(An open letter to cross riverians) — By:Egbara Emmanuel Sometime ago I listed issues that were likely to spell the death knell of Cross river state and I remember listing political silence on the part of Cross riverians as number 1.  I have critically examined the factors that had kept Cross river state on her knees for this long and I have concluded that the timidity of our people, the fear to raise a voice in the face of severest oppression and deprivation and the loss of self esteem ranked the highest in the scale of culprits. Sadly enough it had not always been so. In the pre-colonial days we had great warriors of note and empire leaders who were ready to lay down their lives in the defence of what they held dear. There were citizens who were very bold, fearless and articulate and were prepared to dare and challenge any tendency towards absolutism, autocracy or untoward tyranny. In those days no leader would dare steal what belonged to the people. Any leader wheth...

Don’t take Joseph Odock Serious, Egbara Urges Cross riverians By Egbara Junior — February 7, 2017 9:20 am | Egbara Emmanuel Ikaba,a social media Activist and Child protection Activist from Yala local government area of Cross river state has urged Cross riverians to stop taking the media bat Odock Joseph, and his cohorts serious on his incessant attacks on the Ayade -led government. He made this disclosure against the backdrop of the allegation by the Media bat that the Executive Governor of Cross river state is corrupt and incompetent leader. Egbara described  Odock and his co wailers in his party as people of self-imposed frustration borne out of their inability to move on after the election defeat and the economic hardship dwelling with them. He, however, challenged Odock to set his house in ord...