CALABAR – Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, have intercepted a large consignment of illegal wildlife products at Calabar’s Mfum/Ekok Joint Border Station. Speaking at a press briefing in Calabar on Monday, 24 March 2025, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Chukwudi Ogbonna, disclosed…
CALABAR – The management of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) has postponed all examinations initially scheduled between the 3rd and 5th of April 2025, indefinitely, following a protest by the students over the institution’s “No Fees, No Exams” policy. The postponement comes after a closed-door meeting between university management and student union leaders,…
CALABAR – In a significant blow to illegal mining activities, the Cross River State government’s Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce, led by Chairman Prince Paul Bassey Effiong, has arrested 21 suspected illegal miners in a joint operation with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The operation, which spanned several days across Biase, Yakurr, and Obubra…
CALABAR – The Cross River State Chapter Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), His Youthfulness Comr. Emmanuel Olayi has approved the nomination of nine persons to the State Advisory Council (SAC). According to a press release issued by Comr. Melchizedek Okwe, NYCN- CRS Public Relations Officer on Thursday, the nomination is in…
CALABAR – A truck carrying refuse has fallen on a mechanic, killing him in the process in Calabar, Cross River State. Converseer learned that the incident happened on Thursday evening at about 8 PM along Marian Road by Federal Pay Office. According to sources, the mechanic was repairing the truck which broke down in the…
