By Our Reporter The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC witness, Hamma-Adama Bello, has told the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court how Winifred Oyo-Ita, former Head of Service, HoS, used her companies to launder money while in office. Bello, a Chief Superintendent of EFCC and Head of the Special Investigation Team, SIT, told…
By Frank Ulom The management of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS (formerly Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH) has announced the postponement of the institution’s 22nd matriculation. CONVERSEER learned from a circular, Circular No. 411, signed by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Augustine Angba, and Registrar and Secretary of Council, Victor Ene, that the 22nd…
By Our Reporter To revive the moribund Tinapa Free Trade Zone, the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, and Cross River State Government have agreed to work out a realistic modality of the state-owned trade zone. The agreement, CONVERSEER learned was reached when the new Managing Director of NEPZA, Dr Olufemi Ogunyemi paid a courtesy…
By Our Reporter There has been a lot of interest from the public and stakeholders in recent weeks regarding the $3.3 billion crude oil pre-payment loan, also known as Project Gazelle. This is a financing agreement secured by NNPC Limited to prepay future royalties and taxes to Nigeria. Project Gazelle is a crude oil-backed, forward…
By Frank Ulom Prof. (Mrs) Rita Cyril Ndifon, wife of the suspended University of Calabar, UNICAL Dean of Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has charged women, especially the young, to stand with their husbands no matter the circumstances. Mrs Ndifon gave this remark at a Thanksgiving service organised on Sunday (21 Jan. 2024) by…
