Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has commenced the recruitment of ad-hoc staff who will perform various election duties for the 2024 Local Government Election. According to a job advertisement release issued in Calabar and signed by the Secretary of CROSIEC, Dr Lawrence Edu, on Monday, the Commission accordingly requested suitably qualified members of…
The people of Awi Ward in Akamkpa 1 State Constituency have written Governor Bassey Otu an open letter over the marginalisation of the zone ahead of the 2024 Cross River State local government election. According to the letter signed by Mr Ekib Edet Okpa, and made available to CONVERSEER on Monday, the people said out…
Residents of Basan-Mbube in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State have expressed joy after seeing street lights for the first time. The street lights, CONVERSEER reports, were installed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and facilitated by Chief Orok Duke, Cross River State representative of the Commission. The NDDC Solar Streetlight project,…
Two Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) members, Hon. Martins Achadu and Hon. Brian Odey, have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Achadu, who represents Yala I State Constituency, officially defected from PDP to the APC in the Ijiraga ward. Shortly after,…
By Carolyn Ugbor As Cross River State joins the global community to mark the 2024 World Tourism Day with the theme, ‘Tourism and Peace’ the Cross River State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts And Culture, Honourable Ewa Abubakar, has advocated for peaceful coexistence amongst the citizenry for tourism to thrive. Speaking at the event held at…
