More than 50 concerned Cross River State pensioners under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, have written to state governor, Ben Ayade, warning that they will not be part of any attempt by government to make part payment of gratuities to retirees, owed gratuities since 2013, www.calitown.com can report. In a letter dated…
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John Owan Enoh, the senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial district has publicly told his supporters that even though his local government area, Etung, has the second highest number of political appointees in the Ben Ayade administration, he has capacity and will floor all of them politically, irrespective of whatever political tactics may be employed…
Voices for Compliance and Legality, VOCAL, an anti-corruption project of the Catholic Caritas Foundation, in collaboration with the Calabar Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative, says it wants anti-corruption clubs formed in primary and secondary schools in Cross River State as a positive measure to help change the believe in an evolving generation that corruption…
Sarah Isioma Agi, wife of Peter Agi, former Bursar of the University of Calabar escaped death, late yesterday evening, when the Toyota Hilander she was driving in, was sprayed with bullets, inside high brow State Housing Estate, Calabar, www.calitown.com, can reveal. Informed sources say Isioma had just been escorted to the car by the relative…
In Naija street parlance, “…to dey charge” expresses that uncanny application of the adrenalin pump which shifts overwhelmingly positive gears into visible activity to the admiration of many. When these happens, we rejoice and clatter lips in prayers, shed tears of joy and gleefully wish, nothing will change. There is also an unfortunate predominant variant…
John Ushie, chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Cross River State chapter says because of the prevailing economic circumstances, workers in the state deserve nothing less than N150, 000 (one hundred and fifty naira a month) as minimum wage if they are to be properly motivated and appropriately rewarded. “Those politicians in Abuja who earn…