Category: Features

Book Review: “Stepping Forward In Style”… By Goddy Jedy Agba and Mathias Okoi-Uyouyo

February 12, 2017 Admin No Comments

Couched in parliamentary language, and in lucid or lively and sometimes acerbic narrative, the authors provide critical access to the rich diversity of the background of Goddy Jedy Agba, an iconic personality. The 172 page book introduces the general reader to an astonishing variety of information on the subject and provides a range of historical…

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MMM: A Fool And His Money Are Parted

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017 Admin No Comments

By Yinka Odumakin Those who were in Lagos around 1991-2 would remember Forum Finance located on Allen Avenue in Ikeja, a company that employed a number of young men and women in flashy cars going about town duping the gullible of their hard earned money. Its famous advert was “Forum go double your money!”. It…

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The Coffin, The Man And The People

October 16, 2016October 18, 2016 Admin No Comments

The Ga-Adamgbe people of Accra, Ghana have over time become world famous because of the coffins they make. I read up, not long ago that on the high streets of Telsi, Eastern Accra, expensive and well crafted coffins, symbolically expressing the interests of the deceased or that of the deceased family are made and displayed…

Cross River News, Features

Man Killed And Dumped By Calabar Gate

October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 Admin No Comments

The corpse of a man in his mid thirties is believed to have been deposited this morning by unknown assailants at the imposing Calabar gate, 8 Miles, Calabar, sources around the area who alerted www.calitown.com to the suspected crime, insist. When our correspondent got to the area he called by with these words, “…the victim…

Breaking News, Features, News

RE: Ndoma-Egba, Obono-Obla Plot Sack Of Minister Of Niger Delta

September 28, 2016 Admin 2 Comments

The attention of Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, former Senate Leader and Chairman-Designate of NDDC has been drawn to an unsigned fictitious write-up with the above subject matter. The writer(s) alleged that Sen. Ndoma-Egba, Bar. Obono-Obla and new “entrants” have hijacked the Cross River APC and are sponsoring negative reports in the media against the Minister of…

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Work, Sack And The Lying Whispers

August 9, 2016August 9, 2016 Admin No Comments

Beyond what we can effortlessly see, it is outstandingly difficult, though not impossible, to see through the sand tracks birthed in the sheer grit of lying lips. Those who lie, lie for different reasons, but undoubtedly, many who lie are subsumed in fear, electing to bask in the fleeting wish that the lie will shield…

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