The Nigerian Government operates a federal system of government that consists of three tiers – the federal, state and local governments. The Local Government is the third tier of the administrative structure in Nigeria. There are 774 local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting…
Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly,CRSHA, John Gaul Lebo has pledged the preparedness of the House to partner with the Budget Transparency & Accountability Initiative – Nigeria (BTAN) and other related bodies in the fiscal scrutiny of the state budgets. Lebo made the pledge when he received members of the Budget Transparency…
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Sources inside the University of Calabar, Cross River State, informed www.calitown.com late Monday evening that the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, James Epoke and bursar, Peter Agi, were guests of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for financial impropriety. Their parley with the EFCC is not unconnected with series of petitions that seem to trail…
By Paul Ingiona Adie Preparation finally meets opportunity and the success overflows! Ayade, a man with a pro-people development blueprint tenaciously held for sometime is tactically steering the ship called Cross River into the Promised Land. Prof. Senator Benedict Ayade from a distance is an ordinary citizen but a disciplined survey will reveal an extraordinary…
Recently, the Ugep community in Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State played host to a large gathering of people who were in the community to witness the coronation of the 16th Obol Lopon of Ugep, His Royal Majesty, Obol Ofem Ubana Eteng. In a rare photograph, the monarch and his wife pose for our…
On the heels of Gov. Ben Ayade’s recent decision to appoint 35 Special Advisers into his government, Cross River State Labour Party chairman, Austine Ibok is alarmed that the governor has decided to tow this part considering the dire financial situation of the state. On the line from Abuja, Ibok told www.calitown.com he thinks “Ayade’s…
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