How Student Died From Saving Mosque in Nigeria
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EFCC Arrests 46 Suspected Yahoo Boys in Calabar, Akwa Ibom
Forty-six (46) young persons suspected to be internet fraudsters (popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys or Yahoo-Yahoo) have been arrested in Calabar in Cross River State and Eket in Akwa Ibom State. CONVERSEER learned that the suspects were arrested by the operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
Traditionalists Burn Churches, Threaten to Kill Pastors in Cross River Community
Christian worshipers are no longer safe as they are being hunted by traditional worshipers in Adim Community in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State. CONVERSEER gathered that the traditional religion worshippers have burnt churches, destroyed church equipment and worship items in the last four years in the community. One of the victims, Rev….
Cross River Leverages Zipline Tech to Deliver Over 600,000 Drugs, Vaccines in Hard-to-Reach Areas
The Government of Cross River in Collaboration with Zipline has delivered over 600,000 drugs and vaccine doses in the remotest communities of the state in the last eight months. This innovation which was bridging the healthcare gap in the hard-to-reach communities in the state was seen during an on-the-spot assessment of the Zipline facilities in…
3 Arraigned for Vandalising Stadium Floodlights, Others in Calabar
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Mr Yakubu Isiaka from Kano for allegedly vandalising the floodlights at the UJ Esuene Stadium Calabar. This was disclosed by Commandant Charles Brown, Cross River’s Commandant of NSCDC on Monday (16 Oct. 2023) in Calabar during a parade of two suspects for vandalising public…
Woman Flogged for Allegedly Stealing Plantain in Akwa Ibom
Members of Ikot Akpandem in Okon Eket, Akwa Ibom State subjected a woman identified as Obot Udo Ekpo to flogging for allegedly stealing three bunch of plantains. According to Okon-Eket New Era on Monday (16 Oct 2023), the lady was caught while trying to sell the plantains at Urua Udo Inyang Market. “This young lady…
Stepmother Burns Stepson’s Body With Hot Iron Over N200
10-year-old Precious Daniel Offiong’s only sin is that his father chose to marry another woman. He’s living in hell on earth because he is a male child and the woman in his father’s house is not his biological mother. As though the regular beatings, starvation, child labour, etc, are not enough, Mrs Mary Ita Edet,…
Court Jails Forex Trader, Two Others Over Internet Fraud in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a 26-year-old Forex Trader, Kolawole Temidayo Joshua and two others for offences bordering on internet fraud. The two others are Abdullahi Isiak and Daniel Roland Orji. The convicts: Joshua, Isiak and Orji were arraigned on Monday, October 10, 2023, on…
Appeal Court President Relocates Tribunal Cases to Abuja, Lagos
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem has relocated appellate cases arising from tribunals’ verdicts to Abuja and Lagos divisions for adjudication. This was disclosed on Monday (16 Oct 2023) by NTA. The reason for the development is yet to be ascertained. READ ALSO | Gov Eno Urges A’Ibom Indigenes in Military Echelon…
Gov Eno Urges A’Ibom Indigenes in Military Echelon to Support Dev’t at Home, Celebrates Army Chief
The new phase of collaboration between the Akwa Ibom State Government and the Nigerian Army was re-echoed amidst pomp and ceremony, as Governor Umo Eno treated the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Toareed Lagbaja and his entourage to a State banquet at Government House, Uyo. The Akwa Ibom State Governor used the occasion to…