CHOLERA: the Death-Dealing Disease, Our Life-Saving Choices. The year was 1854, and London was in the grip of yet another outbreak of cholera—an intestinal ailment characterized by severe diarrhea and dehydration. The disease struck with alarming speed. Many who awoke in good health were dead by nightfall. There was no known cure. Some thought cholera
I have faithfully kept off making comments on Facebook since December, 8, 2014 for obvious reasons. I have nevertheless posted some materials I share or which amuse me once in a while to the irritation of some people, but largely to my amusement. I have decidedly not responded to any comments arising from my posts
A leader takes the coloration of the process and people that brought them into power and so leaders all over the world are functions of the type of people that they lead. A bad leader is a product of a bad people especially when the choice is in the hands of the people. For example
In a week of constant bombardment from the ever vocal political crew of ‘change’ and ‘transformation agenda’, I was drawn to a picture on the timeline of a Facebook friend. The picture is of the banner of one of the popular churches in Calabar declaring to passers by that ‘I must get married this year!
Over time I have followed keenly to see how the Nigerian Police and government of Cross River State will handle the case of extra judicial killing of Derek Maurice Ben alongside 5 others between 16th and 17th April 2014 by a group of 14 policemen attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS Police Headquarters
After the tumultuous rally unequalled in the history of Cross River state politics held on Thursday, at the reception of Goddy Jedy Agba, the regime lacking in any ideas of a legitimate political response could only do what it has done: cut off its nose to spite its’ face! It sounds theatrical and comical. Without
The conduct of the PDP congresses last Saturday to elect three delegates from the electoral wards in the state is a pointer to the wicked plans of some of our political leaders to consign known political crowd pullers to the background. It shows that Cross River State political opportunists harbor sinister schemes to explode the
It was a pathetic state that needed a saviour.. It was a black hole that needed to be washed and allowed to sparkle… She wasn’t a NIGERIA yet, just a young maiden with a lot of dreams, ambitions and potentials that laid helplessly in the hands of lords. She was crowded with people who traded