Cross River State governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a rare gift, whom God has brought at such a critical time as now to get the country out of the labyrinth. Governor Otu, in his goodwill message released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Linus Obogo on…
Justices A. Muazu and M.A Sambo of the Bauch State High Court sitting in Bauch have convicted and sentenced seventeen (17) internet fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys to different jail terms. The convicts were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges upon their arraignment by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Sufiyanu Yahaya and Mudassir Rabiu Idris have been arraigned before Justice Ibrahim Musa Karaye of the Kano State High Court on Monday, 25 March 2024, by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on one-count separate charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of N20,500,000 (Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) only. While…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, 28 March 2024, arrested seventy-four (74) suspected internet fraudsters popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys in Ogun State. The alleged fraudsters were arrested at the Government Residential Area, G.R.A, Shagamu, in Ogun State following surveillance and intelligence exposing their…
…he is prohibited from having custody of any female child and from interacting with any child outside his own under supervision A High Court sitting in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State has sentenced Mr Ernest Odong Oyira (age between 40-60), to 14 years imprisonment for rape. CONVERSEER learned that Oyira was sentenced…
The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria asserts that the Securities and Exchange Commission is in charge of overseeing cryptocurrency regulations. The governor did, however, state that the central bank will work with the authorities in charge of the Nigerian cryptocurrency industry and law enforcement. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Yemi…
The Cross River State House of Assembly has on Tuesday, 26 March 2024, passed a motion urging the State Government to complete the Okuku-Okpoma-Mfom and Yahe-Ebo roads, which had been left unfinished by the previous administration. The motion proposed by Hon. Brian Odey, the member representing Yala I State Constituency in the Assembly, highlighted the…
Arrangements have been concluded for the obsequies in honour of the Apostolic Church Patriarch, Late Apostle Prince Etim who died on Saturday, 2nd December 2023 at the age of 70. Etim who is the Father-in-law of the Uyo born Politician, Elder Ndanti Ekuh will be laid to rest at his country home, Ifa Ikot Akpan,…
The 17 military personnel who died on March 14 in the Delta village of Okuama have been laid to rest. After burial customs were observed, the soldiers’ bodies, which had arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja at approximately 2:26 pm on Wednesday, were lowered to the mother earth. At the funeral service, dignitaries…
A fuel tanker carrying diesel worth over N50 million has busted up in flames in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday afternoon along the Ikom-Calabar Highway by County Specialist Hospital, 4 Corners, Ikom. According to a source, Elijah Ugani, the cause of the fire may…
