Author: Nseabasi King

My uncle, Dcn. Gideon King, a farmer and retired factory worker with the old CalCemCo, now Lafarge (Mfamosing) in Cross River State, once told me an interesting but intriguing story of an event that preceded the creation of Akwa Ibom State on September 23,1987. He said a few years before the Calabar – Itu road was constructed to link the Metropolitan with the Mainland (present day Akwa Ibom State), there was this strange man whose health was unstable and his sanity in doubt roaming the streets of Calabar at the time, who suddenly started screaming on top of his lungs,…

We all seem to be concerned lately, the world over. Ethiopia’s Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus is deeply concerned with funding pause, as the newly sworn-in President of the United States pulls his country away from the World Health Organisation (WHO). He thinks this decision can reverse the gains of many years in public health globally and increase the risk of infections, illnesses, and deaths for over 30 million people in low and middle income countries. While on the flipside, the 47th President of the United States (POTUS), Donald Joseph Trump, is greatly concerned not for the likelihood of a WHO funding…