It is unsettling and scary that several weeks after top notch Calabar based broadcaster, Petertex Etim, was abducted by unknown persons, in Calabar, he is yet to regain his freedom, just like verifiable information about his ordeal has remained hard to get. As a professional journalist largely functioning in Cross River State and having severally…
First published in April 2016 on www.calitown.com, this article written by IWARA IWARA, x-rayed the Ben Ayade vs. Vena Ikem political feud, bringing to light painful truths in an unbiased essay. There often will be very little innocence in the fistful desire of two fighting brothers; one strong, the other stronger. Amazingly, the strength they…
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This afternoon, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) came up with a decision to endorse the APC and its candidate, President Mohammadu Buhari for the February 16th Presidential election. This decision has arisen according to the party, as a result of protracted legal squabbles within the party which has made…
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I hope I won’t have to explain my choice of title for students of literature. By this I mean those who love to read. I have read all the permutations on the chances of the major political parties across the Country and so far none has bothered to suggest any likely upset in the political…
By Iwara U. Iwara While reports have certainly been in the press about the internecine conflict in parts of Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, there always will be that invisible personal urge to get ‘in there’ and see things for yourself. Propelled by this urge, I made careful contacts some weeks ago about…
The attention of Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba and his Campaign Organization has been drawn to a spurious and ill-intentioned publication on Facebook by one Emmanuel Ulayi with the mischievous title “Ndoma-Egba distances himself from Owan-Enoh”. We ordinarily would not bother with responding to this but given that the author is obviously out to create friction where…