By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Akwa Akpa, known to European colonists as Old Calabar or Duke Town, was an Efik city-state that flourished in the 19th century in what is now southern Nigeria. Although it is now absorbed into Nigeria, traditional rulers of the state are still recognised. The state occupied what is now…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V has urged the Federal Government to reconsider the reversal of the National Language Policy, which promoted the use of mother tongues as the medium of instruction in early education. The monarch who stated this while briefing journalists in Calabar…
By Kingsley Agim, Jessica Ubi CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Preparations for the 66th National Council on Health (NCH) in Cross River State received a royal endorsement on Tuesday as the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk, led a high-powered delegation of health sector stakeholders to the palace of His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi…
By Our Reporter CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – With reported deadly clashes in some Cross River communities claiming lives and property, the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V has urged the Paramount Ruler of Calabar South, HRM Etubom Nyong Efiom Okon to urgently initiate plans for a lasting peace in the embattled Henshaw Town and…
His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, the Obong of Calabar and Grand Patriarch of the Efik Kingdom, has expressed his appreciation to the Cross River State Governor, Prince Bassey Otu, for upgrading the former School of Nursing and Midwifery to the College of Nursing Sciences. The monarch praised the governor’s efforts in bringing…
The Southern Nigerian Traditional Rulers Council was officially inaugurated on the 30th of July 2024, signalling a new era of unity, peace, and prosperity for the Southern region of Nigeria. This council, the fruition of a long-held vision, represents a unified front for traditional rulers across the South, poised to amplify their collective voice and…
The High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Elias Abua has thrown out a suit which sought an order of interlocutory injunction to remove Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V as the Obong of Calabar. Justice Abua said that giving such orders without any tangible reason would do “incalculable…
The Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has fixed 26th September 2024, for ruling on an interlocutory application filed by claimants in the renewed Obong of Calabar tussle. Recall that court had fixed 26th June 2024, to rule on the claimants’ interlocutory application but subsequently shifted the date to Tuesday, 25th June 2024….
The tussle over who is the authentic Obong of Calabar has continued to gain momentum as factional Etubom Traditional Rulers Council from the Palace of the Obong of Calabar have again ran to court asking for an order to declare former Finance Minister (during the reign of late Nigeria military Head of State, General Sani…
By Our Reporter Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has warned all those flouting the State Government’s directive on the settled matter of the Obong of Calabar stool not to test the patience of his administration over their unguarded utterances and other actions that could threaten the existing peace. Speaking at the 12th Utomo…
