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…
Ilorin, Kwara State – Christopher Tunji-Ayeni, former Deputy Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, died in a tragic car accident on Thursday. The incident was confirmed in a statement by Mrs Olayinka Basambo, Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara State. According to Basambo, the FRSC received a…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA) have called off their seven-day warning strike, which was initiated on October 25 to demand better working conditions. The decision was announced in a communiqué released on Thursday in Abuja by JOHESU’s National Chairman, Mr Kabiru Minjibir, and…
