By Frank Ulom The results of the just concluded 2022 Carnival Calabar have been announced. CONVERSEER reports that Odukpani Local Government Area won the Cultural Carnival Parade, while Passion 4 won the Carnival Calabar and South Africa won the International Carnival. Recall that the Bikers/Cars Parade was discontinued by Governor Ben Ayade following the auto…
By Frank Ulom CONVERSEER has gathered that not all the victims of the accident killed and injured along Mary Slessor by Bogobiri on December 27, 2022, are of the Hausa/Fulani. Another dead recorded last night, December 28, has it that at least one Cross Riverian was involved in the auto crash. The sector Commander of…
By Frank Ulom A video obtained by CONVERSEER shows that the Toyota Camry with the number plate “Cross River – DUK 505 PE” that killed 8 people, including a pregnant woman and injured 28 others, was part of the Bikers’ Carnival, one of the major activities of the prestigious Carnival Calabar and Festivals. CONVERSEER had…
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…
By Frank Ulom The contestant representing Nigeria, Miss Precious Onyinye Okoye has emerged winner of the Miss Africa Calabar 2022 after defeating 19 other Contestants across 19 African countries. Okoye, Miss Nigeria, CONVERSEER reports was crowned the African Queen on December 27, 2022, at the Calabar International Conference Centre (CICC), Calabar after gathering the highest…
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 Frank Ulom Tragedy struck Carnival Calabar for the first time since its inception in 2004 as a pregnant woman and no less than 7 other persons were crushed to death by a reckless driver during the Carnival Calabar in Calabar, Cross River State. CONVERSEER reports that the ugly incident happened on December 27, during…
By Frank Ulom It was a tragic Christmas for a middle-aged lady named Miss Harmony Edemawan as her lifeless body was discovered in a septic tank (what is commonly referred to as soakaway) in Cross River State by the Nigeria Police. CONVERSEER gathered that the act was allegedly committed by a 49-year-old man, Eyo Etim…
By Frank Ulom After two years of absence following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that put the world at a standstill, the Carnival Calabar and Festival is back this 2022. According to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State during the First Dry Run on October 16, 2022, the theme for this year is “Agro-Industrialisation“. CONVERSEER…
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…
