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For Emmanuel Utum Solomon Ubi: A Wake Up Call!

January 6, 2020 Admin No Comments

By Mathias Okoi-Uyouyo Okoi-Uyouyo, avid writer and public servant, pens a moving tribute to Emmanuel Utum Solomon Ubi, shot in the stomach on December 31st, 2019, by armed robbers who attempted to rape his daughter in the course of the robbery in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State. I learnt of the death of Emmanuel…

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Nigerian Navy Impounds N130m Worth Of Foreign Rice In Calabar

January 5, 2020 Admin No Comments

By Emmanuel Unah The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Victory, at the weekend arrested and impounded two thousand and eighty nine bags of foreign parboiled rice illegally imported into Nigeria through the Calabar Water Channel. Rear Admiral Vincent Okeke, Commander, NNS Victory, who paraded six suspects and the bags of rice at the naval base warehouse…

Cross River News, News

Vandals Scuttle Gov. Ayade’s Electricity Plans For CR Community

January 4, 2020 Admin No Comments

Suspected vandals, still wanted by the police, are believed to have scuttled plans by Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, to boost the supply of electricity to parts of Yakurr Local Government Area, CRS. Government sources in Calabar, the state capital, revealed to www.calitown.com that the governor had despatched John Inyang, Commissioner for Lands and…

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Cross River Ministry of Environment Issues 7-day Ultimatum To Traders On Illegal Structures

January 3, 2020 Admin No Comments

By George Odok Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Mfon Bassey, has given a seven-day ultimatum to traders selling goods in illegal structures along major streets in Calabar to relocate their businesses to Watt, Marian markets, any other market or face demolition. Bassey gave the ultimatum in Calabar during an inspection that took him from…

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One Down In Sustained Cult Clash In Ugep

January 1, 2020 Admin No Comments

A young man has this afternoon been confirmed dead in a suspected cult shooting that rocked Ugep, Yakurr Local Government, this afternoon. The deceased, identified to www.calitown.com as Otu Otu Eno a.k.a Otu Idiagbon, is said to have been shot in the stomach at close range, resulting in his death. While family members appear to…

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“My Faith In Nigeria Is Seriously Shaken” – Obono-Obla

December 30, 2019 Admin No Comments

Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla was recently removed from office as Chairman of the Special Presidential Panel on the Recovery of Public Property in circumstances that still appear fuzzy and stacked against him. After several attempts, Iwara U. Iwara, publisher and editor of www.calitown.com, tracked down Obla and had a short no-holds barred interview with him. Excerpts:…

Cross River News, Features, News