I will like to preface this piece by stating the obvious – since the restoration of democracy in the country in 1999, successive administrations in the state have not been able to lay a solid foundation for the local economy to thrive. However, as an incurable optimist, I believe that this despair is transient; and
My dear Governor, good day, today is exactly 2 months after you took the oath of office to be our governor. Please do not be bothered that I choose this open letter method to communicate with you concerning our Cross River State which you are by providence the Executive Governor today. First, may I congratulate
It was the pioneer Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Late Professor Emmanuel Ayandele who aptly described Cross River (now Cross River and Akwa Ibom States) as an atomistic society perpetually at war with itself. What the late renowned Professor of History got from the people of this area at that time was a
Words Of Wisdom Phew! Did I just go through that interview without yelling? Yes, I sure did. On a flight back home, I sat next to an elderly man say about 70 years old. In my attempt to be helpful, we got talking and talked all through the flight. We started off with pleasantries and
A few weeks back, upon closing from the office on a Friday, I went to Bedwell street in Calabar, Cross River State to purchase tyres to replace the ones for my Sport Utility Vehicle, something I do annually, and to my chagrin I was asked to pay a whooping N25,000 for each of the tyres.
Recently, the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) published the final list of successful candidates for the conferment of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for the year 2015. The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who also doubles as the Secretary to the Committee further announced that the new silks would
The primary elections may have been bungled, the general elections may have been unfair in its conduct, the PDP may have shown undue arrogance and outright intimidation on the voting population, but at the end of the day, a Governor emerged, he may not have been the best of the twenty two, but I think
By Our Editorial Team The beauty of any society which prides itself in our modern world of being rooted in the tenets of democracy achieved such prestige based on the fact that there are fire-brand political parties besides the party in power at every given time that serves as effective opposition to the ruling party