Several residents of Mbukpa, Adak Uko and Ambo streets in Calabar South, Cross River State, have remained stunned after a gang of robbers, spent the wee hours of Tuesday, specifically robbing them of cooked food, foodstuff and cash. Victims who have elected to remain anonymous informed www.calitown.com over the telephone that the operation began a…
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By Judex Okoro, Calabar Director General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, CR-SEMA, Angela Ogeyi Odey, has been suspended from office. Odey was suspended via a release dated Monday, October 30, 2023 signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Emmanuel Ogbeche. The statement read in part: “The governor of Cross River…
Two secondary school principals, Esang Usang of Government Secondary School, State Housing, Calabar and Owoh Effiong of the West African Peoples Institute, WAPI, Calabar, Cross River State, have been suspended indefinitely from office, after a sting operation revealed that the two principals collected illegal and unapproved levies from their students. Cross River Commissioner for Education,…
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By Iwara U. Iwara We can never be flattered by the paced turbulence of death or by the ever lingering confusion that trails the lose of a loved one. When the grotesque fusion in harmonious dirges become loud or even echo in whispers, we are prickled into fearfully remembering that we are visitors here, blown…
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A clash between the Cross River State Ministry of Education and principals of secondary schools in the state appears imminent, after verified reports reached the ministry that principals are collecting various sums of money from students, above what the ministry directed, as levies to be collected for the 2023/2024 academic session, www calitown.com can report….
Arthur Jarvis University, the first functional private university in Cross River State, has announced the appointment of a new vice chancellor. In a memo dated October 2, 2023 and signed by the university’s registrar, Mary Efiom Dan-Abia, authorities of the institution named renowned Professor of Chemistry, Benedict Iserom Ita, as the new VC. Ita, a…
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