfare International (CASWI) has established a five-tone per hour garri processing mill for selected Cameroonian refugee women in Calabar. The initiative which was implemented by CASWI with funds from the Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) and technical support from UN Women was titled “Women Household Empowerment Project.” Inaugurating the plant on…
By Our Reporter Efut Combined Assembly, the apex decision-making body of the Efut Kingdom has berated Prof. Itam Hogan Itam for trying to mislead the public with a news item in the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC), Calabar, purportedly withdrawing certificates of recognition of some certificated Clan heads in Efut. The body, in a press…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has taken a resolution removing the Chairman of the State Traditional Rulers’ Council, HRM (Dr) Etim Okon Edet. The resolution, CONVERSEER gathered was made during today, Tuesday’s plenary by the House headed by Speaker Elvert Ayambem. The reason for Edet’s removal, the House stated, was because he had…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is organising a free medical outreach in Cross River State from 16th to 22nd June 2024. CONVERSEER gathered that the outreach which cuts across the nine NDDC states will take place at the General Hospital Akamkpa, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The free medical outreach includes…
Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has directed the immediate disbandment of the suspended Cocoa Allocation Taskforce and Surveillance Team in the four (4) Government-owned Cocoa Estates in Etung LGA set up by the Cocoa Allocation Committee, including any other group operating under any guise. The Governor also directed the immediate lifting of suspension on…
By Magnus Effiong Clan heads and other leaders of the Efut Combined Assembly (ECA), whose certificates were reportedly withdrawn by the Munene of the Efuts, Prof Itam Hogan Itam, have described the said withdrawal of their certificates as jokes taken too far. Their position was contained in a press statement signed by the Secretary-General of…
