By Frank Ulom A mother of four girls identified as Mrs Martina Okey Itagbor has been burnt to death by a group of angry youths over allegations bordering on witchcraft. The ugly incident, CONVERSEER gathered occurred at about 7:00 am on June 18, 2023, in Old Netim in Akamkpa Local Government of Cross River State….
By Frank Ulom The gay community in Cross River State has held an LGBT drag party in Calabar, the state capital. The party tagged “Pride Ballroom 2023 – Most Beautiful Drag 2023”, CONVERSEER gathered was held on Friday (June 30) in a hotel (name withheld) at Ekorim I in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area. The…
Tragedy has befallen the Sabon Gari Palm Oil market of Bogobiri in Calabar, Cross River State following a fire outbreak that razed down as many shops as one could count. The sad incident, CONCERSEER reports occurred on Friday afternoon (June 16) at the Barracks Road side of Bogobiri. The cause of the fire is yet-to-be-ascertained…
By Our Reporter A lecturer in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, in the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, Dr. Iniudo George-Ukpong, and a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, Barbara Brownson have been kidnapped in Calabar. Also kidnapped is one Mike Njagu information reaching our newsroom suggests. While Dr. Iniudo was…
By Our Reporter A separatist group suspected to be Biafra Nations League (BnL) on Tuesday (June 6) evening chased out five oil workers away from Bakassi Peninsula. CONVERSEER learned that the incident took place at about 7pm following a gun battle between the separatist group and the Rapid d’intervention Battalion (BIR), a Cameroonian military unit…
Over 45 persons have died and their corpses recovered after a self-acclaimed Pastor Paul Makenzi of the Good News International Church in Kenya subjected his followers to fast in order “to meet Jesus”. CONVERSEER gathered that the corpses were discovered over the weekend across the south eastern County of Kilifi. According to Kenya’s Criminal Investigation…
By Frank Ulom The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, University of Cross River, UNICROSS (formerly CRUTECH) Wednesday, April 19, 2023, staged a peaceful protest demanding their 3 months’ salary arrears. The NASU members, CONVERSEER reports staged the protest in the Calabar campus of UNICROSS Apart from their salary arrears, they also…
By Frank Ulom Archbishop (Emeritus) Joseph Edrah Ukpo has died at 85 years of age. CONVERSEER learned that Ukpo died on Wednesday morning 1 March 2023, in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Reports say he died after a brief illness. Ukpo, who served as the Bishop of Ogoja Diocese before being elevated to Archbishop of…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Calabar Municipal State Constituency in the 2023 general election, Mr Stanley Nsemo has been arrested for suspicion of vote buying. CONVERSEER gathered that Nsemo, who is vying for the seat of Calabar Municipality State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly was arrested…
Cross River state governor, Professor Ben Ayade has described the sudden death of Calabar South local government chairperson, Mrs Esther Bassey as painful and devastating. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Barrister Christian Ita, the governor bemoaned Mrs Bassey’s death saying her demise was shocking. “It was with a…
