Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State, has insisted that the agitations and processes for the creation of Ogoja State, out of Cross River State, must be pursued without rancour and acrimony. While acknowledging the potential benefits of new state creation, he astutely noted that the principal challenges confronting Nigeria are pervasive hunger and a…
Okon Nyong Owuna, who represents Akamkpa I State Constituency in the Cross River State House.of Assembly, has informed the House that the continued disappearance of Dorcas Paul Ojong, a female National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member from his constituency, serving in Akwa, Anambra State, should be the reason the House mandates the Attorney General of…
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Chairman of the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, Mike Ushie, has resigned his appointment. Ushie in a letter dated July 14, 2024, sent to state governor, Bassey Otu and routed through the Secretary to State Government, Anthony Owan Enoh, Ushie said the decision to resign his appointment is “…to enable me return to the…
You cannot blame it all on the state governor, Bassey Otu. You have to empathize with the man, that the free funds his predecessors, Donald Duke, Liyel Imoke and Ben Ayade enjoyed without question, have suddenly been removed from him. Why so, why now? When the governor has finally woken up to the fact that…
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Authorities of the University of Calabar will today, July 16, 2024, formally receive, Udom Ekpoudom, a retired Deputy Inspector-Genenral of Police, recently appointed the 15th Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, University of Calabar ahead of a familiarization visit and formal reception ceremony to be held in his honour. The first Akwa Ibom…
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One Collins Emeka Orji, who opened and ran a medical facility in Ngarabe, Ekureku, Abi LGA, Cross River State, laying false claims to being a medical doctor, has been arrested by the police and remanded in prison custody by the Magistrate court in Itigidi, Abi LGA. Reliable sources in the area informed www.calitown.com that Orji…
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