Calabar, Nigeria – Magistrates in Cross River State have commenced a three-day warning strike starting from November 27 to November 29, 2024. Converseer reports that the magistrates under the umbrella of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) had earlier this month issued a notice of strike to the state government. Failure of the state government…
Calabar, Nigeria – A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters (Yahoo Boys) to prison. The four convicts, Itoro Eno Akpan, Abasifreke Uwem, Elisha Asuquo Nnah (a.k.a Jong Seck) and Ezinwa Emmanuel Ikenna, were sentenced by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, on Monday, to various jail terms for…
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…
Calabar, Nigeria – Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State have said the suspended State Chairman Venatius Ikem must go. They stated this during a peaceful demonstration on Monday, November 25, in Calabar, the state capital, adding that if Vena doesn’t leave the party, they will resign and leave the party…
Calabar, Nigeria – A 48-year-old man identified as Mallam Adamu Ibrahim Umaru, has been remanded for allegedly raping and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter in Cross River State. Umaru was remanded in a detention facility by the Calabar Magistrate Court-1, presided over by Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene, on Friday. Converseer learned that the suspect, Umaru is…
