Fellow Cross Riverians, with great humility, I stand before you today to accept the enormous responsibility you have given to me and my brother, Peter Odey, to serve. In the same breath, let me welcome all of you to this moment of history. We give God all the glory and adoration for leading us successfully…
Today, Monday, May 29th, 2023, in large parts of Nigeria, new governors will be sworn-in for a four-year tenure in office. In Cross River State, preparations for today’s inauguration have reached fever pitch and it is only a matter time before Bassey Edet Otu, takes the reins as the 18th governor of Cross River State….
By Vena Ikem In this incisive, blunt, captivating and remarkable read, Cross River PDP Chairman, Venatius Ikem, captures in ink,some personal moments/encounters with Ben Ayade, shortly after he first became CRS governor in 2015 and the subtle machinations that became the hallmark of their often attritious relationship. I remember how he felt like eight years…
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Distance themselves from Anthony Ani By Bassey Inyang Kingmakers of the Efik Kingdom have declared that Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V remains the Obong aof Clabar, and grand patriarch of the Efik people, as they distanced themselves from the purported proclamation of Etubom Anthony Ani as the Obong of Calabar-elect. The kingmakers operating on…
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After serial meetings and collective pressure mounted to secure six added months to their three-year tenure in office, local council chairmen in Cross River State, will now compulsorily vacate office on June 2, 2023, www.calitown.com can reveal. Sources inside Government House, Calabar, confided in www.calitown.com that the 18 council chairmen “had repeatedly tried to influence…
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Unknown to several people, last Friday’s (19th May, 2023) ghastly motor accident in Betem, Biase Local Government Area, CRS, involving a Calabar bound Toyota Sienna bus and a truck going in the opposite direction, not only took the life of Yemiode Elton, the lady who died three days before she was to celebrate a well…