Ogar Emmanuel Oko
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UNICAL: The Accused, The Accuser, The Purveyor Of The Accusations And The Rest Of Us BY OGAR EMMANUEL OKO

A few years ago, Mr. Agi Peter, a young vibrant and the shrewd chartered accountant, the youngest ever Bursar of the University of Calabar since its inception in 1975, brought to the table his ‘paradigm shift’ mantra which was geared at the entrenchment of the world best practices of financial ethics in the institution. It

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A Nation In Search Of True Leadership: The 1966 Coup D’etat! BY OGAR EMMANUEL

Exactly 55 years at the wee hours of Saturday 15th January 1966, the nascent nation – Nigeria, was rocked to its very foundation when a dissident extract, or rather, sect of the Nigerian Army led by Maj. P. C. Nzeogwu Kaduna and four others kidnapped and killed notable Nigerians like Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (Prime

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Magistrate Safiya Iyeh; Cross River Hidden Retrenchment Policy And The Rest Of Us BY OGAR EMMANUEL

In the last 6 months or so, Cross River State has witnessed numerous protests by individuals and group of organized associations over issues of nonpayment of salaries; gratuities, arrears, non-effect of promotional benefits, illegal disengagement of duly engaged Civil Servants in the cloak of concealed redundancy policy where staff were layoff without due process. Surprisingly,

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