By Onigah Joseph IN THE BEGINNING: Coincidence, they say, “is when God does a thing and chooses to remain anonymous.” This axiom reveals the hidden hand of God in our destinies. For Prof. Florence Banku Obi, the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, her rise to this position certainly rhymes with the axiom….
By Our Reporter A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Initiative, NACAT, has rejected the list of former governors the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC wishes to investigate. The group in a world press conference on Saturday, in Abuja, wondered why the anti-graft agency omitted former Governor Ben Ayade of Cross…
By Frank Ulom Nigerians, again have been thrown into darkness following the collapse of the national grid on Sunday. CONVERSEER reports that this is the first time the power grid, managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, is collapsing in 2024. The grid which collapsed at about 11:21am, dropped from 2,407MW to 31MW by…
By Frank Ulom Dr Martins Achadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the Yala II State Constituency rerun election. Achadu was declared winner of the Saturday, 3 February 2024 rerun election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Returning Officer, Mrs Dorathy Inyang. His party, PDP, won the majority of votes cast in…
By Frank Ulom Dr Emil Inyang of the All Progressives Congress, APC has acclaimed his victory for the Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency rerun election. Inyang reclaimed the seat after polling 2,483 votes in the Saturday, February 3, 2024 rerun election, taking his total tally to 15,930 votes. Meanwhile, Inyang’s challenger, Austine Aidam of the Peoples Democratic…
By Frank Ulom The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Pius Ashakia has won the the Obanliku State Constituency rerun election. He was declared the winner of the February 3, 2024 rerun election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Returning Officer, Dr Blessing Anyalebechi, on Saturday. Ashakia polled a total of 275…
By Frank Ulom Officers of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested three persons for allegedly disrupting the ongoing by-election in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the three people arrested were one Barr. Emmanuel Itile and his two younger brothers. The trio, suspected to be political thugs were apprehended by…
By Frank Ulom The European Union, EU Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, said the union has committed five million euros (€5m) to conserve wildlife and forestry in Cross River State. Isopi stated this on Friday while being hosted by the Governor of Cross River State,…
By Our Reporter In a move aimed at enhancing the operations of the Press Unit at Government House, the Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency Senator Bassey Otu, on Friday presented a brand new 18-seater bus to the unit. This gesture, lauded as a significant boost to press coverage and government transparency, aligns with…
By Nsikak Ibatt On Thursday at about 8:35 PM, fire engulfed the Central Store House of the Students’ Affairs Division, University of Calabar, burning down office equipment worth millions of naira as well as files that contained Students’ documentation. The students and staff of the institution placed a distress call to the firefighters at about…
