Patrick Ugbe, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of HIT 95.9 FM, Calabar’s first private radio station, kidnapped days ago in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has been released by his kidnappers and www.calitown.com can confirm that he has re-united with his family and close friends, early Saturday morning. His kidnap, which coincided with the visit…
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Normalcy is gradually being restored to Calabar following the intervention of the state government in the face-off between the Nigerian Police and the Navy, late Tuesday evening and into the night. Addressing newsmen, shortly after an emergrncy security council meeting at Government House, Calabar, today, state governor, Ben Ayade urged the citizens to go about…
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In what can rightly be described as a mad evening in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, officers and men of the Nigerian Navy and the Police, for several hours, engaged each other in a gun battle that shook the state capital to her bones, www.calitown.com can authoritatively reveal. Trouble is believed to have started…
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At exactly 12:45 pm, Nigerian time, today, May 30, 2017, when our correspondents visited several government offices in Calabar, the Cross River State, it was confirmed that the strike action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, was in full swing and several civil servants in the state have remained…
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One time Head of the Civil Service, Cross River State, Wilfred Oden Inah, says Udoakaha Jacob Esuene, Military Governor of South Eastern State between May 1967 to July 1975, remains the best governor Cross River State ever had because of the level of infrastructure he meticulously identified and developed for the state. Inah who spoke…
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Paramount ruler of Calabar Municipality, His Royal Majesty, Ntufam (Dr) Patrick Inok Oquagbor V, says education planners in Nigeria should seriously begin to explore the possibility of teaching anti-corruption in Nigerian schools to help in the fight against corruption. He also believes that because the problem of anti-corruption in Nigeria is systemic, the approach to…
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