They use poverty as a form of political control. The poorer the people, the more likely they are compelled to sing and dance at the celestial glory of the sovereign who does no wrong. Every single project is magnified as the greatest, ever. He knows the truth, but what the heck! The wealth of the
For instance, where did the 'Akpa Junkuns' suddenly disperse to without any remnant or trace of its people, language or settlements in the Calabar vicinity? The Efuts we already know are a part of the Balondo ba konja people. The Quas are a subset of the larger Ejagham superset. The Efiks have their clear and
There are those who argue without evidence, that the very idea was formulated in Cross River State by the then Governor Donald Duke.
Together, we shall demolish all the mountains and refill all the valleys that dare to stand between us and the attainment of our collective desires.
By Patrick Obia The member representing Obubra/Etung Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honorable Michael Etaba has donated a new divisional Police Headquarters in Apiapum, Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Apiapum division Police headquarters is the 34th division of the Nigeria Police Force in Cross River. Commissioned by the Inspector
There are Christians in many urban centers both in Nigeria and abroad who have never been back home to their villages for decades. Not themselves nor their family members. The fear of their village is so morbid that even in the urban centers or countries where they have taken residence, they do not attend or
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with the intent to revive social consciousness. With this Abba Kyari drug revelation, it is obvious that despite his indictment by the United State FBI for being a member of the Hushpupi
Criticism isn’t such a difficult word to comprehend literary, but it’s meaning is often mentally misunderstood as hatred. Particularly in acquiesced societies like Cross River State where passivity is considered as virtue. While hatred is the very toxic feeling of intense dislike for someone or something, criticism on the other hand is the expression of