Traversing the length and breadth of old Ogoja Province, one is scandalized by the plight of a dejected citizenry, living amidst abundant resources yet struggling to float above poverty level. Today, Ogoja cuts the image of a malnourished child, overtaken in growth and size by younger siblings.
The pattern extends beyond board appointments. At the Federal Executive Council, the state has suffered significant downgrades in ministerial appointments.
The proposed capital of Ogoja State is meant to be in Ogoja. If Ogoja State is ever created, my wife, my children and I, will all be proudly from Ogoja State. Bonafide indigenes by all parameters, so I will not keep quiet over this matter. Ogoja, which is proposed to be our capital, currently has
Generally, animals tend to wag their tails when they are excited and expectant. It is usually a stimulus that notifies their caregiver of their immediate expectations. Many of these tails are gleefully wagging in the advocacy for the creation of Ogoja State. A project I have remained very nonchalant, disinterested and sometimes, even irritated about.
October 12, 1972, a chartered Uruguayan Airforce plane conveying 45 members of the Christians Club rugby team, including their friends and family members from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, for an exhibition match against the Old Boys Club, an English rugby team in Santiago, crashed into the Andes Mountains in Argentina. For 72 days, the
The past week has been very exhilarating for me for one major reason. How our representatives have unleashed their media aides to give an account of their various constituency interventions and projects. The week can rightly be called “accountability week” in Cross River State. Once we demanded that our representatives in the House of Reps
With the death of Comrade Bene a genuine revolutionary has indeed departed from our midst. May her tribe increase.
She “contributed immensely to international women’s activism on development, linking the experiences of Nigerian and African women to the broader global struggles for women’s equality and against neoliberalism.”