The maxim “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown” is one that has seemingly been lost in the frenzy of tussle for the coveted crown of the Obong of Calabar. That this tussle has been raging for 15 ...

The Ekpe masquerade is a significant cultural tradition in some parts of Nigeria, particularly among the Efik and Ibibio people of Akwa Ibom and Cross River states, and Western Cameroon. “*Ekpe*” ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has gifted a brand new Hilux truck to a retired Warrant Officer of the Nigerian Army, Stephen Ekpe, for his 35 years meritorious service to ...

Chief Asuquo Ekpenyong Ekpe, brother of the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Mr. Ita Ekpenyong, who was abducted by unknown gunmen at his Creek Town home in ...

Five African-American women on Saturday in Calabar embraced Efik as their ancestral root after being inducted into the kingdom at a formal ceremony by Ntiero Edem Efiom Ekpo Royal House. Following ...

Christmas was so much fun in Calabar, the city of my youthful years. The town drew cultural festivities like moths to light or as hedonistic men to women of easy virtue. It was a melting pot for ...