By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Federal Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has disclosed that the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway will feature CCTV cameras, relief stations, and solar-powered lighting to enhance safety and ensure rapid emergency response times of under ten minutes. Umahi made the disclosure at the weekend during an inspection of the…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Federal civil servants in Cross River State have pledged to ensure that their presence in the state is marked by professionalism and excellence as they look forward to 2026. Dr Rita Akpan, Chairman of the Association of Heads of Federal Establishments (AHFE), Cross River Chapter, made the pledge during…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Labour Party has reelected Patriarch Ogar Osim as its state chairman in Cross River. Converseer reports that Ogar, who would now pilot the affairs of the party for another four years, was returned during the party’s congress on Saturday in Calabar, where delegates passed a vote of confidence on…
By Kingsley Agim CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Executive Council has approved the direct procurement of 150 units of Daihatsu Hijet mini buses as part of a new empowerment initiative aimed at supporting vulnerable and less-privileged groups across the state’s three senatorial districts. Approving the memo from the Ministry of Transportation, signed by…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has granted bail of N4 million to seven alleged members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) accused of assaulting Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials. Delivering the ruling on the matter with file number MC/500C/2025, on Friday in…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A political content creator and Special Adviser on Strategic Communications, National Assembly, Otuekong Offiong Andem Bassey, popularly known as Theatre god, has built a house for his mother in Calabar, Cross River State. The Public Relations (PR) consultant and brand strategist recently built and furnished the home in a…
By Frank Ulom BEKWARRA (CONVERSEER) – Residents of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State are seeking assistance from the public to identify and contact the family of a young woman who died on Thursday following a motorcycle accident. The victim, identified through her National Identification Number (NIN) as Agbama Success Awam, was involved…
By Archibong Emmanuel CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – One of the youth leaders in Effi, Okuni community in Ikom local government area of Cross River State, Comrade Alobi Ndifon, has asked the Executive Director of Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), Prince Odey Oyama, to tender payment evidence for N40 million compensation money that he allegedly collected…
By Odey Ojeka UGEP (CONVERSEER) – The Federal Fire Service, on Thursday, officially opened a fire station in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area and Ikom, Ikom Local Government Area. The ceremony was led by Controller Williams, head of the Federal Fire Service for Cross River and Akwa Ibom states, representing the Controller‑General. Controller Williams praised Senator Eteng…
…says, “It is a joke taken too far” By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Alphonsus Ogar Eba, has rejected his purported impeachment as the state’s party chairman. Recall that the State Executive Committee (SEC) of the party, on Thursday, 4th December 2025,…
