Senate President Godswill Akpabio has asserted that many people will not recognise Nigeria again by the time President Bola Tinubu finishes his remaining years in office. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday while flagging off Kugbo Bus Terminal in Abuja. Akpabio expressed his confidence in Tinubu’s leadership, saying, “I have no doubt that by the time…
The Government of Cross River State has enforced a ban on tricycles (keke napep) and commercial motorcycles around Calabar metropolis. This was disclosed in a public service announcement with reference number: SSG/SSO/430/S.I/VOL.II/445, signed by Maj. Gen. Okoi Ubi Obono, State Security Adviser, on Tuesday, 2nd July 2024. Accordingly, operators are advised to adhere to the…
Governor Bassey Otu By Anietie Akpan 11 Cross River communities are beneficiaries of the Section 3A Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. This was announced the State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu in his appreciation letter to President Bola Tinubu dated 1st July, 2024 as contained in the press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Comrade Nsa Gill. The…
Five Nigeria Police officers are currently in detention at Zone 6 Police Station in Calabar, Cross River State, for allegedly kidnapping a man and fraudulently extorting N3 million from him. Converseer learned that the incident happened along Ikom-Calabar highway in the state last week. In a statement by SP Nelson A. Okpabi, Zonal Police Public…
…Set to Flag off State-wide Ambulance Service In fulfilment of his campaign promise to set up an insurance scheme that will seek to make healthcare delivery service easily available, accessible and affordable, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has inaugurated a 15-member Health Insurance Agency Board. The Governor also disclosed that the state government…
Tragedy struck the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) community as Professor Ruth Haruna, a former head of the Department of Business Management, met with a fatal accident at her residence in Polo, Maiduguri. Reports by her family and the Borno State Police Command indicate that Prof. Haruna tragically lost her life when her own vehicle rolled…
Commodore Rotimi Oderemi, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory, has disclosed that the entire Warri Channel as well as the adjoining creeks and islands now have 24 hours naval presence, seven days a week. Oderemi said this on Tuesday when the leadership and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River Council paid…
The Senate of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has unbundled the Department of Mass Communication into six new programmes. This was revealed during the 242nd meeting of the Senate of the University on Thursday, 27th June 2024. Following the Senate meeting, the Department of Mass Communication was unbundled into the following six programmes; Advertising Broadcasting…
By Samuel Umoh A massive protest rocked the Malabor Republic in the early hours of today, Tuesday, 2nd July 2024, as residents of Halls 4, 5, and 6, comprising Malabites and Malabresses, took to the streets to decry the persistent lack of electricity and water supply in the community. The demonstrators, numbering in their hundreds,…
Samsung Electronics Workers’ Union of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the All-Samsung Electronics Workers’ Union) announced a general strike on 1st July due to major differences in labour-management negotiations , and stated that it will continue to assert its demands until the employees’ demands for salary and vacation benefits are met. According to Reuters, the union…
