Fly High, Our Silver Bird: Fly High! (For Governor Bassey Edet Otu, Silverbird “Man of the Year,2025 and The Sun Newspaper, Man of the Year 2025”) Cross River is proud of you, Fly high, our Silver-bird, Fly high, Sail on by, Your time is on. Like a bridge over troubled waters, You are to ease…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Government of Cross River State has announced a comprehensive ban on illegal mining across the state following a strategic meeting with critical stakeholders in the sector. The directive was given by the Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, on Thursday. The decisive directive, which takes immediate effect, exempts only operators…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has approved the following appointments: 1. Mr Anthony Asuquo Okon as Permanent Secretary, Audit Service Commission. 2. Mr Bassey Abam Eko as Acting Auditor-General for Local Governments, pending confirmation by the State House of Assembly. According to a statement signed…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, has approved the appointment of Mrs Akedo Okoi Edet as Statistician-General of the state. Edet’s appointment was disclosed in a statement signed by Mr Linus Obogo, Chief Press Secretary and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, on…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has extended warm and effusive felicitations to his immediate predecessor, former Governor Ben Ayade, as he marks his 58th birthday, describing him as an erudite scholar, audacious reformer and patriot whose years in office etched indelible footprints on the sands of the…
