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December 25, 2025

Two Thrones, One Trade Web That Forged Early Nigeria

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The Geography of Negotiation: How Water Connected Power NIGERIA’S least-told origin story is not about conquest but about contact without colonisation—when kingdoms negotiated their interests through canoes, linguistics, marriage diplomacy, and market regulation rather than military expansion. Coastal Gatekeepers vs Inland Distributors Calabar’s Efik merchants acted as coastal gatekeepers, managing the first point of entry […]

December 10, 2025

Obong Of Calabar Flags Risks Of Abandoning Indigenous Languages In Schools

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By NINI NDUONOFIT-AKOH THE Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, has expressed concern over the Federal Government’s recent reversal of the National Language Policy, warning that it could trigger a cultural and identity crisis in Nigeria. Speaking through the chairman of the Obong of Calabar Executive Forum (OCEF), High Chief Gershom Henshaw, […]