Officers of the Nigeria Police Force are taking advantage of the communal crisis that erupted on Sunday (Oct. 1) in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that there was unrest along the Calabar-Ikom Highway, in between Ovonum and Ofatura in Obubra at about 3:30pm. Several houses, businesses and other valuables were…
We are up and running for this year’s Carnival Calabar as the Government of Cross River State announces the timetable for dry runs. According to Austin Cobham, Executive Secretary of the Cross River State Carnival Commission, the dry runs will commence this October and end December. The Commission also introduced a dry run for Children…
The Women Wing of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Calabar Chapter have disclosed to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, that they don’t need the introduction of pension managers to access their gratuities. The appeal was made by the Chairperson of the group, Mrs Mary Koofrey in an interview with the News Agency of…
Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu has assured civil servants of his administration’s commitment to improving their welfare and the working conditions in the workforce as well as clearing the backlog of retirees’ gratuities before the end of the year. Otu, who made the commitment on Wednesday (Oct. 4), during the swearing-in ceremony of Dr…
The attention of the Management of the University of Calabar has been drawn to a publication with an unusually lengthy headline making the rounds in social media titled “Breaking: University of Calabar Probe Panel Finds Law Prof Ndifon Guilty of Gross Misconduct…” We wish to state unequivocally that the aforesaid report credited to “Sahara Reporters”…
Goodwill Message From His Excellency, The Governor Of Cross River State – Senator Prince Bassey E. Otu To The People Of The State On The Occasion Of The 63rd Independence Anniversary Of Nigeria, 1st October, 2023. PROTOCOL… My dear compatriots, today we take a retrospective view of and celebrate the arrest, intimidation, incarceration and other…
Rev. (Mrs) Eyoanwan Bassey Otu, the wife of the Governor of Cross River State on Sunday, visited the General Hospital in Calabar to celebrate the birth of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day baby. Rev. Otu was duly represented by Mrs Nelly Elvert Ayambem (Wife of the Speaker, CRSHA) while expressing great joy during the event, noted…
A fish seller identified as Mrs Rosemary Ofem has been kidnapped in Cross River State and her kidnappers are demanding five million naira (N5m) as ransom. CONVERSEER gathered that Mrs Ofem was kidnapped on Tuesday (Sept. 26) at Ikang, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the state. According to a source, she was kidnapped alongside others…
Mr Mba Ukweni, SAN and a leader in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has disclosed that PDP made a lot of mistakes in the general elections that took place early in 2023 both at federal and state levels. Ukweni made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Governor of Cross River State Sen. Prince Bassey Otu has called on the Nigerian Labour Union to sheath their sword and give the government a chance for more deliberation. The Governor who spoke through his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey during the Thanksgiving service held today the 1st of October 2023 at The Presbyterian…