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BY ERIACY CONFIDENCE OBA World Theatre Day 2019 may have come and gone but one question lingers in the minds of all concerned practitioners following the low  turn out of celebrities in the event. In Nigeria, practitioners who have become famous for their crafts  seem to turn their back on their associations once they are made. They become too busy or pompous  all of sudden to the organizations that moulded them to fame and affluence. For instance, in the Nollywood association known as the Actors Guild of Nigeria AGN, the umbrella body for all actors in Nigeria, stars find it difficult to attend meetings and special events organized by the guild. There seem to be a law prohibiting them from participating in the activities of the organization they once pledged allegiance to. Sometimes they even demand some  fees before they would honour invitations to attend events of the association. It is not so in the western world. In the US for instance, celebrity like Arno...

As part of its conservation drive aimed at reducing emissions, Cross River State government, Thursday, apprehended illegal loggers as well as the seizure of large quantity of organic hardwood extracted from her forests. Briefing newsmen at the CROWEI site of the confiscated woods, opposite Governor's office, Calabar, Governor, Ben Ayade, maintained that "if Cross River reduces its guard over her forests, Nigerians will be in for real trouble." According to Ayade, "over time, there has been massive deforestation of Cross River which holds over 58 percent of the entire forest cover of Nigeria. The risk, if Cross River compromises her forest reserve is that, climate change will be accelerated and the consequences will be very total to Nigeria." He reminded the citizenry of the permanent ban on deforestation in the state as part of Cross River conservation drive, taking its original basis of Red+ programme which, according to the governor, is the only way of r...

The Senator Representing Cross River Central in the National Assembly and APC Candidate in the just concluded Governorship Elections in Cross River State, Senator John Owan Enoh has described the death of Obudu  born Legislator and foremost politician Rt Hon Paul Andeshi Adah as a collosal loss to Cross River State in particular and the country at large. In his write-up titled: RT HON. PAUL ANDESHI ADAH: PASSAGE OF A MAN OF THE PEOPLE, Owan Enoh described the deceased as great philanthropist that was greatly loved by the people. He wrote: "RT HON.PAUL ANDESHI ADAH :PASSAGE OF A MAN OF THE PEOPLE* In life, you bestrode the world like a collosus, in death you left your indelible footprints on the sands of time. Although your untimely passage to eternity hit us like a thunderbolt and left us creftfallen , we nonetheless submitted to the supreme will of God Almighty, the creator and possessor of the universe. Your death was indeed a body blow to your family and to all of us wh...

 Kingsley Agbor is a young,  creative Nigerian writer cum publisher, a self motivated and result oriented administrator with well developed analytical skills in film making. He was born on   April 6, 1988. He's an indigene of Nde Afi in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State. Agbor is the Chief Executive Officer of Soultide Media, a media outfit that has given publicity to many from Nigeria and beyond. Kingsley Agbor has been seen at several  social events. In 2013, his outfit was the official media partner and co-coordinator of the Nollywood end of the year event in Enugu State, Nigeria. In 2014, he was signed in as media partner for the Africa movie Academy Award AMAA In  Yenegoa, Beyelsa state. He was also given the platform as the key media team to cover the swearing in of the 8th National Assembly in 9th June, 2015 among other top political gatherings in Nigeria. As a film maker, Kingsley Agbor has successfully written and produced se...