By Frank Ulom Another chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Emmanuel Irom has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC in Cross River State. Irom, a prominent member of the PDP resigned his membership from the party on Monday, 12 February 2024. His decision, CONVERSEER gathered, came in after a brief meeting with…
By Our Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to urgently rehabilitate the Street children in the Calabar metropolis. Hon. Eyo Bassey Edet, the member representing Bakassi state constituency, brought the attention of the House to the alarming increase in the number of street children in Calabar. Expressing…
By Chris Njoku Retired Archbishop Tunde Adeleye, Former Archbishop of the Anglican Province of the Niger Delta has asserted that Nigeria needed to revert to correct, proper and honest federalism if it must experience change. Adeleye disclosed this on Tuesday during the second edition of Birthday Colloquium in his honour in Calabar with the theme…
By Joe Udo The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, has appointed Mr Aniefiok Iwaudofia as his Senior Special Assistant, SSA on Grassroots Mobilisation. CONVERSEER learned from a press release signed by Mr Ekerete Udoh, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Tuesday (13 Feb. 2024), that Iwaudofia’s appointment is with immediate effect….
By Frank Ulom The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, has said the Governor is not seeking any financial assistance whatsoever. Recall that during the 2019 and 2023 general elections, politicians were coming out to claim that citizens bought interest forms for them. Some even solicited funds…
By Frank Ulom The All Progressives Congress, APC has urged the candidates who contested for the February 3, 2024 rerun elections in Cross River to accept defeat and not seek further redress. This is coming in after the party lost the rerun elections in Yala II and Obanliku State Constituencies to the Peoples Democratic Party,…
By Frank Ulom The Government of Cross River State has partnered Swiss firm, De Medical AG, to establish a drone manufacturing plant in Tinapa as well as an ultra-modern health centre in Calabar. The partnership also includes a 5,000-hectare modern technology for precision farming and data-driven crop management by Netiol Incorporated. This, according to the…
By Our Reporter Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has expressed his deepest condolences over the tragic death of the Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Access Holdings Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son and others in a helicopter accident in the United States. “I received with utmost shock and sadness the tragic death of…
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State House of Assembly has refuted the claim that it is attempting to ambush and strip Governor Bassey Otu of his constitutional powers following the passing of the Cross River State House of Assembly Service Commission Amendment Bill. This was made known in a statement signed by Matthew Okache,…
By Our Reporter Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River has called for closer diplomatic ties between Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. The Governor made the call when he played host to the Consuls General of both countries in Calabar on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Speaking when he received the Consul General of the Republic of…
