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Cross River Local Communities And The Media BY OBASESAM OKOI

“It’s possible to have a community radio and TV station transmitting news to Yakurr communities at home and in the diaspora, specifically on governance and development issues. And it’s possible to expand it across Cross River State and use space technology to break the monopoly of CRBC. The sad reality is that when you take

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Musings: Let Them Smile! BY CHRISTIANA UKUNG ALAWA

They all laid with hope radiating from their eye balls.. I walked in of course with my strength. Good afternoon mam.. You are welcome my dear.. She replied rapidly.. I was quietly led to a room whose temperature was rather heartbreaking. As I walked in, little voices of sincerity kept crying from different angles. Little

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HEALTH-Watch By Dr. Osim: Health Workforce Crisis: The Masquerade In Our Malady

HEALTH-Watch By Dr. Osim (EPISODE V) Our recent past as a nation has easily been marred by events that leave chapters of puckered stories that many would rather wish expunged from the catalogues of history. At the time when the nation was faced with a call to battle by the EBOLA virus challenging the right-to-life

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Musings: What We Want BY CHRISTIANA UKUNG ALAWA

First week of February. It scares the hell out of me that February 14th is around the corner. It wouldn’t be the usual tradition of sleeping at home all day or taking a loved one to see movies. It will be more serious… Having time alone with your thoughts, choices and votes. Looking back at

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Ode To Donald Duke BY OBONO OBLA

I strongly admire Donald Duke despite the fact when he was Governor I was one of his fiercest critics. He is awesomely handsome, bold, courageous, visionary but dictatorial. I also alleged that his government was corrupt. I did not like some of the white elephants projects (such as Tinapa) he embarked on during his time.

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HEALTH-Watch By Dr. Osim (EPISODE 4)

CHOLERA: the Death-Dealing Disease, Our Life-Saving Choices. The year was 1854, and London was in the grip of yet another outbreak of cholera—an intestinal ailment characterized by severe diarrhea and dehydration. The disease struck with alarming speed. Many who awoke in good health were dead by nightfall. There was no known cure. Some thought cholera

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The GEJ Presidential Campaign Rally In Cross River BY VENATIUS IKEM

I have faithfully kept off making comments on Facebook since December, 8, 2014 for obvious reasons. I have nevertheless posted some materials I share or which amuse me once in a while to the irritation of some people, but largely to my amusement. I have decidedly not responded to any comments arising from my posts

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Lost In Many Ways BY EDIMA FRANK

When you speak in the language I do not understand, you literally throw me into the valley of overwhelming thoughts. I could bury my soul there for as long as you’d speak. I just could be lost. Have you forgotten that old story about the tortoise who claimed to be “everybody”? He succeeded because nobody

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