Ebri
11 Dec
If you are 72, healthy, and fulfilled, then there is every reason to be thankful to the Almighty God, for the gift of life is the greatest of all gifts. The above explains why, at 72, His Excellency, Clement David Ebri, Governor of Cross River State between 1991 and 1993, is in a celebratory and…
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