Calabar, Nigeria – The Organised Labour in Cross River State has given reasons why workers are on strike despite Governor Bassey Otu’s approval of N70,000 minimum wage. Converseer reports on Monday, December 2, that government offices in Calabar, the State capital, and other places are under lock and key, as the workers joined the nationwide…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has trained 200 volunteers to aid in the fight against Monkeypox (Mpox). Converseer reports that the initiative which was in collaboration with the Cross River State Ministry of Health, comes as the state grapples with 117 suspected cases and 14 confirmed cases of the disease. The…
Calabar, Nigeria – Soldiers of the Nigerian Army numbering seven have allegedly beat up a University of Calabar (UNICAL) student for wearing tinted hair. Converseer reports that the soldiers led by one Sgt Maria Okoi also manhandled the 19-year-old female student from the Department of Botany, for responding to questions with good English. The incident…
Calabar, Nigeria – Governor Bassey Otu has approved N70,000 minimum wage for Cross River State workers. Converseer reports that the State Government reached an agreement with Organised Labour regarding the payment of the new national minimum wage on December 1, at the Governor’s temporary office in Calabar. The agreement includes a consequential adjustment across all…
Since Prof. Florence Obi took over the mantle of leadership as the 11th and first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) four years ago, she has left nothing to chance in her avowed determination to enthrone academic excellence, infrastructural development, and student welfare. Prof. Obi’s passion for academic excellence has driven her…
