Category: Opinion
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TCRI Explains Reduction in Communal Clashes, Seeks Support for Gov Otu
By Magnus Effiong An advocacy group, ‘Think Cross River Initiative’ has given insight on why incessant communal clashes and killings, which had bedeviled the State for decades in many local government areas, reduced drastically within the past fifteen months. The initiator of the ‘Think Cross River Initiative’, Mr Edem Darlington, who made the disclosure in…
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Re: Open Letter To The Governor On The Blatant Desecration Of The Nigerian Chronicle: The Facts
Governor Bassey Otu OPINION By Okar Ibor On Saturday, August 31, 2024, the sensibilities of well meaning Cross Riverians and indeed, Editorial Staff of the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation (CRSNC), were assaulted by an “Open letter to the Governor on the blatant desecration of the Nigerian Chronicle,” and circulated on the social media by…
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A Weekend In Kano
The Emir of Kano, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi II (M), Mr. Etim Etim (L) and Dr. Noel Akpata, a Medical Doctor and Management Consultant (R) during the visit to the Emir’s palace at weekend. TRAVEL By Etim Etim I spent the last weekend of August in Kano on a film project, and thankfully, there was enough…
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VON DG Seeks Enhanced Military/Media Relationship to Boost National Security
By Magnus Effiong The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mallam Jibrin Baba Ndace, has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces to forge an enhanced symbiotic relationship with the media as part of efforts to build public trust thereby promoting national security. Speaking as a guest lecturer at the Nigerian Naval War College in Calabar,…
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Open Letter To The Governor On The Blatant Desecration Of The Nigerian Chronicle
Gov Bassey Otu OPINION By Dominic Kidzu It took an early morning call from one of the national officers of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to spur me to this cause of action, which I consider to be in the specific regard of the corporation, the protection of the identity of the newspaper and…
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Ajaero: We Must Fight Fascism Furiously
OPINION By Etim Etim There have been exuberant celebrations at the National secretariat of the NLC in Abuja and at its state offices on August 29 as the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, returned from the police headquarters after meeting with police chiefs in Abuja. Ajaero was invited for interrogation for allegedly being involved in serious…
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C/Riverians React as Gov Otu Receives Highest Leadership Prize
By Magnus Effiong The Michael Okpara Foundation and Verbatim Media Group has concluded plans to honour Governor Bassey Otu with its highest prize, The Michael Okpara Leadership Award Premier’s Prize 2024 for Excellence in Governance, Service with Integrity. A letter signed by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Michael Okpara Leadership Lecture and…
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LG Election: C/River Assembly confirms State Electoral Commission members
By Magnus Effiong As Cross River State steps up preparation for the conduct of local government elections, the House of Assembly has confirmed membership of the State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC). The Assembly also confirmed four persons to constitute the Board of the State Internal Revenue Service. Chairmen and members of both the State Independent…
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SAP, Renewed Hope And The Lessons Of History
President Bola Tinubu. OPINION By Etim Etim Karl Marx once told us that history repeats itself, first as a tragedy and second as a farce. George Santanya put it differently. ‘’Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’’. Does history repeat itself in Nigeria? Let’s examine recent developments. General Ibrahim Babangida came…
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Family, Friends Remember Wigwe On Posthumous Birthday; But Where Is Lagos Governor ?
Late Dr. Herbert Wigwe By Etim Etim Six months after his tragic death in a helicopter accident in California, eminent banker, Dr. Herbert Wigwe was celebrated by his family, friends and associates on his posthumous birthday on Thursday, August 15. In the privacy of their homes, they sang and prayed for his soul, children and…
