Governor Ben Ayade and greatness are Siamese twins. Only a surgeon with exceptional skills and expertise in delicate procedures can separate them. However, there is no need for surgery here. His story enriches our understanding of greatness. Since national honors are truly reserved for exceptional citizens who have set themselves apart by the works of
Regardless of how scary it may sound, it is axiomatic that life was longer when it was slower, and as life gets faster with technological leaps, life will continue to get shorter. I don’t know the calendar or the lunar cycle that was in place at the time, but we are told in the Bible
The person that started the first school in the world, whether in a cave or under a tree, which one did he/she attend? Who taught the first person that organized the accepted alphabets in your language? The person that certified the number one degree holder in the world, which degree did he or she have?
With the advent of social media, marginalized and vulnerable groups all over the world found a major and veritable channel for rediscovering their voices. From dispossessed aboriginals and indigenous peoples to LGBTQ groups to gender identity groups to racial identity groups to other persons discriminated against based on age, physical disability, language, immigration status, or
Freedom House, America’s oldest think thank, devoted to the support and defense of democracy around the world, was formally established in 1941. It is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. A Freedom House August 2021 Report, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Immediate past Cross River Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke visited Ayade’s N8.5 Billion Vitaminized Rice Mill in Ogoja, along with his successor, three years ago. Governor Ayade took Imoke on a tour of the mill and while speaking to journalists, Imoke said: “With what I am seeing here, I believe that the quality of rice that
Every time you are able to expose evil, whether in your family or in your street, or in your community, you reduce the potential of that evil to cause further evil. Evil thrives when we talk about it in hush tones. When we continue to fear it. When we fail to challenge it and find
Manoj Jagtiani, the Chief Executive Officer of Indigo Bar Restaurant & Suites is not new to many Nigerians in government circles. They know what he is doing in Nigeria and they have reasons for associating with him. Governor Ayade is now parading him as someone who wants to build Hotel Indigo, a five-star facility with