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Gov. Ayade Budgets N222.7bn For 2021, Calls It “Budget Of Bliss & Blush”

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Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, plans to spend N277,708,000 (Two Hundred and Seventy Seven Billion, Seven Hundred and Eight million Naira as contained in the 2021 budget estimates just presented to the House of Assembly in the state. The budget presented is a slight deviation from recent budgets estimates, often higher than visibly achievable…

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Angry Pensioners Block Highway, Chase Govt Official In Calabar … WATCH VIDEO!

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Angry pensioners have in the last one hour blocked the Murtala Mohammed highway in Calabar as scores of them are presently sitting on plastic chairs, covering the two laned-road, leading into and out of the city. An on the spot assessment carried out by www.calitown.com further revealed that the pensioners are frustrated at consistent failures…

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#ENDSARS ‘Bazaar’: Angry Protesters Cart Away Food From Govt Warehouses In Calabar

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Angry protesters in Calabar, Cross River state this evening stormed some government warehouses in the city, carting away large quantities of Indomie noodles, bags of rice, vegetable oil and other consumable items believed to have been sent to the state by the Federal Government as part of COVID-19 palliatives meant for distribution to residents of…

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CALABAR: Gunmen Abduct Wife Of Sun Newspaper Correspondent

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Unidentified gunmen, Iate Tuesday evening in Calabar, Cross River State, are believed to have abducted the wife of Judex Okoro, Cross River state correspondent of The Sun Newspaper in circumstances that appear to demonstrate that residents of the city still have to grapple with a steady rise in abductions. Sources in Calabar say the mother…

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Suspected Motorcycle Thief Escapes Lynching In Ugep

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A suspected motorcycle thief (name witheld) who escaped lynching by the whiskers, is in the custody of the police in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, CR Central, after a mob that caught him and reportedly beat him to a pulp, commendably handed him over to the police. Sources in the area say the suspect, yesterday evening between…

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Man Shocks CR Community…Kills Wife, Hangs Self!

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Bashua community in Boki LGA, Cross River Central, is still in shock after a frantic search for a local resident threw up his remains, hung to death on a tree in the bush, www.calitown.com can report. Sources in the area maintain that the middle aged indigene of Akwa Ibom state, reportedly shot and killed his…

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