This is the concluding part of a two part treatise started last week. BEING TEXT OF SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CROSSRIVERWATCH 3RD ANNIVERSARY LECTURE ON THE THEME “REALITY OF A NON-OIL ECONOMY IN CROSS RIVER STATE; PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES” PART 2 Beyond the effort to develop the different sectors of the state economy to serve
A few days ago, precisely on September 1, Okoi Obono Obla was on air, this time on Channels Television, where his outing on the station’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, offered a glum study in self-contradiction. If his aim on that fateful morning was to offer further explanations to those who have wrongly or otherwise accused
On the 29th May 2015, in a pomp ceremony held in the so called Calabar International Conference Center, the Honourable Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, honourable Justice Okoi Ikpi Itam, administered the mandatory Oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance on Senator Ben Ayade to become the 4th elected Governor
The Vanguard news of 22rd August, caught my attention with this opening statement” PREGNANT Women, nursing mothers, physically challenged persons and university graduates were among the nine thousand applicants who, Saturday morning, thronged the U.J Esuene Sports Stadium to compete for one thousand job placements in the green state Police scheduled to oversee the state’s
Recently I did an article elaborately on whether Governor Ayade can prove to be a man of his own or a surrogate imposed on the people by the conservative cabal in Cross River politics. However, as events keeps unfolding, his administrative policies have sparked the urgent need of advisers not necessarily as his cabinet members
As early as 7.00 am, Friday, July 31, 2015, Court 5 of the Federal High Court located at Maitama, district, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja was filled to its seating capacity. Outside the Court Room within the court premise, many groups of Cross River State extraction including the Northern Cross River Forum, Cross River State
Beginning 1950s and till mid-1960s, Nigeria remained the largest producer of crude oil palm world over. It had a market share of 43.0%, supplying 645,000 MT of palm oil, on annual basis, across the globe. Today, from being the largest producer of oil palm, Nigeria is now a net importer of palm oil. According to
Deadline For Parents I missed my deadline and I panicked, why? I have been one who criticises alot and to be on the spot and the receiving end hasn’t been a good feeling at all. Now, I sure appreciate editors and writers because I don’t see myself as one at all. All I’m doing is