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The Era Of Akonfe BY BESHIBESHEBE MARTINS

Hon Peter Akonfe Undiandeye. Popular as Peter Pars. The 2nd most youngest chairman of Obudu LGA after Barr. Venatius Ikem of the 80s. He’s a man who’s time has come. Hon. Peter has come in a digital era. The time when the third tier of govt is bouncing back. The time autonomy has become the

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Profit, Pollution and Lies: Interrogating Shell’s Divestment Claims In The Niger Delta BY KEN HENSHAW

Just as it employs disinformation to deny oil spills and its responsibility for remediation and compensation, it is doing the same with its divestment when it blames sabotage by communities for oil spills and their failing equipment

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Does UNICAL, NUC Have Duty Of Care To Students Admitted Into The University? BY GADA

This is the question the Gender and Development Action (GADA) along with concerned mothers of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) law students sought to know from the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar. However, on the 31st October 2024, after months of case work, Justice I. L. Ojukwu declined jurisdiction in the case, on grounds

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A promise Made, A Promise Kept: Governor Otu’s N10bn Gratuity To Retired Workers BY LINUS OBOGO

As it is with Nigerian politicians; and in the realm of governance, it has always been commonplace to promise in poetry and deliver in prose. Promises are often mere rhetoric, lost in the labyrinth of political discourse.  However, the recent actions of the Cross River State governor, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, mark a radical

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Letter To My Incoming LG Chair… BY AGBA JALINGO

Dear Peter Akonfe Undiandeye (Pita Pars)… Tomorrow is Local Government elections in our State. I have monitored nearly everything going on keenly and I do not need to go far to conclude that you are the next Chairman of Obudu LGA. By next week, you will be our Chairman. The reasons for my conclusion are

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Retrace For Redress… BY AGBA JALINGO

This December, the people who own the biggest mansions in our home towns and drive the most expensive cars with security convoys, will be returning back to multi billion Naira country homes they inhabit once in a year. Yes, they own the biggest mansions. They are the only ones that can burst big bundles now.

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Pray With Me, Oh Lord Don’t Allow Me Fall Sick… BY AGBA JALINGO

The Orthodox way of responding to signs of ill health is to first go and take a laboratory test of what the issue is. Secondly, you go to a health facility and the first person you see there is the nurse. The nurse takes your information and your vitals and prepares you to see the

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If You Don’t Like, Go To Court… BY AGBA JALINGO

Every election cycle, Nigerians go to the polls to vote for: President. Vice President. 109 Senators. 360 House of Reps members. 36 Governors. (36 Deputy Governors) 940 State Houses of Assembly members. 774 LGA Chairmen. (774 Vice Chairmen) 8,806 Ward Councilors. But since after the 1999 elections, it is the courts that have been selecting

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