By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A major political realignment is unfolding in Cross River North Senatorial District as key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have indicated plans to defect en masse to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in solidarity with Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe. The development follows Senator Jarigbe’s official defection to…
By Frank Ulom ADDIS ABABA (CONVERSEER) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated President Paul Biya on his re-election following the official proclamation of the final results of Cameroon’s 12 October 2025 presidential election by the country’s Constitutional Council. In a statement issued by the AUC on…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has presented a total of N780.59 billion as the budget for 2026 fiscal year. The Budget Estimates and Appropriation Bill was presented to the Cross River State House of Assembly by the Governor during the Tuesday plenary session. The Governor…
By Itam Offor CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State House of Assembly has commenced deliberations on the alarming surge in house rents across Calabar and its environs, describing the situation as “unreasonable, unprovoked, and economically destabilising.” The motion, brought before the House on Tuesday as a Matter of Urgent Public Importance by Rt. Hon….
JERUSALEM (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Education Minister Karin Prien on Monday visited the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, paying her respects to the victims of the Holocaust. Prien, the first openly Jewish minister in Germany’s post-war history, said it is a “matter of respect” for every German minister to visit the memorial. The experience was…
