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Calabar, Nigeria – Cross River State Governor Senator Bassey Otu has further awarded an additional 1.5 kilometres to the ongoing 3-kilometre Adiabor road construction in Odukpani Local Government Area. The road, which now extends through Okurikang to link up with the Itu bridge, will decongest traffic and serve as an alternative route to commuters applying…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Government of Cross River State has confirmed the sales of the assets belonging to the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS). The confirmation was made on Tuesday when a team led by Gilbert Agbor Esq., Special Adviser to Governor Bassey Otu on Asset Management and Recovery. Converseer reports that petitions written…
Calabar, Nigeria – Cross River State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has remanded Inspector Effiong Bassey, the Nigeria Police officer who shot three unarmed civilians with his official rifle. Converseer reports that Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene, who presided over the case brought before the court by Officer in Charge of Legal, SP Otu Ubangha…
Calabar, Nigeria – The Cross River State Government has launched a full-scale investigation into the illegal sale of assets belonging to the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), allegedly carried out by members of the university’s former Governing Council. Between May and August 2024, over 400 valuable items were reportedly sold off in secret—not to…
Calabar, Nigeria – A police officer attached to the Atakpa Division in Calabar, Cross River State, has shot three persons after reportedly going AWOL. Converseer learned that the incident occurred on Sunday morning near the Watt Market area, where the police station is located. According to The Paradise News, eyewitnesses said the officer, whose identity…
By Asuquo Cletus Calabar, Nigeria – The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has called for an overhaul to outdated curriculums in Nigerian Universities. Kalu lamented that with the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence), most Nigerian courses are becoming obsolete and cannot be linked to problem-solving in line with modern…
Bekwarra, Cross River – The Legislative arm of Bekwarra Council, in a unanimous resolution today, 20th March 2025, announced the impeachment of the chairman of the Council, Hon. Theresa Akwaji Ushie. According to a statement released by the Council Leader, Hon. Thompson Inah Adie, shortly after their sitting in Abuochiche, the Chairman was impeached based…
By Frank Ulom Calabar, Nigeria – The workforce in the health system of Cross River State is becoming increasingly low following recent data – 23 doctors and 79 nurses and midwives. Accordingly, the population of the state is over 3 million, with the state capital, Calabar, having the most. Imagine only 23 doctors and 79…
By Atibile Williams In George Orwell’s globally acclaimed bestseller, ‘The Animal’s Farm’, it is said that all animals are equal, but some are more equal to others. In the human sphere, great minds are like others but with extraordinary determination to achieve success. Hon. Bette Philip Obi, this pedagogic suasion underscores your indelible prints, extraordinary…
By Solomon Ogar Bekwarra, Cross River – Councillors from the Bekwarra Legislative Council are allegedly gearing and squaring up seriously against the Council Chairman Hon. Theresa Ushie. The reasons for the desperate clandestine moves are not yet known, but Solomon Island reliably gathered this from a source privy to the impeachment plot against the incumbent…