Consummate politician, life coach and philanthropist, Ray Ugba Murphy says late music icon, Prince Nico Mbarga of the Rocafil Jazz fame, made people, through his smash hit, “Sweet Mother”, appreciate mothers more because of the compelling sentiments Mbarga wove into the lyrics of the song, adding that, “his Sweet Mother was translated into every language…
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By Yinka Odumakin Those who were in Lagos around 1991-2 would remember Forum Finance located on Allen Avenue in Ikeja, a company that employed a number of young men and women in flashy cars going about town duping the gullible of their hard earned money. Its famous advert was “Forum go double your money!”. It…
Cross River State’s Accountant – General, Joseph Adie, has been told that his explanation about how CRS spent a whooping N7.85bn bailout funds given to her by the Federal Government, “…is clumsy” and has been given a five days ultimatum within which to put together a comprehensive report on how the money was expended. Abdullahi…
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Top All Progressive Congress, APC, sources in Abuja, the nation’s capital, informed www.calitown.com early today that a major condition appears to have been given Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, to fulfill, pursuant to what is expected to be his switch from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, as political momentum gains speed. The condition is…
Calabar based legal practitioner, Utum Eteng, who sought and obtained an interim injunction from the High Court in Cross River State, barring the state governor, Ben Ayade, from constituting caretaker committees for the recently dissolved local government councils in the state, is insisting that the state governor and his supporters, “cannot say there is no…
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Martin Orim, Chief of Staff to Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, late Friday evening, condemned in strong terms the communal clash between the Ukpe and Kutia communities in Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River North, describing the conflict “as an unfortunate situation, driven more by hatred than common sense”. He also was at a…
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