Nigerian businessman, medical practitioner, and activist, Mahdi Shehu has narrated an event that happened 27 years ago and was significant to the turn of many other events in the country. Shehu revealed the staggering event when he answered questions on why the DSS arrested Tukur Mamu, the man who operates as an intermediary between the
In Cross River, as it is elsewhere, the government has always been the behemoth. A very large and powerful organization in our everyday life. But in every functional society where the government is responsive to the people’s demands, the behemoth must be complemented by another duo, namely, a strong and independent Media and an effective
One of the first lessons students of journalism are ingrained in the classroom is, poet John Milton’s 1644 pamphlet “Areopagitica”, written in response to the British Parliament’s passage of a law requiring the government to approve all books prior to publication. In the Areopagitica, Milton argued that truth and understanding, “are not such wares as
You locked me up in jail for the first time for six months for doing nothing to you. You put me on a three years trial for horrible crimes like terrorism, treasonable felony, cultism, and an attempt to overthrow the government. My younger brother, Agbibia, who worked with me, died while you incarcerated me and
Biostadt is a science-based technology company founded by the owner of Coscharis, Mr. Cosmas Maduka. It started business in Nigeria in 1964 as CIBA–GEIGY and metamorphosed to Swiss Biostadt Limited in 2010. In 2016, Swiss Biostadt Limited signed a partnership deal with the medical technology giant, Siemens HealthCare in Abuja. The focus of the partnership
(I expressed this concern three years ago, and I was called names…) The excellent positive reviews and responses that have flooded the Cross River social media space for the first delivery of seedlings from the Cross River Rice City to Bayelsa, are a testament to the acceptability of the project and citizens’ appreciation for completed
This case of Inibehe Effiong is bringing a lot of things to the fore, a lot of things wrong with our justice system. Today, I will point out one: Why do judges always take offense when court proceedings are being recorded? I challenge any lawyer, judge, or scholar to point me to a provision of
Since July 27th, 2022, I have struggled helplessly to sleep at nights knowing that an innocent, compassionate and ideologically sound lawyer known as Inibehe Effiong is currently being held against all legal procedures and professional code of ethics in prison running into weeks, and his crime? Simply because he went to Uyo High Court 1