By Ita Williams, Calabar The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Calabar, Cross River state on August 1, was scanty as most streets in Calabar were empty while the banks and few other businesses remained closed. But the city of Calabar, remained generally peaceful on the first day of the nationwide protest. However the arrest of the…
A young man and a father of one, Agim Ushie (Alinco), who was also preparing for his wedding in four months’ time has died from a fatal accident. Agim who hails from Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State was supposed to have his marriage in November this year before he had an accident…
The police have arrested 10 persons, including a journalist, some activists, and protesters, during a peaceful protester in the ongoing 11-day nationwide protest in Calabar, Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the journalist, activists, and peaceful protesters were beaten and arrested by the police and taken to an unknown location. The name of the journalist…
By Magnus Effiong A Cocoa farmer at Agbokim Waterfalls community and Abonita cocoa state in Etung local government area of Cross River state, Mr Mbu Liku, has appealed to Governor Bassey Otu to help in bringing back one of his workers identified as Mike, said to be missing since last Sunday. The worker was reported…
By Magnus Effiong The Organised Labour, coalition of Civil Society Organisations, student groups, women groups, youths and market women, Wednesday, rose from a well-attended meeting to distance themselves from the #endbadgovernance protest. Speaking, Chairman Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, in the State, Comrade Gregory Olayi, said workers in the state would not participate in the protest, submitting “As…
By Magnus Effiong The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has said it would be on the Streets of Calabar and other major towns in the State from August 1 to 11, 2024 for a solidarity rally in support of good governance at both Federal and State levels. Chairman of the party in…
Android Headline published a blog post yesterday (31st July), confirming from internal channels that Google Pixel 9 series phones will be equipped with Android 14 operating system (OS) when they leave the factory. This is the first time in the history of Google Pixel phone releases. Usually, Pixel phones will be equipped with the latest…
Android Headline published a blog post yesterday (31st July), revealing that Google Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL phones can “record” 8K videos through the “Video Boost” function. “Video Upscaling” is a feature that Google first launched in the Pixel 8 Pro mobile phone last year. Officials said that it allows users to…
According to the latest report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft may be too large to dock smoothly with NASA’s planned lunar space station. GAO studied the mass limits of the space station and found that the total mass of its two main components, the Habitation and Logistics Module (HALO) and…
Google published a blog post yesterday (31st July), announcing that it will take a more proactive approach to clean up false content in its search engine. Google said that with the popularisation of AI technology, more and more AI-generated pictures and videos are being produced, which has also spawned bad content such as “deepfakes” and…
