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Agba Jalingo Is Still In Captivity By ELIAS OZIKPU

Perhaps one of the most horrifying news in today’s Nigeria, besides the barbaric decimation of innocent citizens by overly coddled terrorist organisations running amok across the country, is the continuous incarceration of journalist, Agba Jalingo. Agba remains in captivity solely on the executive order of Governor Ben Ayade for rightly demanding that the governor comes

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Governor Ayade’s Illegal Ministries; A Rejoinder BY FIRST BABA ISA

Three days ago, I filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Calabar, challenging the action of the Governor of Cross River State in creating the ministries of Aviation, Foreign Affairs and Solid Minerals. The Governor and the State Government will certainly be served with the Court process this week. So, ordinarily, every discussion on

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The Travails Of Agba Jalingo And Others BY SUNDAY ONYEMACHI EZE

For living up to the responsibility of his vocation and professional calling and for also daring to report the sleaze observed in the Five Hundred Million (N500, 000,000.00) Naira appropriated and approved for Cross River Micro Finance Bank, Agba Jalingo was hounded like a common criminal from his home in Lagos in the middle of

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That January 1 Pilgrimage To Itigidi: A Reflection BY ASU OKANG

On Wednesday, First of January, 2020 the crème de la crème in the political chess board of Cross River State, led by His Excellency, Sir (Prof.) Benedict Ayade, converged on the palatial hillside residence of the immediate past Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, CON, to pay him the annual traditional homage to

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Ayade: Scholarly Brute, Oppressive Erudite and Ascending Adjectives BY ADENIYI KUNNU

Journeying from Environmental Microbiology to a Master’s in Business Administration and settling onto the knowledge platform of Law, factually, Ben Ayade, a Professor, former senator and current governor of Cross Rivers state has done quite well for himself in this ‘fleeting’ life of impermanent stages and phases. However, when one farts where fragrance has just

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Cross River Central: Carrot And Stick BY SIMON UTSU

Being the second of a three-part series by the author… The year has all but come to an end. I have decided to do a tripartite series on the politicians who deserve carrots and those who need sticks based on their outputs in 2019. The Carrot… There has been a lot of politicking this year

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Cross River In The Grip Of An Emperor, 39 Minions And 25 Rubber Stamps BY ELIAS OZIKPU

Not every Cross Riverian will agree that we have had better leaders before the Governor Ben Ayade dispensation; but most people from Cross River or who have lived in Cross River since the onset of the Fourth Republic will agree that the State has seen more visionary leadership than the joke that currently prevails. Different

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Cross River North: The Carrot And Stick BY SIMON UTSU

Being the first of a three-part series by the author… The year has all but come to an end. I have decided to do a tripartite series on the politicians who deserve carrots and those who need sticks based on their outputs in 2019. Like they say, charity begins at home so I will start

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