Calabar, Nigeria – Most parts of the capital of Cross River State, Calabar, have been without electricity for about three weeks now since the heavy downpour that destroyed some properties in the city. The power outage has led to the downturn of economic activities in the first capital of Nigeria. Notable areas affected by this…
Calabar, Nigeria – Mr Paul Eshiemomoh, National President of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Alumni Association, has disclosed that it takes a journalist to shine the light and dispel darkness in any society. Eshiemomoh made the remark on Friday during a courtesy visit to the Earnest Bassey Press Centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists…
Calabar, Nigeria – Governor Bassey Otu has approved the appointment of Dr David Edem Ushie as Technical Advisor on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). According to a press release signed by Mr Nsa Gill, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on November 6, and made available to Converseer on November 25, Dr Ushie would be attached…
Abuja, Nigeria – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported a 3.46% year-on-year growth in Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2024, marking an improvement from the 2.54% recorded in Q3 2023 and the 3.19% achieved in Q2 2024. The growth was primarily driven by the Services sector, which expanded…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Chief Judge of Cross River State, Hon. Justice Akon B. Ikpeme, has announced a statewide tour of all correctional centres across the state. This initiative, scheduled to commence on Monday, 25th November 2024, is in line with her constitutional mandate under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as…
Calabar, Nigeria – Workers in Cross River State have defied Governor Bassey Otu’s appeal and shut down all public offices in the state over the non-implementation of the new N70000 National Minimum Wage. Converseer reports that all government-owned offices, including the State Secretariat at Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar, were under lock and key, on…
