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…
The Chairman of Calabar South Local Government in Cross River State, Hon. Esther Bassey has slumped and died. CONVERSEER gathered that Hon. Bassey died at the hospital on Thursday, February 23 after being rushed there for complaining of a stomachache. According to a source, the Chairperson was complaining of a stomachache after which she slumped….
By Frank Ulom A 49-year-old man by the name of Eyo Bassey Etim has been remanded by the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, for kidnapping and murdering Miss Edemawan Harmony, and dumping her body in a septic tank (soakaway). Eyo, who was remanded on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, pleaded guilty to…
Thugs suspected to be acting at the instance of Calabar South Council Authority have allegedly beaten to comma a petty trader in Calabar, Cross River State capital. CONVERSEER gathered that victim identified as Mr Chinedu Igwe, who is the Vice Chairman of Petty Traders Association was attacked by the suspected thugs on Monday, January 2,…
By Frank Ulom CONVERSEER has gathered that not all the victims of the accident killed and injured along Mary Slessor by Bogobiri on December 27, 2022, are of the Hausa/Fulani. Another dead recorded last night, December 28, has it that at least one Cross Riverian was involved in the auto crash. The sector Commander of…
