Calabar, Cross River State – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has delivered over 30 boats to riverine communities across Cross River State, providing critical support to residents recovering from recent severe flooding. This development, announced by Rt. Hon. Orok Duke, the Commissioner representing Cross River State on the NDDC board, is aimed at alleviating…
Calabar, Cross River State – Governor Bassey Otu has constituted a 17-member committee for the implementation of the N70,000 minimum wage earlier approved by President Bola Tinubu. CONVERSEER reports that the Cross River State Joint Public Service Negotiating and Implementation Committee set up by Governor Otu is to deliberate on the N70,000 new National Minimum…
In a commendable effort to support education, no fewer than 552 students across ten secondary schools in the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State have been awarded the prestigious Teacher Esien Ita Itam 2024 scholarship. Announced by the foundation in a statement dated October 22, 2024, and signed by Ekpenyong Esien Ita (Jnr) on…
Social media access in Mozambique has been restricted for the second time in a week, according to the global internet watchdog NetBlocks, following calls for nationwide strikes by opposition leaders over a contentious presidential election. Tensions have escalated in Mozambique after the ruling Frelimo party, which has been in power for 49 years, won the…
Kharkiv, Ukraine – At least one person, a 12-year-old boy, has died, and 35 others have been injured after a Russian bomb struck a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Kharkiv authorities confirmed the boy’s death on Thursday and reported that emergency workers were actively engaged in rescue operations. The regional governor stated that…
