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UNICAL Vice Chancellorship Race: Professor Joseph Ele Asor – The Perfect Man For The Job

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

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Dear Governor Ben Ayade, What Will You Be Remembered For? BY ELIAS OZIKPU

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

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In Praise Of Marxism BY EDWIN MADUNAGU

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

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There Comes A Time When Silence Is Betrayal – Martin Luther King Jr. BY AGBA JALINGO

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

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Governor Ayade And Witch Burning In Cross River State BY LEO IGWE

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

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UNICAL Vice Chancellorship Race: Professor Joseph Ele Asor – An Ode To The Man Who Perfectly Fits The Bill BY MISSANG OYAMA

The University of Calabar (fondly called UNICAL) was first established as the Calabar campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It was in 1975 that the Federal Military Government announced Unical as a full-fledged academic institution. On that note, the university started operating as an autonomous institution without affiliation to UNN. Unical is ranked

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Allow The Living Talk About The Dead BY AGBA JALINGO

Yes…Allow Them Like other characteristics of all living things, there is nothing special or unique about death or dying. Don’t let any custom or tradition make it seem so. Talkless of politics. It is that simple. As early as elementary three science, pupils are taught the characteristics of living things among which are: MR NIGER

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Shenanigans In Cross River Judiciary BY JOSEPHINE EFFAH-CHUKWUMA

The three-month tenure of the controversial acting chief judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, has come to an end. Stakeholders who condemned the appointment by Governor Ben Ayade anxiously await and fear a repeat of the shenanigans that led up to his appointment; shenanigans that threaten the principles of separation of powers and

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