By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Former Senator Representing Cross River State Southern Senatorial District, Gershom Bassey, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The 2023 governorship aspirant dumped the party in July. In a statement on 24th July 2025, Bassey boasted about the party’s achievements in the state from 1999 to date. “It’s…
By Kingsley Agim UGEP (CONVERSEER) – Cross River State governor, Bassey Otu, has advocated for preserving our culture and heritage, insisting that they remain the core of human existence, which must be preserved at all costs. Otu made the advocacy during the 2025 Leboku International New Yam Festival, celebrated in Ugep by communities across the…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Rotimi Pedro (South-West) as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). A statement by Segun Imohiosen Director, Information & Public Relations, Office Of The Secretary To The Government of the Federation also names three new members of the Management…
By Jason Hopkins, DCNF CALIFORNIA (DCNF, CONVERSEER) – An Obama-appointed judge ruled late Friday that the Trump administration could not deny federal funds to dozens of cities and counties over their sanctuary policies. U.S. District Judge William Orrick, appointed to the bench in Northern California by President Barack Obama, extended a preliminary injunction that blocks…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has declared that he will restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027. Kachikwu, who accused successive administrations of mismanaging the subsidy regime, said ordinary Nigerians should not continue to suffer for the failures of…
By Joe Udo WASHINGTON D.C. (CONVERSEER) – United States Vice President JD Vance has confirmed that the federal government has “broad” concerns about former National Security Advisor John Bolton following an FBI raid on his home and office. In a preview of an interview set to air Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Vance told…
By Divine Bishung CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State House of Assembly has passed a bill to establish the office of the Surveyor-General of the State. The bill, sponsored by the Member representing Calabar Municipality State Constituency, Hon. Stanley Nsemo, with 8 other Co-sponsors, seeks to establish a legal framework for the Office of…
By Joe Udo NEW MEXICO (CONVERSEER) – The United States President, Donald Trump, has painted the US-Mexico border wall black, saying that when something is painted black, it gets hotter for illegal immigrants to climb. According to Sky News, the US is to paint the entire southern border wall with Mexico black to make the…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Cross River State governor, Sen. Bassey Otu has advocated for a comprehensive legislative reform aimed at empowering states in the management of mineral resources. Governor Otu made the call when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Calabar….
Omar Fateh holds Somali-language rally for Minneapolis mayoral bid By Frank Ulom MINNESOTA (CONVERSEER) – A small rally in support of Minneapolis Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate Omar Fateh was held on Sunday night, conducted largely in Somali and broadcast by Somali TV Minnesota. Fateh, a Minnesota state senator and the first Somali American and Muslim…
