…tasks them on integrity, discipline and rule of law By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River Commissioner of Police, CP Rashid Afegbua, has formally decorated 464 Inspectors elevated to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police II (ASP II). According to ASP Sunday Eitokpah, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, the decoration…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Evangelist Stephen Egege Atukanre, has formally declared his intention to contest for the position of State Chairman, unveiling a comprehensive Seven-Point Agenda aimed at repositioning the party for unity, discipline and strategic victory ahead of the 2027…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has remanded six persons suspected of kidnapping and killing Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a prominent Professor of Neurology at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Those remanded are Patrick Essien Etim, also known as PATO; Etim Effiong Eyo, alias IT-CAN-HAPPEN; Anthony Essien…
By Odey Ojeka UGEP (CONVERSEER) – The Chairman of Yakurr Local Government Area, Hon. Yibala Igri Inyang, has called for peace, unity, and discipline as the local government prepares for its All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress. Speaking at a pre-ward congress meeting with stakeholders at the Council Hall, Inyang stressed that the congress is…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A former Honourable, Hon. Ukpong Edet Godwin Edet, has been accused of collecting N4 million from herders to permit open grazing in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. The accusations were made during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Cross River State Police Command to address the…
By Frank Ulom ODUKPANI (CONVERSEER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), Akamkpa Ward in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, has suspended Mr Ekanim Philip Johnson a.k.a Water Board, from the party for allegedly insulting Rt. Hon. Bassey Akiba, member representing Odukpani/Calabar Municipality Federal Constituency. According to a notice of suspension signed by…
By Efiom Attoe CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The recent submission of the Federal Government’s Inter-Agency Committee report to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) may appear, on the surface, to signal a victory for Cross River State. After years in the wilderness, Cross River is projected to be relisted as an oil-producing state with…
By Frank Ulom BOKI (CONVERSEER) – Community leaders of Abo-Obisu Village in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have banished a 60-year-old woman, Florence Osang, over alleged witchcraft. Converseer learned that Osang, a cocoa farmer, was banished for 10 years over the display of witchcraft, resulting in the alleged killing of a 40-year-old…
By Frank Ulom BOKI (CONVERSEER) – Over 12 illegal Fulani migrants have been apprehended in Cross River State. The arrest was made by the Boki local government security team. According to The Beagle News, the security team headed by the Council Chairman’s SA on Local Security, Mr Stanley Eban, intercepted the migrants around the Ndemechang-Irruan…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal Government Inter-Agency Committee on Nigeria’s Oil-Producing States has submitted its final report on the 2017–2025 nationwide verification of crude oil and gas coordinates to the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Dr Mohammed Shehu. The report was formally received on Friday, 13 February…
