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Baby Lawyer, Saw Dust Brain And A Valedictory Charge… By Agba Jalingo

Apologies to Dr. Reuben Abati, for borrowing his famous phrase, “sawdust brain.” But Abati is always a delight to watch or read, so much so, a delight to quote. But what is sawdust? Sawdust is the tiny particles of wood that are formed from sawing or sanding wood. Now you know! Most neuroscientists in the

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Thank You… BY AGBA JALINGO

Thank you to all of you. You may not know, but your support is what gives me the impetus to trudge on. All your advocacies have in many ways helped to always shame my adversaries and I deeply relish it. I sincerely don’t take it for granted and please continue to pray for me to

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If They Could Bribe Delegates To Win Their Party Primaries – WITTY THOUGHT WITH KEN HENSHAW

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. If they could bribe delegates to win their party primaries, then, then hire thugs to intimidate people during the election, then bribe the police to

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As The Curtains Begin To Fall… BY AGBA JALINGO

Cross River State now has a governor-elect, Senator Prince Otu. He will be sworn-in in 68 days as Ayade will be taking his last honor as our Governor. Like other States, what I want to point out applies to all outgoing and incoming governors. The only peculiarity with our State Cross River is the hyper-active

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The Parting Shots Of A Disgraced Masquerade… BY AGBA JALINGO

There is a traditional Bette dialect adage in Obudu about our masquerades. “Ukwom unghio-ligie” is literally translated as the parting dance steps of the masquerade. The watchers usually discern that moment from what the talking drums are saying. That exactly is the melodrama oozing from the Ayade’s insidious orchestra. You claim I defamed you. Instead

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Bakassi: The Fairy-tale Of A Homeless Tribe… BY AGBA JALINGO

After Nigeria unjustly used a portion of our State, Bakassi to play father-Christmas on the altar of international politics and nefariously ceded it to Cameroon over a cup of tea in a foreign land, the human beings living in what is now called Bakassi LGA in Cross River State, are still treated like SHIT! Yes,

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If I Put My Candidate In Power, I Am Covered? BY AGBA JALINGO

This feeling has broken the hearts of several former governors. A litany of them who used their enormous power of incumbency to install successors in the hope that their tracks will be covered have only had to bite their fingers down the line and face the embarrassing repudiation of such prior commitments, once there is

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Propositions For Cross River NASS Members To The 10th NASS (IV)… BY AGBA JALINGO

Opportunity Statement It is on record that in the past 10 years, over N1.5 trillion has been appropriated for constituency projects in Nigeria, yet the impact of such huge spending on the lives and welfare of ordinary Nigerians can hardly be seen. Peeved by the ugly development, the ICPC in May 2020, declared that it

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