By Emily Kopp, DCNF NEW YORK (DCNF, CONVERSEER) – Several former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) directors who lambasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have connections to special interests targeted by the Make America Healthy Again movement, according to a review of their biographies and lobbying records by the…
President Bola Tinubu. By Dianabasi Effiong President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed the Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas (Rtd), to vacate the State Government House, Port Harcourt, by midnight Wednesday as the six-month Emergency Rule ended on Sept. 17. This was made known in a State House Statement by the President “on the…
NUJ Chairman Comrade Archibong Bassey (middle) flanked by Kanu Uno (right), Prince Otu Okor (left) and others. By Kelvin Obambon A political pressure group, Prince Otu Community Development Initiative, has said that it is working to ensure greater political participation among Cross River indigenes to enhance the state’s influence in national affairs through voting strength….
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the end of the six-month state of emergency in Rivers State, restoring Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy Ngozi Nma Odu, and members of the State House of Assembly to office. The declaration, which formally expires today, 17 September 2025, was proclaimed on 18…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The recent removal of Ntufam Linus Effiong Oben Tabi as the head of Mbot Akpa and Ekinta Clan in Akamkpa Local Government Area by Governor Bassey Otu has drawn attention to the Cross River State Edict No. 1 of 1996, the legal framework guiding the recognition of clans and…
