The protests in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention have begun as 100,000 protesters are expected to show up. Democrats have installed walls around the convention despite previously telling Americans that “walls don’t work.” “We’ve watched all morning as they have started to bring in more metal fencing, more barricades, and these snowploughs have been…
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has suspended the verification or re-verification exercise of government-owned cocoa estates in Etung Local Government Area. Governor Otu also directed the Department of Asset Management and Recovery to further extend the period for payment of the Government lease fee to 30th September 2024. Otu who gave…
…against insecurity, exploitation and collection of surface rent from mining entities The Governor of Cross River State, Senator (Prince) Bassey Otu, has signed into law Executive Order No. 1 of 2024 for the Protection of Mining Communities across the 18 Local Government Areas of the State against insecurity, exploitation and collection of surface rent from…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the appointment of card-carrying All Progressives Congress (APC) members into the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) by Governor Bassey Otu. The party made this known through a statement signed by Prince Mike Ojisi, State Publicity Secretary, on Saturday and made available to CONVERSEER. The statement, which…
Protests by aggrieved members stalled the Local Government congresses of the Benue State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday. The protests followed the alleged alteration of the list from the last ward congresses and the diversion of congress materials. There has been confusion in the party since the inconclusive ward congresses in July. According to…
