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My Legal Opinion About Joe Agi And Ayade’s Case BY JOSEPH ODOK

It is unfortunate when the law is perverted for want of peanuts. I cry at the paucity of analysis on the judgement between Ayade and Agi. To inform our teeming youths I am forced to give a response. It is worthy of note that Agi instituted a purely pre election matter. Pre election matters are

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FamilyTies With Capt. Cassie (Part Nine)

Deadline For Parents I missed my deadline and I panicked, why? I have been one who criticises alot and to be on the spot and the receiving end hasn’t been a good feeling at all. Now, I sure appreciate editors and writers because I don’t see myself as one at all. All I’m doing is

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Buhari And Ayade: An Uncommon Alliance BY PRINCEWILL ODIDI

The coming together of two opposing gladiators to agree on a common purpose is not everyday happenstances. Earlier this week, Agba Jalingo on his personal Facebook wall, opined that those who fight Buhari as a prelude for Ayade’s attention were greatly mistaken. I strongly agree with him. The comments on his wall had reactions from

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Governor Ayade And The Challenge Of Economic Development In Cross River BY MISSANG OYAMA

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

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An Open Letter To Governor Ayade BY UTUM ETENG

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

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Let Us Support And Not Destroy This Government BY SOLOMON ASHA

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

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FamilyTies With Capt. Cassie (Part Eight)

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

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Restoring Cross River’s Glory By Revamping Rubber Production And Tyre Manufacturing BY EMMANUEL ETIM

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.

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