By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, on Friday, elected new executives following the expiration of Anthony Bissong Attah-led excos. The election was held at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Calabar, and the following executives were elected: • Effiom Edet Okon (APP) – Chairman • Omaleko…
By Frank Ulom Rovers Football Club have announced the appointment of Mr Caleb Esu as their new Head Coach. According to a statement from the club, Esu was appointed on Friday, 1 March 2024. Before his appointment into the Calabar-based club, Esu served as a Head Coach at Go-Round FC, Dakkada FC and Assistant Coach…
By Our Reporter Governor Bassey Edet Otu directs the immediate restoration of His Royal Majesty, Prof. Itam Hogan Itam, as the Village Head of Obufa Obio Ukem, Clan Head of Efut Ukem, Muri Munene and Paramount Ruler of the Efuts. Governor Otu who gave the direction on Thursday, 29 Feb. 2024, said the decision is…
By Frank Ulom On Monday, 26 February 2024, a power plant was commissioned in Aba which will provide 24 hours electricity in 9 out of 17 local government areas in Abia State. The power plant, CONVERSEER learned was build by Geometric Power Plant in Osisioma Industrial Layout, Aba, the commercial hub of the state. With…
By Frank Ulom A secondary school teacher and some students were arrested over alleged cultism at Government Secondary School, Akai Efa, Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the teacher (name withheld) and the students (name withheld) were arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a fight broke out at the school….
By Frank Ulom Nine heavyweights of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and their multitude of supporters, have dumped the party in Cross River State. One of them is Rt. Hon. Efa Esua, a two-time member representing Calabar Municipality State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. Esua resigned from the party on 16…
By Frank Ulom Two-time House of Assembly Member, Rt. Hon. Efa Esua, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State. CONVERSEER reports that Esua who represented Calabar Municipality State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly from 2015 to 2023, tendered his resignation letter from the PDP on 16 February…
By Frank Ulom The governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu, has said the current minimum wage for workers is not enough to cover the level of inflation faced by the country. Otu stated this on Tuesday while addressing protesting workers in Calabar. According to the Governor who was ably represented by his deputy,…
By Our Reporter Leaders of the Niger Delta Ex-agitators have commended the efforts of Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu Rtd., and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the ongoing reforms in the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) being implemented by the current PAP Management. Speaking in Calabar on Tuesday, during an interactive session facilitated by the Presidential Amnesty…
By Frank Ulom The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has opened up on the scraping, merging and fusion of 104 Ministries, Development and Agencies, MDAs, as proposed by Stephen Oronsaye’s report. The Oronsaye report established that there are 541 Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies (statutory and non-statutory) and recommended…
