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Cervical Cancer And The African Woman BY ELIJAH UGANI

Introduction Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the uterine cervix, the lower end of the uterus that contacts the upper Vagina. Cervical cancer occurs in almost 13,000 women each year...

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APC And PDP: Two Sides Of the Same Coin BY INYALI PETER

There was echo of joy and sigh of relief when fringe opposition parties in Nigeria came together to form a major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013. To many Nigerians, the...

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Dele Giwa: So, Yesterday Was October 19! BY NANDI BETTE

As the decades roll by Memories tend to fade away Yesterday was October 19 Yet no newspaper headlines Recalled the terrorist event But, Deep down their hearts In the cozy opulence Of their “fortified”...

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10 Things To Do During Your Youth Service Year BY MARY UMANI

The National Youth Service Scheme is a dream for the thousands of graduating students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It was designed for many reasons including fostering national unit and...

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Communal War: Open Letter To Abi State Constituency BY JOHN GAUL LEBO

1. Dear constituents, let us have an end to communal hostilities among the communities of The Bahumuno Nation in Abi local government. 2. The Bahumuno Nation in Abi local government are a peculiar and...

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Dr. Mathew Ojong Achigbe, Where Art Thou? BY VICTOR NDOMA-EGBA

Your call to me at 11.05 pm on Friday 16 November, 2018 was my last call that day. You said you were in Onitsha for the meeting of your Order, Knights of St. Mulumba of which you were Grand Knight and...

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Economic Potentials Of The Ayade Agricultural and Industrial Revolution:...

This is the second of a five part treatise seeking to highlight the enormous potentials and impact of the ongoing revolution in Agriculture and Industrialization by the Benedict Ayade administration in...

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Owan-Enoh As APC Governorship Candidate: A Legal Perspective BY UTUM ETENG

There has been speculations particularly in the social media as to who between John Owan-Enoh and Pastor Usani Uguru Usani is the All Progressives Congress Cross River State Governorship Candidate for...

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Jungle Justice: A Melancholy Of Medico-legal And Social Challenges In Cross...

Jungle justice or mob justice is a form of extrajudicial killing which has gained ground in Cross River State over the past few years. Hitherto unknown, it’s popularity has grown across the State and...

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As The Campaigns Begin: Matters Arising Part 1 BY VENATUS IKEM

The polity is awash with high expectations and permutations as usual. Heightened by the growing internet penetration that has ensured that you can no longer give anyone ‘news’ that is new, because in...

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Gender-Based Violence: An Unspoken Trend In The 21st Century BY MARGARET JOHN

When one speaks of violence, it is often associated with physical activities of force and use of arms, one that results in destruction of lives and properties. However, there is more to violence than...

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Economic Potentials Of The Ayade Agricultural and Industrial Revolution (Part...

This is the third of a five part treatise seeking to highlight the enormous potentials and impact of the ongoing revolution in Agriculture and Industrialization by the Senator Benedict Ayade’s...

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Mysteries Beyond Our Imagination: A Tribute To My Beloved Daddy BY IMANI...

Being a tribute to the late Comrade Sanctus Odey; A lover of God, Nature and Man which sad event occurred in a manner too gruesome to recall. When mummy, my siblings and I could not reach you for some...

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Open Legal Opinion Offered On Gratis Limits Of The Powers Of Prof. Ben Ayade...

This open legal opinion gratis is offered to Professor Ben Ayade both as Governor of Cross River State and visitor to Cross River University of Technology herein called CRUTECH. CRUTECH was established...

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Thoughts On Nigeria’s Development Journey And The Fallacy Of Hopelessness BY...

Being a paper presented at the second distinguished public lecture of the Department of Educational Administration and Planning, University of Calabar by Venatius Ikem Esq. on Tuesday, May 14, 2019....

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#FreeJalingoNow: Because … BY FIRST BABA ISA

Because… In Nigeria arrest is used as a punishment, arrest is used to disgrace citizens, arrest is used to show that “I pass my neighbor”, arrest is used to flex both political and economic muscles....

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Agba Jalingo: Connivance Of Silence Or Bareface Cowardice BY EMMANUEL IBESHI

I am constrained to put this up as representing my view as a stakeholder in Cross River State. Through the length and breath of Nigeria since 2015 we have witnessed unprecedented display of executive...

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Odey Ochicha Supports CRUTECH Alumni Building With 3 Million Naira

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Iluji, Ondo state, Mr. Odey Ochihca has donated 3 million naira to the Cross River University of Technology...

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A Masquerade Gets Dressed Up To Confront Agba Jalingo In Court BY ELIAS OZIKPU

Exactly twenty years after Nigeria supposedly got rid of men in camouflage, the country’s democracy is experiencing a nosedive in ways that words alone cannot adequately capture. Ironically, members of...

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Ayade’s Tongue Twister BY GODDIE AKPAMA

For us in Cross River, it is yet another fiscal year, another budget and another tongue twisting confusion. Again as usual, the people would spend more time taking about, and trying to analyze the...

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