Reading recent media reports that Cross River got minus N824 million from the federation account for the month of April sent me into depression. That means Cross River is indebted to the tune of 82 million naira which apparently will be deducted from the next allocation. I wept for governor Ayade, I wept for my…
There often will be very little innocence in the fistful desire of two fighting brothers; one strong, the other stronger. Amazingly, the strength they flaunt is not like scriptural Samson’s, but strength conceieved and soaked in the murky waters of politics where only atrocious advantages are held up in the end. I think too that…
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The engine cranked to life at exactly 2.45am. It gave out a sound that pierced the silence of the wee hours and made sleep quite a wrestle. As I lay in my bed, faint voices could be heard beneath the sound of the engine and then, timed splashes of water as the engine did the…
Nigeria as one nation remains the hope the African Continent, one that all of Africa has waited on for too long to lead the African renaissance. This hope and frustration have been expressed by several African leaders past and present, including Nelson Mandela, Uhuru Kenyatta, Atta Mills etc. Our huge population, our geographical location, and…
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By Eval Asikong In this part of our society, youth have been kept out of the affairs of their generation for so long. When it concern governance and politics, it is the same retirees of the spent generation that are often recycled. They use experience as their defensive mechanism to keep the youth at bay,…
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