By Margaret Akpa Esq The stress of the Christmas and holiday season often brings Financial stress, missing loved ones, and there are many common reasons why people experience what we call the “Christmas Blues.” The holiday season is often the most emotionally loaded time of the year since people are usually free from work, so…
By Our Reporter Calabar South local government council has mapped out measures to float a cluster of neighborhood organisations to curb insecurity. The Council Chairman, Pastor Patrick Archibong, who dropped the hint while addressing a town hall meeting organized by leaders of Ward 10, directed ward leaders to mobilise youths in their respective wards to…
By Anietie Akpan December 7, 2024, the raffia city of Ikot Ekpene stood still as the remains of Mrs. Edna Udo Akpan Essien Ebom JP, the matriarch of the Eboms, was laid to rest in a state-like burial 67 Abak road, Ikot Ekpene L.G.A of Akwa Ibom State. This was preceded by a brief but solemn lying in…
SO, THE SKY STAYED (For Godswill Akpabio) We are now living Our dreams, Leaving Behind frustrated screams, From deliberate fools, Who are busy shuffling their hoofs. Heaven weighed our fate, So, the sky stayed. The black cloud disappeared And the bright sky reappeared. Those decisions that we made, Eventually showed in the victory parade. There…
By Nathaniel Otaba For several years, indigenes of Opaka, Ebo, Okpodon, Wanokom, Wanikande, and Uju rural communities in Yala local government area, northern Cross River State gropped in agony of not just poverty but sheer lack of basic social amenities, like access road, power supply just to mention a few. According to some of the…
By Our Reporter The Deputy Chief Press Secretary (DCPS) to Governor Bassey Otu, Mr Edem Darlington, has reacted to an article written by a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Austin Ibok, which is believed to have portrayed Governor Otu’s administration in bad light. In his reaction, titled ‘Austin Ibok, I pray knowledge…
