A not-for-profit organisation, Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) in collaboration with IHS Nigeria have concluded plans to boost immunisation services in the 196 wards of Cross River State in the next six months with funding to the tune of 47 million naira (N47m). The N47m gesture is part of a 150 million naira (N150m) grant…
On Saturday (14 Oct. 2023), Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr., Senator representing Cross River South joined the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Upstream Resources, Senator Eteng Williams, and other members to inspect the Snake Island Fabrication and Installation Facility in Lagos. The Senate has intensively begun the process of resuscitating the moribund $1 billion…
Forty-six (46) young persons suspected to be internet fraudsters (popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys or Yahoo-Yahoo) have been arrested in Calabar in Cross River State and Eket in Akwa Ibom State. CONVERSEER learned that the suspects were arrested by the operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Christian worshipers are no longer safe as they are being hunted by traditional worshipers in Adim Community in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the traditional religion worshippers have burnt churches, destroyed church equipment and worship items in the last four years in the community. One of the victims, Rev….
The Government of Cross River in Collaboration with Zipline has delivered over 600,000 drugs and vaccine doses in the remotest communities of the state in the last eight months. This innovation which was bridging the healthcare gap in the hard-to-reach communities in the state was seen during an on-the-spot assessment of the Zipline facilities in…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Mr Yakubu Isiaka from Kano for allegedly vandalising the floodlights at the UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar. This was disclosed by Commandant Charles Brown, Cross River’s Commandant of NSCDC on Monday (16 Oct. 2023) in Calabar during a parade of two suspects for vandalising public…
10-year-old Precious Daniel Offiong’s only sin is that his father chose to marry another woman. He’s living in hell on earth because he is a male child and the woman in his father’s house is not his biological mother. As though the regular beatings, starvation, child labour, etc, are not enough, Mrs Mary Ita Edet,…
On Sunday (15 Oct 2023), the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu flagged off his first-ever Carnival Calabar Dry Run. The 2023 Carnival Calabar will also be Bassey Otu’s first carnival since being elected and sworn in as the 15th Governor of Cross River in May 2023. The theme of this year’s carnival…
By Solomon Azu Crisis is imminent over cocoa allocation in Cross River as the State Government has remained indifferent over cocoa administration by the previous government in the State. This follows the setting up of a new cocoa allocation committee with terms of reference at variance with the already executed consent judgment between the cocoa…
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu has stated that the 2023 Carnival Calabar will be the best the world has ever seen, adding that the State security architecture is intact, hence ready to host the world during its 32-day event. Otu gave the assurance on Sunday (15 Oct 2023), while flagging off…