By Frank Ulom Money Marriage, a practice where children, young girls and teenagers are being given out to settle financial debt has been abolished in Cross River State. According to the Government of the state, the age-long practice peculiar to the people of Belegete community in Obanliku Local Governor Area of the state has been…
By Our Reporter The member representing Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Bassey, has distributed food items, cash and other relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs of Bakassi at the refugee camp. The Lawmaker, who was accompanied by a crowd of supporters during the visit to the camp, said…
By Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State has issued a restriction of movement in three Local Government Areas, LGAs due to the upcoming elections rerun. According to a public announcement by Major General Okoi Ubi Obono (Rtd), Senior Special Adviser on Security on Wednesday, the affected LGAs are Biase, Obanliku and Yala, and…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – 44 people have been rendered homeless following the fire incident that razed down their 11-room residential apartment in Cross River. Converseer learned that the unfortunate incident happened on Wednesday at Edibe Edibe by Abua Street in Calabar South Local Government Area of the State. The cause of the fire…
By Joe Udo AWKA (CONVERSEER) – Mrs Chinyere Chukwu, a 38-year-old mother of 11 children, has been arrested for selling two of her children, all boys for N1.8 million in Anambra. CONVERSEER learned Mrs Chukwu who decided to sell the children for N1.8m instead of N2 million was arrested on Tuesday by the Anambra State…
