By Frank Ulom The senator representing Cross River State Northern Senatorial District in the National Assembly, NASS, Sen. Jarigbe Agom has alleged that former Governor Ben Ayade looted the state in his 8 years of ruling. Jarigbe who stated this in a social media post on Wednesday (24 Jan. 2024), added that the former governor…
By Frank Ulom Former Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has lost his sister, Mrs Ateb Janet Oniga (Nee Ayade) to the cold hands of death. CONVERSEER learned that Nee Ayade died on Friday 24 November 2023 after a brief illness. According to the notification of death with a seal by Sen. Ayade on…
…A Reflection Of The Fg 21 Billion Endsars Fund By Monoba Moses Riding in my most mundane concern over the ending phase of Governor Ben Ayade and his gimmick artifice, I drew holistic inspiration that it will be flapdoodle to release this epistle on the worker’s day, knowing thus well of their down-the-line commitment for…
The perennial gridlock at the ever-busy Odukpani Junction, which serves as the artery into Calabar from the Central and Northern parts of the state as well as Uyo, will soon be a thing of the past as construction of the spaghetti flyover and the first phase of the superhighway, which will serve as a bye-pass,…
Cross River state governor, Professor Ben Ayade has described the sudden death of Calabar South local government chairperson, Mrs Esther Bassey as painful and devastating. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Barrister Christian Ita, the governor bemoaned Mrs Bassey’s death saying her demise was shocking. “It was with a…
Former Governor Donald Duke has slammed the incumbent Governor Ben Ayade, calling him the most cowardly person that has ever governed Cross River State. Duke made the outburst on Wednesday when the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP campaign team visited traditional rulers at the Calabar Municipal council. He said Ayade had the gods to send him…
By Frank Ulom Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, Tuesday swore in Alhaji Adamu Uba Musa and 12 others as commissioners. Following this development, Alhaji Musa becomes the first non-indigene Muslim to be appointed a commissioner in the state. The Governor also used the occasion to announce a minor cabinet reshuffle in two Ministries…
By Frank Ulom Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Wednesday morning, December 28, 2022, visited the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital, Calabar to empathise with victims of the Carnival Calabar Bikers’ Parade accident and pay their hospital bills. The Governor also visited Bogobiri, the scene of the accident, to commiserate with the Hausa/Fulani community…
Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Following the fatal accident that claimed no fewer than 8 lives, including that of a pregnant woman in Calabar, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has discontinued the Bikers’ Parade, part of the Carnival Calabar show. Expressing grief over the incident that happened on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, Ayade…
By Christian Njoku The government of Cross River is concluding plans to establish its first Sexual Assault Response Centre (SARC) in a bid to curb Sexual and Gender Based Violence, SGBV. The centre which would be a situation room and a one shop with personnel and facilities that would aid in the fight against SGBV…
