US woman seeks help locating parents of child she adopted at age 3 By Frank Ulom PENNSYLVANIA (CONVERSEER) – A United States woman, Awilda Ortiz, is seeking help locating the parents of a child she adopted at the age of 3. Ortiz, the non-biological mother to the boy, now a grown man made the appeal…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – 300 Caribbeans have chosen to be indigenes of Cross River State, Nigeria. This was disclosed by Otu Okor, Chairman of the Cross River State Diaspora Commission, on Tuesday, 26th August 2025. Briefing journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Calabar, Okor said the 300 cut…
By Joe Udo NEW MEXICO (CONVERSEER) – The United States President, Donald Trump, has painted the US-Mexico border wall black, saying that when something is painted black, it gets hotter for illegal immigrants to climb. According to Sky News, the US is to paint the entire southern border wall with Mexico black to make the…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Editor of Nigerian Chronicle, Comrade Oka Ibor, has been honoured with the 2025 Cross River State Government Best Service Award. Ibor was presented the award certificate and Service Medal by the Secretary to the Government of Cross River State, Prof. Anthony Owan-Enoh, during the celebration of the Civil/Public…
By Asuquo Cletus CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – As part of the effort in celebrating the 2025 World Humanitarian Day, the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council, Archibong Bassey, has launched a humanitarian initiative known as PADBANK. The initiative is aimed at tackling period poverty as well as restoring dignity to…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – PADBANK Mobile Outreach has joined the global community to mark World Humanitarian Day 2025 with the launch of its Padbank Community Project in Adiabo Community, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. According to the project coordinator, Archibong Bassey, the initiative is designed to address menstrual health and…
SHORTLIST OF SUCCESSFUL FARMERS’ COOPERATIVES FOR THE SUBSIDISED MINI TRACTOR SCHEME By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Government of Cross River State has released the list of successful farmers’ cooperatives for subsidised mini tractor scheme. This was disclosed by a public service announcement on Tuesday, 19th August 2025, by Johnson Ebokpo, Commissioner for Agriculture…
By Nakanda Iyadim CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – In a move to uphold regulatory standards in the water sector following the recent enactment of the State’s Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Law of 2025 by Governor Bassey Otu, a joint Taskforce made up of the Regulatory Department, Ministry of Water Resources and Borehole Drillers Association of Nigeria…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Pakistani authorities have deported 211 Afghan nationals in recent days who were waiting to travel on to Germany on a special admissions scheme, the German Foreign Office said on Monday. Some 450 people who are hoping for permission to enter Germany as part of a programme for individuals particularly at risk…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The 20th edition of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ annual clean-up exercise, tagged “The All Africa Service Project”, held on Saturday, 16th August 2025, with massive participation by members, Community leaders, Government officials and friends of the Church. Communities, government agencies and businesses had the rare…
