By Frank Edima It dawned on me that it’s one full circle round the sun already since the Bakassi people gave Hon. Eyo Bassey the mandate to represent them on the floor of the Cross River State House of Assembly. Not that the year seemed to run faster than my thoughts but the fact that…
By Anietie Akpan The Cross River State Government has initiated plans to establish six new Cocoa farm estates in six Local Government Areas of the State. The plan was made public during a critical stakeholders engagement meeting held in Calabar, under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Development. This was…
HON. GODWIN OFFIONO’S ONE-YEAR SCORECARD AS A FIRST-TIME HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER, REPRESENTING OGOJA/YALA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY. LEGISLATION/PROJECTS/INTERVENTIONS & EMPOWERMENT, IN ONE YEAR. LEGISLATION Motions: 1- Motion on the need to stop excess charges and illegal deductions by commercial banks in Nigeria. 2- Motion on the need to rehabilitate the Bekwarra-Ogoja-Ikom-Calabar Federal Highway in Cross River…
In what was seen as a national jinx, President Bola Tinubu has reacted to his falling at the Eagle Square during the June 12, 2024 Democracy Day celebration. CONVERSEER reports that the whole nation was mocking, supporting, commenting and reacting when Tinubu tripped, stumbled and fell while trying to climb a parade vehicle in Abuja…
Amidst the biting hunger, hardship and cries from workers, President Bola Tinubu has spent N350 million in celebration of the 2025 June 12 Democracy Day. The approved Democracy Day budget was leaked by PIDOM NIGERIA, an investigative journalism platform popular on X (Twitter) Below is the breakdown of the N350m as approved by Tinubu. Secretariat…
By Anietie Akpan The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of 12 internet fraudsters in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. The fraudsters according to a press release dated June 11 by the Media and Publicity unit of the Uyo Zonal Command of the…
Police officer, Corporal Obagi Njok, who intentionally killed a businessman known as Michael Emmanuel Okocha, for refusing to give him money has been dismissed by the Abia State Police Command for intentionally killing an Aba based businessman, Michael Emmanuel Okocha. Corporal Njok’s dismissal was contained in a press statement signed by the Police Public Relations…
The Cross River State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested and detained a Corporal, Buba Adamu, for promoting himself to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) and failing to report to new station in Kaduna State Command since 2015. The detained corporal who was alleged to have been carrying out illegal activities…
By Anietie Akpan and Ita Williams, Calabar Cross River residents have declared that one year of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has erased whatever gains Nigeria achieved in her 25 years of democracy. In their divergent views, they said there is no democracy in Nigeria as the entire system, institutions and individuals throwing up democracy and…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday tripped, stumbled and fell during the celebration of the 2024 Democracy at the Eagle Square in Abuja. CONVERSEER learned from a LIVE video footage by TVC News on June 12 that Tinubu fell while trying to climb into the back of a parade vehicle. According to the video,…
