By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has dismissed a preliminary objection by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seeking to strike out a N500 million defamation suit filed against it by a sales representative of Drugfield Pharmaceuticals, Prince Fajulugbe Adeshola Temitayo. The ruling was delivered…
By Frank Ulom YENAGOA (CONVERSEER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to videos circulating online, Governor Diri announced his resignation in an Executive Council meeting, today, 15th October 2025. According to Arise TV, Diri joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The lingering communal conflict between Biakpan and Etono II communities in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State has deepened, as the Concerned People of Etono II Community have strongly rejected Biakpan’s claims of shared ancestry and land ownership. In a press statement issued on 15 October 2025,…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) — The Biakpan Traditional Rulers Council and Concerned Citizens of Biakpan Community in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State have urged the state and federal governments to enforce long-standing court judgments and official pronouncements regarding their land dispute with neighbouring Etono II community. At a press briefing in…
By Frank Ulom UGEP (CONVERSEER) – Once a towering figure in Nigeria’s foreign policy landscape, the memory of Dr Okoi Arikpo — the country’s longest serving Minister for External Affairs — now sits in quiet neglect along the Ugep/Abaomege federal road in Cross River State. His once-elegant residence, which stood as a symbol of prestige…
