By Iwara U. Iwara In 2022, I travelled from Calabar to Obanliku at the instance of Peter Atianashe Akpanke. While I was aware that the journey would be a long and arduous one, the goal was simply to honour an invitation to Akpanke’s village for a thanksgiving service and dedication of the only Catholic church…
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Among my indigenous Ugep, Yakurr people, ‘Foundation ké-nöi’, is an integral communal activity that members of the paternal clan compulsorily take part in. ‘Foundation ké-nöi’, is simply the gathering of paternal clan members, at the insistence of one clan member, to inform them that the building of a house is about to be embarked on….
FLORENCE BANKU OBI, a Professor of Education, is the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Recently, she had a radio conversation on HIT 95.9 FM, Calabar, with ace journalist, IWARA U. IWARA, dwelling on issues that are helping to define her term in office as Unical VC. Excerpts: You broke the…
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It is Independence Day in Nigeria, October 1, since 1960, in case you don’t remember. Growing up, we were wrongly spoon-fed information that we MUST celebrate our ‘independence’ from British dependence… laughable! Since then, we take weeks to practice and perfect our march past steps, so we could be faultless, marching past some government person,…
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Kakum is a village in Obudu, Cross River State. Laid back, rustic and tucked between Betukwel and Ukambi villages, it took on some additional polish and shine when Benedict Bengiuoshuye Ayade, became her most visible and illustrious indigene after he was sworn in as governor of Cross River State in 2015. Significantly, I do not…
TODAY, …that was this past Saturday, October 15, 2022, one Austin Obeh, on his Facebook page prayed “… for heavy rainfall in Ogoja LGA and across Northern senatorial district of CRS (sic) …for good harvest next month.” On the ‘street’ of Facebook where he rode his pun, the prayer was a wish, hoping that heaven’s…
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