By Ken Ibenne The unofficial market saw the naira hold above the N1200/$ band, which caused the Nigerian currency to halt its weekly winning streak vs the US dollar. The naira’s runaway rise since late March, which had made it the world’s best-performing currency, ended on Sunday when it had its first weekly fall on…
By Our Reporter Few weeks after the people of Efut Kingdom in Cross River State rejected a Muri Munene/Paramount Ruler of the Efuts who Governor Bassey Otu endorsed, some clan heads of the Akpabuyo Traditional Rulers Council have also rejected the appointment of HRH Etinyin Francis Effiom Edem as the Acting Paramount Ruler of the…
By Odey Ojeka A tragic incident occurred on Saturday evening (20th April 2024) at about 10pm in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. A truck that was fully loaded with condemned irons rammed into a resident building located at Magistrate Road, close to Ediba Junction in Ugep. The impact of the crash…
By Ovat Abeng A human rights advocate, Barrister Anthony Kelechi Agbasiere, has called for the freedom of the controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, who is currently serving a six-month imprisonment without an option of fine for abusing the Nigerian currency, naira, noting that nothing is wrong in spraying money when one…
By Frank Ulom A major bridge of one of the federal roads in Cross River State, Mangor Bridge, has collapsed. CONVERSEER gathered that the bridge, located in Mangor, Oban in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state, collapsed on Wednesday, 17th April, leaving commuters stranded. According to a source, the bridge collapsed when a heavy-duty…
By Chris Njoku Mrs Nsa Ekpenyong, Mobilisation Officer for the Cross River Primary Healthcare Development Agency (CRSPHCDA) has charged healthcare workers in the state to operate based on their limitations Ekpenyong made the call on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the end of a five-day training for frontline…
