By Kammonke Abam & Tammie Edet Kammonke She is in a class of her own. She’s incredibly endowed with unusual creative abilities. She’s a suave businesswoman and fashion icon, described by her admirers as one of Nigeria’s quintessential style-makers. Today, January 3, she turns 60. To those who know her closely, Obioma Liyel Imoke, daughter…
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Emil Inyang is a two-term Chairman of Biase LGA in Cross River State. He also has, over a considerable period of time, served as Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS. With sights firmly set on representing Akamkpa/Biase Federal Constituency in Nigeria’s House of Representatives on the platform of the All…
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How time flies. In our time you knew your peer, even if by reputation, not only in your school but in other schools. Secondary schools were few as were students. We had inter school sports, debates and quiz competitions and these attracted huge audiences and spectators from the public as these events were the major…
A paper delivered on the occasion of the 2022 AGM/Edwin Eja Memorial Lecture, Awards /Foundation laying for the image house & 50th Anniversary of the Nigeria Institute Of Public Relations, Cross River State. Introduction: The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) hitherto known as the Public Relations Association of Nigeria (until it was renamed in…
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By Eyo Charles The Becheve people of Cross River still practice a tradition that allows girl-children to be used to repay loans owed by their parents or as a favour to someone that has been benevolent to the family. This report looks at the life of such girls that are turned into sex objects and…
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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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