By Frank Ulom Nigerians expected President Bola Tinubu to be at the stadium in Ivory Coast watching the Super Eagles but it was Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate who was spotted at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan. Obi’s presence at the stadium has sparked reactions among Nigerians on social media, calling the Labour…
In May 2019, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) released the 2018 digest of basic statistics, for public and private schools in Nigeria. The data shows that there were nearly 4,151 classrooms in primary (1,697), Early Childhood Care Development and Education (ECCDE)/pre-primary (1,614), and junior secondary schools (840) in bad conditions in the state.
By Cynthia Maduekwe Dear SUG & UNICAL Management, I hope this letter finds you well. As a concerned student, I am writing to bring to your attention the pressing need for the establishment of a fire service unit within our university community. Recent events and past incidents underscore the importance and relevance of having comprehensive…
By Frank Ulom The students and staff of the University of Calabar, UNICAL on Thursday night saved the institution’s Central Store building from a raging fire. CONVERSEER learned from a video sent to our newsroom by an anonymous source around 11pm where the students and staff were calling for help while trying to put off…
By Mo Isa The Vice President of Nigeria, VP Kashim Shettima has labelled some Nigerians as clowns, over comments celebrating the Naira free fall against the United States Dollar. He stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking at a function. The VP who expressed his dissatisfaction with some Nigerians who took to social media,…
By Frank Ulom Money Marriage, a practice where children, young girls and teenagers are being given out to settle financial debt has been abolished in Cross River State. According to the Government of the state, the age-long practice peculiar to the people of Belegete community in Obanliku Local Governor Area of the state has been…
By Our Reporter The member representing Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Bassey, has distributed food items, cash and other relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs of Bakassi at the refugee camp. The Lawmaker, who was accompanied by a crowd of supporters during the visit to the camp, said…
By Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State has issued a restriction of movement in three Local Government Areas, LGAs due to the upcoming elections rerun. According to a public announcement by Major General Okoi Ubi Obono (Rtd), Senior Special Adviser on Security on Wednesday, the affected LGAs are Biase, Obanliku and Yala, and…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – 44 people have been rendered homeless following the fire incident that razed down their 11-room residential apartment in Cross River. Converseer learned that the unfortunate incident happened on Wednesday at Edibe Edibe by Abua Street in Calabar South Local Government Area of the State. The cause of the fire…
By Joe Udo AWKA (CONVERSEER) – Mrs Chinyere Chukwu, a 38-year-old mother of 11 children, has been arrested for selling two of her children, all boys for N1.8 million in Anambra. CONVERSEER learned Mrs Chukwu who decided to sell the children for N1.8m instead of N2 million was arrested on Tuesday by the Anambra State…
