Distance themselves from Anthony Ani By Bassey Inyang Kingmakers of the Efik Kingdom have declared that Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V remains the Obong aof Clabar, and grand patriarch of the Efik people, as they distanced themselves from the purported proclamation of Etubom Anthony Ani as the Obong of Calabar-elect. The kingmakers operating on…
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In compliance with the Supreme Court judgement of January 13, 2023, and the advice contained in the judgement that a new monarch must be elected Obong of Calabar before the end of yesterday, Wednesday, January 18, 2023, a conclave of 13 kingmakers or Etuboms, have proclaimed Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V as the ‘new’…
We have been reliably informed that only common sense averted what would have degenerated into a frenzied stand-off between Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, and the The Obong of Calabar, His Eminence Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, after the monarch, embittered by the Ayade administration’s slow response to the series of events that…
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Over a century ago, in 1897, the British exiled Oba Ovonramwen of Benin kingdom to Calabar in very criminal and painful circumstances. But in the last two days, His Royal Majesty, Omo n’Oba Ewuare II Uku Akpolokpolo, the Oba of Benin has been in Calabar, CRS, in happier circumstances as a guest of His Eminence,…
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THURSDAY, 17TH OCTOBER, 2019 PROTOCOL, Mr. President, I wish to use this occasion to congratulate you in person on your successful re-election as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the overwhelming victory at the election tribunal. Although I had sent in a congratulatory message when the success story was fresh, I firmly…
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On April 22, 2019, foremost Calabar architect, Bassey Ndem, was in a colourful induction ceremony, presided over by the OBONG OF CALABAR, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, made the Etubom of Ntiero Edem Efiom Ekpo Royal House, Calabar, Cross River State. See pictures from that event.