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OBUDU: Living By The River Side And Washing Our Hands With Spittle BY GODDIE AKPAMA

For a mass population of the Obudu, people, with unarguably the most politically sophisticated elite class in Cross River State, the Ayade governorship has presented them with an incomprehensible paradox. While his emergence as the first democratically elected governor of northern Cross River State extraction has enhanced their claim to being the drivers of Northern

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SUICIDE: The Voices In My Head Are Saying ‘Jump’ BY FRED ABUA

I hate to break it to you, but the bitter truth is that someone you know might be considering suicide right now! Mark was my uncle, my mother’s last brother. He was only two years older than me and because he grew up in my father’s house, we were very close. We shared a room

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Governor Ayade: From Food On The Table, To Hands On The Plough BY AGBA JALINGO

April 2018, Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, wept profusely at the State Executive Council chambers whilst signing the N1.3 trillion budget of kinetic crystallization into law. The governor asked Rev. Fr Bob Etta, his Special Adviser on Religious Matters, to commit the budget to God and while the prayer was ongoing, Ayade broke

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As The Campaigns Begin: Matters Arising Part 1 BY VENATUS IKEM

The polity is awash with high expectations and permutations as usual. Heightened by the growing internet penetration that has ensured that you can no longer give anyone ‘news’ that is new, because in the remotest corner of our country and State, someone somewhere has a smart phone that conveys to his palm almost in real

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Why All Cross Riverians Must Support Professor Ben Ayade’s Second Term Bid BY KENNETH AWOWOH

By nature, man is comfortable with the status quo. He prefers the normal due largely to the fear of the unknown. He does not want to set his feet on the body of water until he ascertains the depth. He wants to see the staircase clearly before taking a step. Man does not at any

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Cervical Cancer And The African Woman BY ELIJAH UGANI

Introduction Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the uterine cervix, the lower end of the uterus that contacts the upper Vagina. Cervical cancer occurs in almost 13,000 women each year in the United States, leading to about 4,100 deaths. Since 1980, the incidence of cervical cancer has declined by 49 percent.

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Ayade’s 2019 Ticket As Reward For More Work BY LINUS OBOGO

If the submission of American author, Jonas Salk that the reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more holds true, then, Cross River State governor, Professor Ben may have to buckle down as the outcome of the September 30, 2018, Cross River State governorship primary has imposed on him another huge burden

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58 Years Of ‘Independence’ Or ‘In Dependence’ BY DODEYE EBRI

Nigeria!!! A Land filled with milk and honey That flows to a ‘gully’ Many toiled, many spoiled For that milk and honey… Today that ‘gully’s’ got hands, Got legs, Got senses, It breeds greed and stagnates… Cries for help Cries to help All neglected The journey’s been nothing but thorny… Power is now defiant In

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