Seaport

Igboland is not a dot and it’s not landlocked

Igboland is not a dot and it’s not landlocked

Barr. Aloy Ejimakor (Esq.) By ALOY EJIMAKOR It’s often said that a lie told so many times, if unchallenged, may - in course of time - begin to pass for the truth. One of such is the terrible lie, institutionally purveyed since the end of the Civil War, to the effect that Igboland is landlocked or has no access to the sea. Just recently, President Buhari not only implied the same but he went further to derisively describe Igboland as a “dot in a circle”, using IPOB as a metaphor. The purpose of this essay, therefore, is to debunk this…
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Why FG should support Cross River’s superhighway, deep seaport projects- Fani Kayode

Why FG should support Cross River’s superhighway, deep seaport projects- Fani Kayode

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has made a strong case on the need for the Federal Government to support the signature projects of the Cross River State Government. The projects include the 21 meters draft Bakassi Deep Seaport and a 275km superhighway which is to serve as the evacuation corridor for the seaport. Speaking in Calabar after a tour of projects undertaken by the Governor Ben Ayade-led administration in the state, Fani-Kayode also urged the Federal Government “ to make a special allocation for Cross River State given the…
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