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UPDATED: Seven Dead, 29 Critically Injured In Calabar Biker’s Carnival

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We can authoritatively inform that seven male adults are dead and 27 other persons remain in very critical condition after a motorist drove into part of a crowd that lined up the carnival route around Bogobiri, a predominant Hausa settlement in Calabar. Eyewitnesses told www.calitown.com that the driver of the vehicle, breached security barricades and…

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CALABAR: Kidnapped Road Safety Official Released

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The Akamkpa Local Government Area Station Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, recently abducted by yet to be identified persons, was released from captivity this morning. Nyambi Ndoma, an indigene of Okuni, Ikom LGA, was released to security men in the wee hours, Tuesday, after he was abducted in fuzzy circumstances on the…

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Eight Rescued, One Missing As Abduction Saga Draws To A Close

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We have been reliably informed that eight of the nine persons abducted yesterday by an unknown group of persons on the Ikom/Calabar highway, have been rescued by security personnel, working overnight. They weren’t many other disclosures for security reasons. “I text to inform you as publisher of www.calitown.com that we have rescued eight of the abducted…

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Yakurr Legislature Serves Council Chairman Impeachment Notice

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On the heels of last week’s vote of no confidence passed by the Legislature of Yakurr Local Government Council, Cross River Central, on the chairman of council, the House today served the chairman, Obeten Ofem Ebri, a Notice of Impeachment. Otu Ibor Obeten, who read the Notice of Impeachment, informed that, the Notice has become…

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Court Convicts Uduak Akpan, To Die By Hanging

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The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, has this Thursday, August 4, 2022, convicted Uduak Frank Akpan to death by hanging for the rape and murder of a female, Iniobing Umoren. Hon. Justice Bassey Nkanang, the trial judge who  delivered judgement said  Akpan is to die by the neck for killing Iniubong Umoren,…

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CRSG Sacks Obol Lopon Of Nko, Clan Head Of Oyadama

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The Cross River State Government has ordered the immediate dethronement and de-certification of the Obol Lopon of Nko in Yakurr LGA and the Clan Head of Oyadama in Obubra LGA. A press release just released and signed by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to CRS governor, Ben Ayade, Linus Obogo, said the dethronement and de-certification…

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