By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The dark nights were getting brighter and brighter like the sun at noon in the eyes of business owners at Akim Timber market, Calabar, Cross River State capital, on Friday, 27 March 2026. What happened? It was fire, engulfing the market, burning every wood, zinc, while spreading wildly like…
…as both countries sign economic partnership agreement By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, and the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Wentao, have signed a Framework Agreement on negotiations and cooperation between Nigeria and China at the sidelines of the World…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Police Command has responded to a viral video circulating on social media alleging unlawful entry and indiscriminate arrests at White House Lodge in Calabar, stating that the operation was lawful and intelligence-driven. In a press statement issued on Thursday, and signed by ASP Sunday Eitokpah,…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended embattled Hon. Ovat Agbor Dickson, suspended Cross River State House of Assembly member representing Obubra I State Constituency indefinitely, for allegedly beating his wife. Ovat was suspended by the Osopong Ward 1 chapter of the APC in Obubra. The suspension letter addressed…
By Marion van der Kraats and Jacqueline Melcher BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – A Berlin court on Wednesday sentenced four men to prison terms of between four and a half and six years for membership of Hamas in a case involving the procurement of weapons for the Palestinian militant group. The Berlin Court of Appeal found…
