I read with trepidation the news of the recent attempt to hike tuition fees by over 100% by the administration of Prof Banku Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Unical. I find this sudden hike obnoxious, unthinking and unfeeling. I find it immoral, disturbing and a conscienceless action by this particular Unical Administration….
At was twenty five in 1985, I had quit my salaried job at the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, and started in biz. I was into commodities and it was a paying cruise! I was an essential commodities “Essenco” king! So, I had just bought a yellow Mercedes Benz 200 and I was feeling like a…
By Iwara U. Iwara We can never be flattered by the paced turbulence of death or by the ever lingering confusion that trails the lose of a loved one. When the grotesque fusion in harmonious dirges become loud or even echo in whispers, we are prickled into fearfully remembering that we are visitors here, blown…
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Free flowing in style, Ayobi Ndoma drops this piece to mark the just celebrated Teachers Day. The birds chirped in the background as soft streams of the early morning sun wafted in the morning breeze. Toddling steps were audible while inaudible mumblings raced through the walkways. I hurried to my classroom, stopping only briefly to…
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Nigeria’s young and well known musical icon Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba aka MOHBAD died on 12 September 2023. He was interred within 24hours thereafter at Ikorodu in Lagos under controversial circumstances. It transpired that the unfortunate death of MOHBAD has since then been stirring diverse national comments. In the wake of this, the Nigeria Police authorities…
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I am an alumni of the University of Calabar having obtained my first degree in Economics from there in 1995. More importantly, Prof. Cy Ndifon is supposed to be a special senior brother of sorts, a very close tribeman and an in-law to me. So, I am connected and feel particularly very sad about the…