ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF OKAMBI COMMUNITY COUNCIL, OKAMBI, OBUDU DURING THE VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY, GOVERNOR BEN AYADE ON THE OCCASION OF THIS MEETING HELD ON THE 13TH JULY 2020 WITH THE HOST COMMUNITIES OF THE OBUDU INTERNATIONAL PASSENGER AND CARGO AIRPORT, OBUDU, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA. Your Excellency the Executive Governor of
Late Mrs. Gertrude Amorkeye JD Agba is one beautiful woman. I have had the privilege to see her at her son’s home in Life Camp Abuja. She is a fair complexion woman. Tall, and slightly bent forward and walks with a calculated swag. Late Mrs. Gertrude JD Agba was born on 26th of March, 1938. She attended
On this fateful and historic day, 6 July 1967, federal troops under the command of Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, crossed over to Gakem which was then part of Biafra land, and fired the first shots at unarmed civilians at “Ushara Hills” and consequently ignited a bloody civil war that lasted for 30 months. Gakem is
The University of Calabar situated in Cross River State, South-south Nigeria, is one of Nigeria’s second generation and foremost Federal Universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. The architecture was designed by John Elliott. It was established by decree to fulfill this traditional mandate, its motto, “Knowledge
You may have been tired of reading my essays about your uninspiring leadership as governor of our state, but you should be prepared to read tons of them, not just from me but from other Cross Riverians who are of the view that your burdensome leadership and policies are not in the best interest of
One of the earliest objections we encountered from our opponents when we entered the organized Marxist political activism in the early post-Civil War years was the one built around the thesis that Marxism, our ideology, was alien to Africa and to Nigeria in particular. We soon realized that this objection was not new, that it
Have we all, in the deepest recess of our hearts, asked ourselves why political leaders across party lines in our State are silent about developments in the State? It is not as if I know myself. I am equally thinking aloud about it and I think we should think it out together. The APC nearly
The refusal by the Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, to condemn the assault and burning of alleged witches in Boki Local Government Area of the state is deeply disturbing. His deafening silence over this tragic incident is indicative of a disgusting trend in Nigerian politics, and the pervasive incompetence, insensitivity and irresponsible governance