C’River Assembly begins investigation into ownership of Transcorp Hotel, other gov’t properties

By Frank Ulom The Cross River State House of Assembly has initiated a comprehensive investigation into the status of various properties, including the prominent Transcorp Hotel in Calabar, and several state-owned factories. CONVERSEER reports that the Facebook page of Transcorp Hotel Calabar has been recently renamed to The Metropolitan Hotel Calabar. The motion, moved by…

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EFCC slams Betta Edu, Sadiya, Halima over N32.7bn, $445,000 recovered from Humanitarian Ministry

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC slams Betta Edu, suspended Humanitarian Minister, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes (NSIP) Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry. The commission made the development known on…

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Attack on Israel wouldn’t have happened if I was president – Trump

Former United States president, Mr Donald Trump has said the attack on Israel would not have happened if he was president while promising to restore world peace. Trump stated this while rallying for Support at Schnecksville in Pennsylvania. “We will return the world to peace through strength, and it’ll happen very quickly. “I will revive…

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Attack on Israel: Iran warns US to ‘stay away’ as forces shoot down Iranian drones

The Iran Permanent Mission to the United Nations has warned the United States of America to “stay away” as its attack on Israel was conducted as a “legitimate defence” in response to Israel’s attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria. “Conducted on the strength of Article 51 of the UN Charter pertaining to legitimate defence,…

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