The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a stern warning against June 12 protests which it claimed are being planned by certain individuals and groups. According to a statement by Peter Afunanya, Director, PR and Strategic Communications, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday, the protests are designed with sinister objectives to coincide with the…
The State Taskforce on Health Quality and Anti-quackery has sought collaboration with the Cross River Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in order to strengthen advocacy on health quality as well as nib all forms of quackery in the bud. The Taskforce made the partnership request when its coordinator led a five-member delegation on…
President Bola Tinubu has extended his sincere condolences to His Excellency, President Lazarus Chakwera, and the people of Malawi over the passing of Vice-President Saulos Chilima and other officials in a plane crash. President Tinubu commiserated with the families of the deceased over this deeply distressing incident, which happened on a mournful Monday, 10th June…
OPINION By Nsa Gill Welcome to Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State in the South-South geo-political zone and crude oil and gas-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Known for its rich history and cultural heritage, a reputation that faced the challenge of neglect and near abandonment in the recent past. The current administration,…
Care for Social Welfare International (CASWI) has established a five-tone per hour garri processing mill for selected Cameroonian refugee women in Calabar. The initiative which was implemented by CASWI with funds from the Women Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) and technical support from UN Women was titled “Women Household Empowerment Project.” Inaugurating the plant on…
By Our Reporter Efut Combined Assembly, the apex decision-making body of the Efut Kingdom has berated Prof. Itam Hogan Itam for trying to mislead the public with a news item in the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC), Calabar, purportedly withdrawing certificates of recognition of some certificated Clan heads in Efut. The body, in a press…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has taken a resolution removing the Chairman of the State Traditional Rulers’ Council, HRM (Dr) Etim Okon Edet. The resolution, CONVERSEER gathered was made during today, Tuesday’s plenary by the House headed by Speaker Elvert Ayambem. The reason for Edet’s removal, the House stated, was because he had…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is organising a free medical outreach in Cross River State from 16th to 22nd June 2024. CONVERSEER gathered that the outreach which cuts across the nine NDDC states will take place at the General Hospital Akamkpa, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The free medical outreach includes…
Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has directed the immediate disbandment of the suspended Cocoa Allocation Taskforce and Surveillance Team in the four (4) Government-owned Cocoa Estates in Etung LGA set up by the Cocoa Allocation Committee, including any other group operating under any guise. The Governor also directed the immediate lifting of suspension on…
By Magnus Effiong Clan heads and other leaders of the Efut Combined Assembly (ECA), whose certificates were reportedly withdrawn by the Munene of the Efuts, Prof Itam Hogan Itam, have described the said withdrawal of their certificates as jokes taken too far. Their position was contained in a press statement signed by the Secretary-General of…
