By Frank Ulom Governor Bassey Otu has returned the Bikers’ Carnival which is part of the Carnival Calabar discontinued a year ago. CONVERSEER reports that former Governor Ben Ayade discontinued the Bikers’ Carnival also referred to as Bikers Parade in 2022 following the accident that claimed the lives of a pregnant woman and eight others….
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Representative at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC Board, Rt. Hon. Orok Duke has distributed rice and N400,000 cash to Canaan Table Tennis players in the state. The distribution, CONVERSEER gathered took place at the Canaan Table Tennis Club section of the UJ Esuene Stadium on Tuesday. The…
By Mo Isa The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead at 67. According to SaharaReporters, Akeredolu died on Wednesday in Lagos, after battling leukaemia, a cancer of the blood caused by a rise in the number of white blood cells in the body. He was managed by State House doctors up to his…
By Joseph Ashia A few weeks ago, the news for the conduct of Local Government Council Elections in Cross River State filtered in. While details of its authenticity remain sketchy, pundits, gladiators and interested individuals and groups have swung into action with the usual gimmicks, calculations, alignment and realignments based on their Interests. As this…
By Frank Ulom The 2023 Carnival Calabar & Festivals proper has started today, Tuesday with the Cultural Carnival. The Cultural Carnival was flagged off at the Millenium Park (Eleven-Eleven), Calabar, by Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, Deputy Governor of Cross River State Deputy Governor, who said Cross River is home for all. Many states of the…
By Joe Udeo A tragic fire incident has claimed the life of Mrs Elizabeth Udo Ekpenyong, wife of the former Akwa Ibom State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Chairman, late Obong Udo Ekpeyong. CONVERSEER reports that the fire which gutted the house of late Ekpenyong, also took the life of his sister-in-law, Ms Ofonime Frank, in…
By Frank Ulom Two persons have been arrested by the police in Cross River over the abduction of the wife of a car dealer, Mrs Aliu in Calabar. CONVERSEER reports that Mrs Aliu was kidnapped in October by the gang who collected a ransom from her husband before being released. However, the kidnappers met their…
By Frank Ulom Unknown gunmen on Christmas Day killed one Akpang Ayambem, kinsman to Rt. Hon. Elvert Ayambem, Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. CONVERSEER learned that the incident happened in the evening of the day at Nde 3 Corners, the community of Speaker Ayambem in Ikom Local Government Area of the…
By Frank Ulom The Chief Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Hilary Bisong on Monday celebrated the 2023 Christmas with Persons Living with Disabilities, PLWD, in his constituency, promising them monthly stipends. Bisong, who is also the Member Representing Boki II State Constituency said creativity and capability have no restriction,…
By Chris Njoku Residents of Cross River have decried the low cash in circulation in the state, noting that it had made the Yuletide which should be a season of relaxation and joy a difficult one. Some of the residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN on Sunday in Calabar said there…