Your Excellency, today is a very special day in your life and I’m glad to join all Cross Riverians at different stations and strata of life at home and abroad to celebrate this day with you. Sir, I’ve refused to be in the vanguard of those who are still reeling in the contention in view…
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After what looked like eternity, the Nigerian Senate has finally confirmed Biase, Cross River State born Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, www.calitown.com sources in Abuja just said. His confirmation comes after seeming attempts were made to stall his emergence, prompting subtle protests from loud voices within the legal and…
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This is the end of February, the second month of the year and incredibly, we are nine-lynched men down in Calabar, the Cross River state capital. It is an amazing statistic, considering the laid back nature of Calabar and the fact that the city does not have a reputation for dispensing injustice without the benefit…
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Unrepentant critic of the Ben Ayade administration, life coach and businessman, Ray Ugba Morphy, disclosed on his Facebook page today that he closed down his Sugarland Lounge “… after policemen driving in five Operation Skolombo pickups were sent to harass customers and arrest my staff on trumped up charges obviously as a result of my…
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The Police high command in Cross River State says it will deal decisively with any one or group of persons caught accosting and burning suspected criminals instead of handing over such suspects to the Police for prosecution. Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa, the CRS Commissioner of Police, who exclusively disclosed this information to www.calitown.com, explained that it…
While two suspected Lassa fever deaths appear to have occurred in Cross River State, officials of the Ministry of Health in the state, are lip tied with information concerning the suspected Lassa fever deaths, even though sources within the Ministry have silently confirmed that certain health facilities in the state believed to have managed the…
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