By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross River State and Otu Kinwang I of Boki Nation, Chief (Dr) Emmanuel Ironbar, was among prominent Cross Riverians who gathered in Abuja over the weekend for the annual Leboku New Yam Festival. This year’s edition, themed “Kedei Sana Leboku Jana”…
By Nakanda Iyadim UGEP (CONVERSEER) – In a dazzling display of beauty and talent, 27-year-old Kebe Eni, a prominent frontline girl of the Diamond Carnival Band, has been crowned Miss Leboku at the 2025 International New Yam Festival Beauty Pageant. Kebe’s crowning marks a significant achievement, as she triumphed in the pageant alongside Ephraim Okoi…
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River has reiterated his administration’s desire to transition the state from subsistence agriculture to agricultural mechanisation. Otu made the call at the 2024 annual Leboku New Yam festival of Yakurr people on Thursday in Ugep, with the theme: “Community mobilisation for sustainable growth.” Represented by his Deputy, Rt. Hon. Peter…
In a significant move by the Government of Cross River State to rejuvenate the lost splendour in Leboku International New Yam festival, the Honourable Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Chief Robert Abubakar Ewa, led a delegation of the management and staff of the ministry to meet with the different Obol Lopon of Yakurr…
