The recently concluded Action Plan Executive Retreat held at the Tinapa Resort in Calabar, Cross River State, South-South Nigeria, revealed clearly that state governor, Liyel Imoke, is unhappy with the performance of the state internal Revenue Service, especially her inability to shore up the revenue profile of the state. Imoke at the retreat took a…
”A man engulfed in flames hung out a car door as the vehicle sped down Old Liverpool Road the morning of Jan. 11 before smashing into a wall”. This was how the mysterious story of Eteng Itam, an Ugep man who had lived in America under the name George Clark, came to light. It is…
Blind but highly talented song writer and music producer COBHAMS ASUQUO in this revealing piece, wakes us all to practical life’s lessons drawn from his blind experiences. I’m a dreamer, and fortunately for me, a lot of things I have dreamt about in my life have come true. I believe strongly that one of the…
If you walk around Calabar, looking for one Awade Friday, chances are that your search will yield nothing, but switch gears like a Formula One driver and look for LAST PROPHET… in little or no time, he will be pointed out to you. He doesn’t brag about it, but he will always tell you ,”…
January 1, 2013, marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. One man who took full advantage of his new freedom was Jourdon Anderson, a slave who fled his abusive “Master,” Col. Patrick Anderson, in Tennessee, to settle in Ohio as a free man. Shortly after the Civil War, the colonel beckoned Jourdon back to the failing…
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