This is Williams Adora Edohoket, the only child of Margaret Oyoung Adaora, a retired Chief Nursing Officer from Obubra, Cross River State. A couple of years ago, he set out to be a Catholic priest and trained at the famous Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu. Along the line, Willie, as he is popularly called, opted out…
AUTHOR: Effa Imoh Okim YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 PAGINATION: 136 REVIEWER: DAN AMOR Every traditional setting or what we now know as ethnic nationality in Nigeria had thriving traditions of literature and way of life before it came in contact with European or Arabic influence. Presently, most of these traditions, like the traditional societies that created them, have atrophied or…
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Reading recent media reports that Cross River got minus N824 million from the federation account for the month of April sent me into depression. That means Cross River is indebted to the tune of 82 million naira which apparently will be deducted from the next allocation. I wept for governor Ayade, I wept for my…
There often will be very little innocence in the fistful desire of two fighting brothers; one strong, the other stronger. Amazingly, the strength they flaunt is not like scriptural Samson’s, but strength conceieved and soaked in the murky waters of politics where only atrocious advantages are held up in the end. I think too that…
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The engine cranked to life at exactly 2.45am. It gave out a sound that pierced the silence of the wee hours and made sleep quite a wrestle. As I lay in my bed, faint voices could be heard beneath the sound of the engine and then, timed splashes of water as the engine did the…