Photo Speak!
This is the sour part of the 2013 Carnival Calabar. The soldiers stationed opposite the Water Board gate on Marian road had a field day assaulting civilians. In the picture, one of such hapless civilians is ordered to frog jump while the soldier standing by him with the cane, uses it repeatedly on him. Are…
Carnival Calabar 2013 Berthes Today
Eyes the world over are beamed on Calabar, the Cross River State capital as the 2013 Carnival Calabar, takes centre stage today. The event, considered the biggest street party in all of Africa, will see the carnival branded bands; Seagull, Masta Blasta, Passion 4, Freedom and Bayside, thrill spectators from the Eleven Eleven roundabout through…
Most Compelling Literary Work, Out Dec. 28!
“I must have been just about the tender age of five or six; that phase of youth when the physical world begins to take some form of shape – begins to make some sort of sense – begins to unfurl its compelling and overwhelming complex strata like a flower in the sun, to the comprehension of highly inquisitive, receptive, emulative and magnetic little minds such as mine”(Excerpt from Stephen David Eteng’s ‘OKAGBENG AND THE MERMAID’)
‘OKAGBENG AND THE MERMAID’, will be launched this Saturday, the 28th of December, 2013 at the Government Guest House, Ugep, Yakurr LGA.
It will be reviewed by renowned historian and Commissioner in the Cross River State Civil Service Commissioner, Otu Abam Ubi, PhD. When calitown.com spoke with Ubi this morning, seeking his assessment of the work, he responded that, “it is a good literary work, earnestly. Stephen Eteng must be encouraged because he has a wonderful creative gift”.
Eteng, the author, clearly says that the work is his own “contribution to the development of literature in one of Africa’s most vibrant native communities – Yakurr”.
IT IS A MUST READ … Don’t be told, Be There!
Imoke Disagrees With Those Insisting He Picks A Successor
In perhaps his first public remarks on the perceived pressure being mounted on him to handpick the person who will succeed him as governor in 2015, Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke, has told the state’s Elders Consultative Forum, while hosting them recently, that “it is not the right kind of politics” for people to…
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Season’s Greetings Cross River!
On behalf of myself, my family and the entire staff of Cross River State Internal Revenue Service, I, Dr Peter Oti, Special Adviser, Budget Monitoring & Evaluation, CRS, send warm greetings to His Excellency, Sen. Liyel Imoke, governor, CRS and family, his deputy, Barr. Efiok Cobham and family as well as the good people of…