I have to preface this piece with some clarifications on what a budget signifies in any given economy. In a nutshell, a budget is an expression of government financial role in the growth process of an economy. It is the most comprehensive financial document used within a given year to plan, co-ordinate and manage the…
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The chairman, distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a pleasure to be here with you today and I thank the organizers for inviting me to speak on this platform. I believe that this noble initiative which geared towards raising the consciousness of our youths in politics and governance is quite apt and desirable at this…
Painfully, it is no longer news that academic activities have been paralysed since last Wednesday (9th November 2017) in the Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), as result of the on-going strike action embarked upon by the University’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to that Union’s official bulletin released on…
Our attention has been drawn to a barrage of reactions trailing a news item published on www.calitown.com on Wednesday, October 12, 2017 with the headline “WARRING ABI AND USUMUTONG COMMUNITIES ASKED TO SINK DIFFERENCES”. Particularly, the last paragraph of the news item, “… Meanwhile, a text message received by www.caliitown.com, late Wednesday evening however insists…
By Iwara U Iwara In 1978, precisely on November 18, the “Mad Messiah”, Jim Jones, founder of the Peoples Temple in the USA, oversaw, through a sweet tongue-coated scheme, the mass suicide of more than 900 members of his sect who had relocated with him from California to the small South American nation of Guyana….
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By Chief Philemon Ugbeche Why me? I am a 79yr old farmer, a retired journalist, and a former schoolteacher in the glorious days of Mary Knoll, Okuku. I have lived a good life as a Catholic and my Knighthood was the crowning glory from a God I have served with dedication and fear; there is…