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Happy Birthday Peter Akpanke, In Health & Wealth!

Posted on July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 By Admin No Comments on Happy Birthday Peter Akpanke, In Health & Wealth!
Happy Birthday Peter Akpanke, In Health & Wealth!

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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When The Clan Gathers For A Member!

Posted on April 3, 2024 By Admin No Comments on When The Clan Gathers For A Member!
When The Clan Gathers For A Member!

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….

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“I Am Working Hard To Reposition Unical” – Florence Obi

Posted on February 20, 2024 By Admin No Comments on “I Am Working Hard To Reposition Unical” – Florence Obi
“I Am Working Hard To Reposition Unical” – Florence Obi

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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Happy Independence Day Nigerians, In Case You Don’t Remember!

Posted on October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 By Admin No Comments on Happy Independence Day Nigerians, In Case You Don’t Remember!
Happy Independence Day Nigerians, In Case You Don’t Remember!

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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Ayade And The Road Back To Kakum!

Posted on March 3, 2023March 4, 2023 By Admin No Comments on Ayade And The Road Back To Kakum!
Ayade And The Road Back To Kakum!

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…

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JARIGBE AGOM: Today, Tomorrow And For The Days To Come!

Posted on October 16, 2022October 16, 2022 By Admin No Comments on JARIGBE AGOM: Today, Tomorrow And For The Days To Come!

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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