By Efiom Attoe CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The recent submission of the Federal Government’s Inter-Agency Committee report to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) may appear, on the surface, to signal a victory for Cross River State. After years in the wilderness, Cross River is projected to be relisted as an oil-producing state with…
By Frank Ulom BOKI (CONVERSEER) – Community leaders of Abo-Obisu Village in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State have banished a 60-year-old woman, Florence Osang, over alleged witchcraft. Converseer learned that Osang, a cocoa farmer, was banished for 10 years over the display of witchcraft, resulting in the alleged killing of a 40-year-old…
By Frank Ulom BOKI (CONVERSEER) – Over 12 illegal Fulani migrants have been apprehended in Cross River State. The arrest was made by the Boki local government security team. According to The Beagle News, the security team headed by the Council Chairman’s SA on Local Security, Mr Stanley Eban, intercepted the migrants around the Ndemechang-Irruan…
By Our Reporter ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Federal Government Inter-Agency Committee on Nigeria’s Oil-Producing States has submitted its final report on the 2017–2025 nationwide verification of crude oil and gas coordinates to the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Dr Mohammed Shehu. The report was formally received on Friday, 13 February…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Nigeria Police Force, Zone 6 Headquarters, Calabar, has dismantled a major kidnapping, job-scam and “Japa” syndicate operating in Cross River State, rescuing over 100 victims and rejecting an alleged ₦50 million bribe offered to derail the investigation. In a statement issued on 14 February 2026, the Zonal Public…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State have called for the reelection of incumbent chapter chairmen in seven local government areas ahead of the party’s forthcoming congresses. The chairmen include Chief Engr Kelvin Njong of Boki, Comrade Odama Thomas Odama of Bekwarra, Sir Gerald Esin…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a mortician, Sunday Ben Reuben, following the discovery of several corpses in Isong Inyang Community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The arrest was made on Friday, after residents of the community in Okomita, Akamkpa, discovered about eight dried…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Farmers and landowners in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State have raised alarm over increasing incursions by armed herders, accusing them of destroying crops and threatening residents with rifles. Residents across several communities alleged that herders, some carrying AK-47 rifles, have allowed cattle to graze freely on…
By Itam Offor CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) recently held a public hearing on a bill seeking to repeal the existing law establishing the College of Health Technology and replace it with a new legal framework for the proposed College of Health Sciences, Management and Technology. The public hearing…
By Christian Njoku CALABAR (NAN, CONVERSEER) – Some civil servants in Cross River have decried non-payment of January salaries, alleging selective payment across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state. This was disclosed by Mr Thomas Adie, a Director in one of the ministries, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
