Category: Features

Did Betta Edu, Cross River State Health Commissioner Lie?

April 16, 2020 Admin No Comments

Three years ago, on February 11, 2017, Betta Edu, (at that time the Director-General, Primary Health Care Development Agency, PHCDA) was my radio guest on #ThePublicView on HIT 95.9 FM, Calabar. As the interaction wore on, the versatile answers she provided to the questions I asked her on the live radio programme were outrightly commendable….

Who Wants To Put Chief Okoi Obono-Obla In Harm’s Way?

April 3, 2020 Admin No Comments

…HIS ARREST AND DETENTION, EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 1. We are lawyers to Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, the erstwhile Chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, and issue this Press Statement in that capacity. 2. Since the 20th of March, 2020, when Chief was arrested…

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Undiandeye, Chairman CRS Forestry Commission Opens Up On ‘Feud’ With Odey Oyama

March 31, 2020 Admin No Comments

1. I have been bemused and worried by the flurry of media reports following the unfortunate resignation of the Chairman of the Anti – Deforestation Task Force, Mr Odey Oyama, recently, and the wrong assumption that I had something to do with it. This is so because Mr Oyama has been very close to me…

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Gov. Ben Ayade And The Fantasy Of His Defection To The APC

March 14, 2020 Admin No Comments

Since 2016, there has been heightened speculation about the possible defection of Governor Benedict Ayade to the APC. Political watchers and pundits are of the view that Ayade carries on like a man who is wedded to two political suitors – partisan polygamist of some sort, if you like. There is no doubt that since…

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Ahead Of 2023, The Search For A Credible C’River Gubernatorial Candidate Begins!

February 5, 2020 Admin 4 Comments

By Gnarly Eyo The mass cry for better governance in Cross River State will appealingly necessitate a transition from partisan politics to purposeful leadership, enhanced by an electorate who should ideally choose content and character over political and ethnic affiliation. While the candidate who will better appeal to voters must also be one that is…

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Gov Ayade’s Illegal Ministries; A Rejoinder!

January 12, 2020 Admin 2 Comments

Three days ago, I filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Calabar, challenging the action of the Governor of Cross River State in creating the ministries of Aviation, Foreign Affairs and Solid Minerals. The Governor and the State Government will certainly be served with the court process this week. So, ordinarily, every discussion on…

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