The suspects. By Anietie Akpan The Cross River State Police Command, in its continued commitment to proactive crime fighting and effective policing, has apprehended two suspects for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition in Ogoja Local Government Area of the State. In a release dated Friday, January 30, signed by Police Public Relations Officer…
By Our Reporter PARIS (CONVERSEER) – France is set to legally abolish the long-standing concept of “conjugal duty,” the idea that marriage comes with an obligation to engage in sexual relations. Lawmakers, on Wednesday, 29 January 2026, approved a bill in the National Assembly amending the civil code to clarify that “community of living” within marriage…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Soldiers from the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army have arrested seven suspected human traffickers in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Converseer learned that the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at Glorious Amazing Grace Hospital, Ikot Ekpo, Calabar Municipality, while trying to sell a newborn baby for N3…
By Orok Otu Duke CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The National Boundary Commission (NBC) has reaffirmed the coastal status of Cross River State and its seaward littoral access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Cross River Estuary, as reflected in official maps and publications. This confirmation was made during a national workshop on the creation of platforms…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Sermatech Nigeria Limited, one of the companies working on the Odukpani-Itu road, has asserted that the road can be completed in less than two years if the Federal Government pays contractors and mobilises them to the site. This was disclosed by Hon. Ita Ayi Asuquo, Public Relations Officer of…
By Babajide Okeowo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – The Nigerian currency, the naira, extended its recovery against the American dollar at the official window on Thursday. At the official window, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) foreign exchange data showed that the naira closed at N1,396.99/$1 on Wednesday, compared to N1,400.47/$1 it traded on Wednesday. This represents a…
By Isaac Dashen BEIJING (CONVERSEER) – At least 11 members of a notorious crime family known as “The Ming Family” which ran series of criminal enterprises including gambling, fraud and a mafia-like extortion syndicate were on Thursday, executed in Northern Myanmar after they were found guilty of involvement in gambling fraud exceeding 10 billion yuan…
ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday gave the former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, the go ahead to take part in this year’s lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia. The judge, who ruled in an application filed by the former governor through his counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN), ordered the…
By Babajide Okeowo LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N233 billion at the close of trading on Thursday. This followed the surge in the share prices of stocks such as RT Briscoe, SCOA and DeapCap, among others, on the trading floor. The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) increased to 165,527.31 points from the…
By Christian Njoku Calabar (NAN, CONVERSEER) – Commercial drivers in Cross River on Thursday received free fuel and tyres during their first meeting of the year, organised by the Unified Commercial Drivers Association. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar after the meeting, Mr Etta Henshaw, State Chairman of the Association, said…
