It is Independence Day in Nigeria, October 1, since 1960, in case you don’t remember. Growing up, we were wrongly spoon-fed information that we MUST celebrate our ‘independence’ from British dependence… laughable! Since then, we take weeks to practice and perfect our march past steps, so we could be faultless, marching past some government person,…
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Kakum is a village in Obudu, Cross River State. Laid back, rustic and tucked between Betukwel and Ukambi villages, it took on some additional polish and shine when Benedict Bengiuoshuye Ayade, became her most visible and illustrious indigene after he was sworn in as governor of Cross River State in 2015. Significantly, I do not…
TODAY, …that was this past Saturday, October 15, 2022, one Austin Obeh, on his Facebook page prayed “… for heavy rainfall in Ogoja LGA and across Northern senatorial district of CRS (sic) …for good harvest next month.” On the ‘street’ of Facebook where he rode his pun, the prayer was a wish, hoping that heaven’s…
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As political events in Cross River State play out, in the run-in to the 2023 elections, my mind has remained firmly fixed on William Tagbo, the central character in Anezionwu Nwankwo Okoro’s 1972 classic, “One Week, One Trouble”. The character Wilson Tagbo, who begins secondary school during the colonial period had more flaws than virtues…
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Iwara U. Iwara, Team Lead, www.calitown.com, at the invitation of the Obol Lopon of Ugep and Paramount Ruler of Yakurr LGA, Cross River Central, undertook a historical ten kilometre journey with the monarch. He captures in this piece, what he saw and what this journey represents for the people of the Ugep and Mkpani communities…
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Ever since the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja affirmed the decision of the Appeal Court in Calabar, declaring Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, as the senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, social media urchins in Cross River State have received sense. I mean, we no longer are inundated by trumpeted, poorly written posts, propagating the puerile…
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