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Do Protests Change Anything? BY AGBA JALINGO

Kenya said they needed more money and wanted to increase taxes. The Kenyan government proposed raising US$2.7 billion by increasing taxes on essential goods and services, from cooking oil to bread. The bill also targeted digital revenue, where the bulk of young people generate their income. The people of Kenya said “NO” to their government

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Why Local Government System In Nigeria Should Not Be Federalized Under Any Guise BY OKOI OBONO-OBLA

any attempt to run a hybrid of unitarianism and federalism will definitely boomerang.

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Law As The Metaphor Of The Bad Man: AGF vs 36 States Governors BY OKOI OBONO-OBLA

Law is the synthesis of the views of the bad man who awaits Court's verdict and that of the good man who believes and obeys the law whether or not the Court is invited to pronounce on it.

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State Governors Are The Real Problem Of Nigerian Democracy BY DOMINIC KIDZU

They use poverty as a form of political control. The poorer the people, the more likely they are compelled to sing and dance at the celestial glory of the sovereign who does no wrong. Every single project is magnified as the greatest, ever. He knows the truth, but what the heck! The wealth of the

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Is ‘Atakpa’ Of Calabar Really Linked To ‘Akpa’ Of The Jukuns? BY CEEJAY OJONG

For instance, where did the 'Akpa Junkuns' suddenly disperse to without any remnant or trace of its people, language or settlements in the Calabar vicinity? The Efuts we already know are a part of the Balondo ba konja people. The Quas are a subset of the larger Ejagham superset. The Efiks have their clear and

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My Stewardship So Far BY HON PETER AKPANKE

Together, we shall demolish all the mountains and refill all the valleys that dare to stand between us and the attainment of our collective desires.

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Sunday Musings: Things You Shouldn’t Be Praying For… BY AGBA JALINGO

Nigerians today boast of the biggest churches in the world. For the members of those ministries, it is a huge achievement. For many who understand the dynamics, it is a sign of endemic poverty, deprivation and bad governance. Let me try to explain. Some of the most pressing things that force our people to churches

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Don’t Be Like Him… BY AGBA JALINGO

Inside Afokang Prison in Calabar, the place I spent my time the most was in the welfare department where we make phone calls, receive counseling and where the prison library is. I was always borrowing their books. I had a favorite counselor, Madam Nancy. A wonderful Ikom woman that was so kind and generous to

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