By Our Reporter In the spotlight today is Etubom Anthony Ani (MON, OFR, KSS), an elder statesman from Cross River State and a former Nigerian Finance and Foreign Affairs Minister. The London-trained, seasoned and chartered accountant is the lead contender for the stool of Obong of Calabar, which has been the subject of a persistent…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Five (5) Efik Royal Houses have followed suit to pay a solidarity visit to His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, Obong of Calabar and Grand Patriarch and Treaty King of Efik Kingdom, despite the arrangement from various camps to unseat the First Class King. The visits have been…
By Frank Ulom The 10th Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) has constituted 22 Statutory Committees. The Assembly led by its Speaker, Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem and Deputy Speaker, Hon. Sylvester Agabi, constituted the committees on Tuesday (June 20). Bellow are the 22 Committees and their Chairmen 1. House Service and Security – Hon….
By Frank Ulom The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced the elevation of 35 Academic Staff to Professors and Associate Professors. This was disclosed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Florence Obi on Monday, June 19, 2023. Obi who made the announcement at the 234th Senate Meeting of the University of Calabar held at…
Tragedy has befallen the Sabon Gari Palm Oil market of Bogobiri in Calabar, Cross River State following a fire outbreak that razed down as many shops as one could count. The sad incident, CONCERSEER reports occurred on Friday afternoon (June 16) at the Barracks Road side of Bogobiri. The cause of the fire is yet-to-be-ascertained…
By Ifere Paul Professor Anthony Owan-Enoh: A Technocrat, Administrator & Politician Professor Anthony Owan-Enoh was born on the 27th of December 1957 in Etung Local Government of Cross River State. Professor Anthony Owan-Enoh attended Government Secondary School, Ikom from 1972 to 1976. He proceeded to the School of Arts and Science in Uyo between 1976…
By Frank Ulom Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem has emerged as the Speaker of the 10th Cross River State House of Assembly. CONVERSEER reports that Ayambem emerged as the Speaker on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, during the inauguration of the 10th Cross River State House of Assembly in Calabar. Ayambem is the Member representing Ikom II…
By Our Reporter A lecturer in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, in the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, Dr. Iniudo George-Ukpong, and a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Barbara Brownson have been kidnapped in Calabar. Also kidnapped is one Mike Njagu information reaching our newsroom suggests. While Dr. Iniudo was…
President Bola Tinubu has on Monday, June 19, 2023, retired all Service Chiefs, Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Retd.), Advisers, and several others. CONVERSEER learned that this was contained in a press release signed by Mr Willie Bassey, Director, Information for Secretary to the…
By Our Reporter A separatist group suspected to be Biafra Nations League (BnL) on Tuesday (June 6) evening chased out five oil workers away from Bakassi Peninsula. CONVERSEER learned that the incident took place at about 7pm following a gun battle between the separatist group and the Rapid d’intervention Battalion (BIR), a Cameroonian military unit…
