Location: Calabar, Nigeria Start Date: January 2024 Placement Length: 12 Months Language Requirements: English Level 4-Advanced Job Type: On-site Full-time Mid-Senior level Open to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada Only The Volunteer’s Role Are you passionate about developing and implementing communication initiatives as well as gender equality and reducing discrimination against women? If so,…
By Chris Njoku Dr Besong Akotanchi, an Ophthalmologist with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has disclosed that about 1.2 million Nigerians are suffering from diabetic retinopathy. Akotanchi made the remark on Thursday in Calabar during a commemoration of World Diabetes Day organised by the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Unit of UCTH in partnership…
By Frank Ulom The Federal Government Girls’ College, FGGC Calabar celebrated its 50th anniversary with old students stealing the headlines. The 50th anniversary, CONVERSEER gathered started on Friday, November 10 and ended Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at the school premises along Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Bypass, Calabar, Cross River State. The anniversary featured a march pass,…
By Ugoji Nwabueze On the 17th of November 2023, the curtains will draw on the outstanding and shinning historic era of Prof. Ene-Obong Effiom Ene-Obong, former Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) who will be committed to mother earth at Ikot Eneobong Village, Calabar. His death underscores the vanity upon vanity of…
By Frank Ulom The United Nations (UN) seems powerless in the fight against conflicts as the latest one between Israel and Palestine has taken a different dimension but, His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, Leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) is offering a solution to end all conflicts across the world. Disclosing…
By Frank Ulom An auto crash has claimed the lives of three people along the Ikom-Calabar highway in Cross River State. CONVERSEER learned that the accident occurred on Monday in the Nko axis of the road in Yakurr Local Government Area. According to CrossRiverWatch, three people were confirmed dead on the spot. The report stated…
By Frank Ulom Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Prof. Patrick Egaga, Director of SERVICOM, University of Calabar (UNICAL). CONVERSEER learned that Egaga who is also the Director of Special Education was kidnapped on Sunday night at his residence at the UNICAL Staff Quarters, Calabar. According to The Oracle Today, Egaga was whisked away through the river…
By Kingsley Agim Cross River Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk has advised journalists to prioritise regular checkups and healthy exercise regimens amid their onerous tasks of keeping the public informed as well as bridging the gap between the government and the governed. Ayuk gave the advice while declaring open a one-day free medical…
By Frank Ulom His Royal Majesty Uti (Dr) Joseph Davies (JD) Agba OON, Uti Itedem III of Utugwang, Uti Ukani I of Obudu and the Paramount Ruler of Obudu was at the weekend laid to rest in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State. HRM Agba was by record the longest-serving monarch in Africa’s…
By Frank Ulom Several students have been injured and hospitalised following the stampede that broke out during examinations at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Calabar, Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday morning, November 11, 2023, at the GSS Centre. According to sources, the students who were writing general courses could…