By Frank Ulom Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Cross River State chapter on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, went to the polls to elect new State Executives to pilot the affairs of the association. In a keenly contested election that took place at Ikom, Dr Ramsey Tiku Ebam Ndep emerged victorious as State Chairman. The…
By Frank Ulom The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has nullified the election of Dr Emil Inyang, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, as Member representing Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency. The Tribunal, CONVERSEER gathered, declared Hon. Austine Aidam of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the election….
By Frank Ulom Embattled Professor Cyril Ndifon, erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) will be facing a panel set up by the institution to investigate various allegations bordering on official misconduct, sexual harassment, abuse of office labelled against him. This was disclosed by Barr. Gabriel Orok, Secretary of the Investigative…
By Frank Ulom In other to cushion the effect of the removal fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu in May, Governor Bassey Otu has announced palliatives for workers in Cross River State. The palliatives include payment of N10,000 monthly stipend for all workers for the next 6 months, and 2 days off for workers from…
LAWSAN (LAW STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA- UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR) RESPONSE TO PROF. NDIFON’S DECEPTIVE STATEMENTS The Law Students’ Association of Nigeria, University of Calabar Chapter, (LAWSAN UCC) under the leadership of His Excellency, Comr OBI BENEDICT OTU as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, Hon. TARBO PATRICIA as the Speaker of…
By Asu Bisong Kekong In narrating what he called ‘My Side of the Story’, Prof. Cyril Ndifon did an injustice to the University of Calabar and the public by not revealing the following truths. 1. The VC, Prof. Florence Obi alongside Prof. Egaga, Bassey Igiri Okon and Prof. Rowland Ndoma Egba were among Cross Riverians…
The governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has announced the theme for the 2023 Carnival Calabar, tagged “Season of Sweetness. This was disclosed by Mr Andrea Ekeng Inyang, Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media on Sunday, September 3, 2023. According to Inyang, the Governor also returned the Children’s Carnival which was…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate replacement of Hon. Asu Okang with Rt. Hon. Orok Duke as NDDC Commissioner representing Cross River State. This was contained in a press release signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity on Friday, September 1, 2023. Recalled that earlier this month,…
By Frank Ulom A stray bullet has hit Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation over her statement that President Bola Tinubu will eradicate poverty in Nigeria by 20230. The bullet was shot by one Essien Otu, a Cross Riverian, while commenting on Edu’s statement on Saturday (August 26) in a popular…
…establishes Whistleblowing desk The Government of Cross River State has placed a reward of five million naira (N5m) on anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the kidnappers of Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a Neurologist with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), who was abducted from her residence on July 13, 2023….