Category: Features

For Emmanuel Utum Solomon Ubi: A Wake Up Call!

January 6, 2020 Admin No Comments

By Mathias Okoi-Uyouyo Okoi-Uyouyo, avid writer and public servant, pens a moving tribute to Emmanuel Utum Solomon Ubi, shot in the stomach on December 31st, 2019, by armed robbers who attempted to rape his daughter in the course of the robbery in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State. I learnt of the death of Emmanuel…

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“My Faith In Nigeria Is Seriously Shaken” – Obono-Obla

December 30, 2019 Admin No Comments

Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla was recently removed from office as Chairman of the Special Presidential Panel on the Recovery of Public Property in circumstances that still appear fuzzy and stacked against him. After several attempts, Iwara U. Iwara, publisher and editor of www.calitown.com, tracked down Obla and had a short no-holds barred interview with him. Excerpts:…

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Critical Facts About Elective Political Positions In Bendi Ward I, Obanliku Local Government Area

December 22, 2019 Admin No Comments

The recent zoning of the Obanliku Local Government Council Chairmanship position to Bendi Ward 1 by the Obaliku Chapter Caucus of PDP, in her meeting on Thursday, 12th December, 2019, is a welcome development and prompter of overwhelming joy in the hearts of all well meaning people of the Ward. However, it is instructive to…

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Indeed, What A Week!

November 26, 2019 Admin No Comments

1982 was the last time I saw him. He was my school father and had just finished writing his School Certificate examination that year. Nobody told me why he was called Alade or it was just that, I didn’t at that time, possess the capacity and presence of mind to ask him why he bore…

PHOTO SPEAK: ICRC Provides Water For 2,000 People In Cross River

November 26, 2019 Admin No Comments

2,000: That’s the number of people who are served every day by the water scheme facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross at Ekang community, Akamkpa Local Government Area, Cross River State. The community plays hosts to refugees from Cameroon, and now the refugees and their hosts no longer have to travel far…

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The Niger Delta INDIGNANTS vs. GODSWILL AKPABIO: A Paradise Lost

October 19, 2019 Admin No Comments

I feel compelled to pen this article as a result of recent developments in the Niger Delta Ministry, nay, Niger Delta Development Commission and the puerile attempts at smearing the person of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, the Honourable Minister, Niger-Delta Ministry and blackmailing our President by personages who have, over the years, turned the NDDC…

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