By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Good Governance Advocacy International has called on President Bola Tinubu to review the appointment of a Rector for Federal Polytechnic, Ugep, insisting that equity, fairness and federal character principles were not followed in the final decision. The Director-General of the group, Sir Leonard Anyogo who made the call…
By Ita Williams, Calabar Cross River state government has temporary suspended all taxation and enforcement activities affecting mini-bus drivers in the state. The commercial bus drivers in the state had on Thursday, February 26 embarked on a peaceful protest against what they described as excessive levies and multiple taxation by various government agencies blocking key…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu, has approved the immediate reconstruction of some federal roads in Niger State. They are, Mokwa–Bida Road of 120kms, the 63kms Mokwa–Makeri Road and the Bida–Lanbata Road of 123.5kms. The three projects totalling 306.5 kilometres will be reconstructed using reinforced concrete pavement to ensure durability and long-term…
President of the 10th Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. By Ken Harries There’s a trend in Nigeria where accusations are louder than the coin box, and everyone scrambles to the high ground of moral outrage. Yet, here comes Senator Godswill Akpabio, the President of the 10th Senate, going against the trend like a devoted monk who…
One of the sacred cars torched. By Anietie Akpan A new dimension of crime is sneaking into Cross River state as unknown persons on Thursday, February 26 attacked and set ablaze a portion of St Mary’s Catholic Church in Boki Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The incident according to reports occurred at about…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a new timetable for the 2027 general election. Recall that the Commission had earlier fixed Saturday, 20 February 2027 for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections and Saturday, 6 March 2027 for the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections pursuant…
By Frank Ulom BOKI (CONVERSEER) – Uknown arsonists have set ablaze all the records at St. Mary Quasi Parish Catholic Church, Katchuan, Irruan in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The arsonists also set fire to two vehicles belonging to the presiding priest. The incident, Converseer gathered, occurred on Thursday morning at about…
Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN By Anietie Akpan Following the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon through the 2002 judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the subsequent implementation of the Green Tree Agreement (GTA) of 2005, so much water had gone under the bridge through the action or inaction and the docile approach…
Environmental Experts and other forestry stakeholders during the stakeholders conference with the Journalists on Wednesday in Calabar. By Ita Williams, Calabar In a move to address the escalating issues of deforestation and forest crimes, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and key stakeholders in the forestry sector have called for a comprehensive review of the Cross River…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Mr John Wali, Senior Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Advisor at Self Help Africa (SHA), has urged other Nigerian states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to emulate the exemplary progress made by Cross River and Kano States in advancing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, ensuring availability and sustainable…
