Category: Cross River News

Black Monday: Engineering Student Shot Dead In Crutech

July 15, 2019 Admin No Comments

We can authoritatively report that one student of Electrical/Electronics Engineering in the Cross River University of Technology, was just minutes ago, shot dead at the Old Engineering faculty. While his corpse is still lying there, sources inside the university confirmed to www.calitown.com that the shooting is cult related. We are yet to ascertain his identity….

BREAKING: Angry Mob Sets Man Ablaze In Calabar

July 13, 2019 Admin No Comments

By Mfon-Obong Ntiero An angry mob this morning in Calabar, Cross River State, set ablaze and burnt to death a man alleged to be an armed robber at the Murtala Muhammed highway by Ikot Effanga Mkpa, Calabar. Eyewitnesses spoken to at the scene, told www.calitown.com that the deceased was part of a three man gang…

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CRSHA Wants CR Forestry Commission To Manage CR Forests

July 11, 2019 Admin No Comments

Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jones-Williams, has directed the Clerk of the House, Bassey Ekpenyong, to convey to state governor, Ben Ayade, the unanimous resolution of the House reached at Thursday’s plenary to the effect that the management of the state forestry be returned back to the CRS Forestry Commission….

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Ayade To Secure N5 Billion Loan, CR House Of Assembly Agrees

July 9, 2019 Admin 1 Comment

The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted approval to state governor, Ben Ayade, to a N5 billion loan facility from First Bank of Nigeria, with an eighteen percent interest rate, payable over a 24 month period, to help the governor offset unpaid pensions and fix “other unforseen obligations of government”. A letter from…

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Calabar Yahoo Boy Gets Jail Term, Forfeits Property

July 1, 2019 Admin No Comments

The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has sentenced Calabar based yahoo boy, Onoriode Akpojivi, to six months imprisonment with an option of N500,000 fine. Akpojivi, a 29-year-old graduate of the Delta State University, Abraka, and a father of two, was arrested and arraigned by…

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EDITORIAL: Before Ayade ‘Ceases’ To Be Governor

June 24, 2019June 30, 2019 Admin No Comments

Shortly after he was sworn in on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, for a second term in office, Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, declared that, “I will no longer be the governor, my deputy will be acting governor while I will become the project manager of Cross River State…” Ayade’s declaration, strange as it sounds,…

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