By Iwara U. Iwara At exactly 03.03 pm on Wednesday, August 13, 2015, my friend and classmate, Ken Asim-Ittah put out a short, unsettling and terse message on his Facebook page; “God knows best…Adieu”. The display picture beneath the words showed nine wind caressed flickering candles; I knew this was not good news by any…
The Calabar Urban Development Authority (CUDA) has observed with dismay, the attitude of some persons who go about impersonating the Agency and extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public through illegal collection of waste tariff. Executive Secretary of CUDA, Joe-Mary Ekeng Ita says, the trend has caused serious embarrassment to both the Agency and…
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Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly have received a report from the ad-hoc committee on indiscriminate parking of trucks and trailers along highways in the State, www.calitown.com can reveal. Chairman of the Committee, Idagu Ajor Agaji said the committee observed that the indiscriminate parking of trucks, trailers and other vehicles along highways…
Friends, relatives and sympathizers, still in shock, have been trooping in droves to the Federal Housing Estate, Calabar residence of the Bellos, parents of the co-pilot, First Officer Peter Bello, who died in the Bristow Sikorsy S-76C+ helicopter that crashed into the Lagos lagoon on Wednesday, just five minutes before landing, www.calitown.com can reveal. At…
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Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, John Gaul Lebo, has openly declared his intention to midwife the birth of a “Democracy Club” to be unveiled next week, after he returns to the state from Kenya, where he has been attending the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, CPC. On his Facebook page, monitored by…
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The 8th Assembly of Cross River State House of Assembly has promised to make laws that would aid the improvement of Internally Generated Revenue of the State to enhance a bail out from the current economic woes. This was made known by the Chairman, Cross River State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Nelson Ofem…
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