By Frank Ulom, Converseer Akwa-Cross has again been thrown into mourning following the death of another journalist, Patrick Odey, the Punch Newspapers Correspondent in Akwa Ibom State. Converseer learned that Odey, who hails from Cross River State died this morning in Akwa Ibom, where he’s currently working as journalist and a member of the Akwa
By Patrick Obia The day was bright and the atmosphere was fair enough for a good ride but a 54-year-old Nigeria’s Customs Officer, Prince Etteng did not know what tragedy that was ahead. Death was hanging across numerous potholes. He died not because he was sick or on his duty post. He was not attacked
By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs. Rosaline Kalu, the mother of the Social and Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, Mr. Charles Kalu was on Friday laid to rest at her native Asaga in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. Mma Rosa, as she was fondly called, died on May 22nd, aged 85. And,
By Kelvin Ololo The night began quietly in Ikot Effanga community, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, with little indication that two people would not live to see the morning. A man reportedly brought a woman, believed to be his friend, into his apartment on Thursday night to spend the night. By the early hours of
By Sylvia Akpan The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) has called for justice following the death of Mrs. Atim Etim who was set ablaze by her son in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The deceased was accused of witchcraft. Her son, Emmanuel Etim had blamed her for his daughter’s death. The incident
By Patrick Obia Just six days after a devastating landslide claimed the lives of five people in Ikot Awatim Community, Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River State, another landslide has claimed the life of an eight-year-old girl. The latest incident occurred in a community known as “Borrow Pit” along Old Stream Road in
By MaryAnn Abunimye, John Irikwu And Joy Okpa Two persons escaped death as a Lafarge cement truck veered off a major highway in Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Tuesday. The accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday around the Calabar International Conference Center (CICC) roundabout of Murtala Muhammed Highway. The Sector Commander
By Paschal Okwor The heavy downpour witnessed in Calabar on Thursday, July 9, 2026, has left a one-year-old baby dead after ferocious flood broke into an apartment. The rain which began in the wee hours at about 2:AM, has already left many residents in some Calabar devastated as it has been in time past. The