The corpse of a man in his mid thirties is believed to have been deposited this morning by unknown assailants at the imposing Calabar gate, 8 Miles, Calabar, sources around the area who alerted www.calitown.com to the suspected crime, insist. When our correspondent got to the area he called by with these words, “…the victim…
For the Akparabong community in Ikom Local Government Area and their Bendeghe Ekim neighbours in Etung Local Government Area, Cross River central, these are not the best of times as both communities are presently engaged in a communal clash, www.calitown.com has been informed. Sources in the area say the communal clash is tied to a…
Confirmed Ecobank Calabar sources have informed www.calitown.com that contrary to news that made the rounds late Wednesday afternoon into the night, that there was a robbery attempt on the Mary Slessor, Calabar branch of Ecobank, the situation responsible for the security cordon around the area today was not a robbery. “What happened was that a…
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Justices Walter Onnoghen and Sylvester Ngwuta as well as two judges of the Federal High Court, Justices Adeniyi Ademola and Nnamdi Dimgba, were invaded by operatives of the Department of State Services. It was gathered that the raid occurred between Friday night and Saturday morning as the operatives surrounded their houses before breaking in at…
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Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, arrived Calabar today from Abuja, weeks after he left the state to attend to issues not unrelated to the legal tussle with Joe Agi at the Supreme Court, Abuja. At the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, hordes of supporters, mobilized and drafted to the airport, from across the 18…
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Professor Gabriel Ikpi, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, in the Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, was yesterday evening shot by unknown persons who attempted to abduct him,www.calitown.com can reveal. Security operatives who spoke with www.calitown.com are insisting that the suspects attempted the kidnap so a ransom can be collected. Luck was on the side…