Nigeria’s highest ranked Federation of International Football Association, FIFA badged referee at the moment, Joseph Ogabor, says Nigeria must deliberately invest time and energy into early introduction of interested Nigerians to football refereeing if the country wants to see more Nigerian football referees at FIFA competitions. Ogabor who was addressing the near absence of Nigerian…
The University of Calabar, UNICAL, established in 1975, is a foremost citadel of learning that takes prides in academic excellence and research. Over the years, the institution has been led by competent scholars who have contributed their quota towards the development of the institution. As the administration of the current VC, Florence Obi, comes to…
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When I first stumbled on what I will call Obeten Okoi’s polemic in shambles, I had thought of not oxygenating it beyond the narrowness of its confines. I had dismissed it as a failed attempt at persuasive writing which already collapsed under the weight of its own incoherence. However, by any metric of reason, decency…
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Peter Akpanke, who represents the Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has resigned his membership of the party. Akpanke in a letter addressed to the Chairman, PDP, Bendi Ward 1, Obanliku LGA, Cross River State, pointed to the internal crisis in the PDP, as…
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Pro-Chancellor of University of Cross River State, Unicross and Chairman of the University’s Governing Council, Fidelis Ugbo, has thanked the CRS Commissioner of Education, Stephen Odey, for always representing the interest of Unicross. Ugbo who made this statement when he led members of the University’s 6th Governing Council on a courtesy visit to Odey, further…
Ofegobi Ofem Balinwo, a customer of Access Bank in Calabar, Cross River State, maintains a domiciliary account No: 0693951087 with the bank. Sometime in 2016, his account was inadvertently credited twice in a duplicated transaction. Following this “system error” of the bank, Ofegobi was goaded into making refunds of the duplicated sum of $92,762.51, over…
