President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent assent to the South-South Development Commission Bill marks a pivotal moment in the quest for equitable development in Nigeria. This decision reflects the administration’s recognition of the South-South geopolitical zone as a crucial component of national development. The establishment of this commission is a bold and commendable step towards addressing…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River, on Monday, March 31, 2025, said all political aspirants in the party can begin consultations for the 2027 general elections as it has no automatic tickets for them. Alphonsus Eba, state chairman of the party, who made this disclosure at the party’s state secretariat in Calabar, however…
A group, the Pathfinders Alliance, Cross River State, says the appointment of Esu Esu as Chairman of the State Universal Education Board, SUBEB, CRS, by state governor, Bassey Otu, is a believe in the administrative abilities of the appointee as well as a step in the direction. Director General of the group, Stanley Effiom, who…
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Nigeria Customs Service officials at the Mfum/Ekok border crossing with Cameroon in Cross River State, have arrested an Oyo State indigene (name withheld) with illegal wildlife, in what is perhaps the most significant wildlife interception in recent times. Sources at the border, informed www.calitown.com that the suspect was intercepted with 213 parrot heads, 29 packs…
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As earlier reported, a Coaster bus belonging to the College of Nursing Sciences, Ogoja, Cross River State, independent sources have confirmed, was involved in an auto crash in Awka, Anambra State, with extensive damage to the vehicle and one person reportedly dead and 29 others sustaining various degrees of injuries. The bus which fell into…
By Linus Obogo The birth of the Northern Cross River Coalition, NORTHCCO, a socio-political group, in so short a time is already opening new vistas in ways no one could have imagined. In a grand gesture of solidarity and progress, NORTHCCO is unfurling a banner of unity, aimed at rallying the five local government areas…
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