By the act of performing the ground breaking event of Tuesday, October 30, 2015, on the invitation of the Governor of Cross River State of Nigeria, Professor Ben Ayade, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammadu Buhari has tacitly given consent to the Cross River Bakassi – Katsinna Ala 260km, 6 lanes…
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Interview by Sebastine Eko This Year 2015 will be 40 years since the Christmas Eve Civilian Massacre of Ugep people in 1975, what memories do you have of this sad event ? On the 24th December 1975, when this unfortunate event happened, I was in secondary school and narrowly escaped being killed by the soldiers….
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They don’t compulsorily come large in size or big enough but they crave the company of, even compete with the most powerful people, needing a lot of money, effort or time to lick leprous boots and ‘belong’. Their bigness is driven by okirika (second hand) fervor and manacled enthusiasm, while our handicapped politics, the one…
By Iwara U. Iwara To different people, Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla represents different things. I believe that while his haters are in no short supply, those who are awed and admire his fervent disposition to pursuing lone causes are equally in no short supply too. But then, what he has come to represent over a long…