Houses are believed to have been burnt, several persons injured while seven persons, at the last count, have lost their lives in the renewed communal clash between Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi Local Government Area, www.calitown.com can report. Hard pressed local sources in the area were unable, at press time, to ascertain the distribution…
I am deeply saddened by the resurgence of hostilities and the barefaced refusal of my brothers and sisters in Abi Local Government Area to give peace a chance. More painful is the fact that again and again, our local people in the warring communities of Ediba, Usumutong and now Ebom, are unaware that while we…
That part of Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, recently christened, “Cross River’s Theatre of War”, erupted this morning as the Usumutong and Ebom communities clashed in what has become an endless cycle of vicious attacks and killings. The www.calitown.com reporter covering the conflict was unable to point to what triggered the latest round…
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade has handed local government caucuses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state a shocker with what can be referred to as an overnight decision to personally name and constitute caretaker committees for the 18 local government areas of the state. Ayade, through his Chief Press Secretary, Christian…
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Cross River Central Senatorial district aspirant in the recently concluded primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wilfred Usani, says he does not begrudge the party over her role in the conduct of party primaries that have since threatened the cohesiveness and unity of the PDP in Cross River State. He however has sworn to…
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Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Donald Duke has called on the Federal Government to find a comprehensive and long term solution to the lingering minimum wage crisis in the country. The current “fire brigade” response, according to Duke, is tantamount to giving a short term solution to a long term problem. Such…
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