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Uncertainty And Fear Grips Many As LG Tenure Winds Down In Cross River

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As the three year tenure of elected local government council officials in Cross River State winds down on December 14, 2016, officials in the third-tier of government are uncertain if the state government will commit to clearing a backlog of financial entitlements owed them, www.calitown.com can reveal. Besides being owed salaries, “an entitlement like our…

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The Coffin, The Man And The People

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The Ga-Adamgbe people of Accra, Ghana have over time become world famous because of the coffins they make. I read up, not long ago that on the high streets of Telsi, Eastern Accra, expensive and well crafted coffins, symbolically expressing the interests of the deceased or that of the deceased family are made and displayed…

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Identity Of Cop Killed In Calabar By Cultists Revealed

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Family sources have confirmed to www.calitown.com that the police officer who was shot to death by suspected cultists around the Goldie/Mount Zion NNPC filling station has been identified as one Ibor Eteng Ewut, from Ijom, Ugep, Yakurr LGA. Distraught family members say Ewut, a sergeant attached to the Mbukpa Police station was shot in the…

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Two Cross River Communities Clash

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For the Akparabong community in Ikom Local Government Area and their Bendeghe Ekim neighbours in Etung Local Government Area, Cross River central, these are not the best of times as both communities are presently engaged in a communal clash, www.calitown.com has been informed. Sources in the area say the communal clash is tied to a…

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“There Was No Robbery At Ecobank Calabar” – Bank

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Confirmed Ecobank Calabar sources have informed www.calitown.com that contrary to news that made the rounds late Wednesday afternoon into the night, that there was a robbery attempt on the Mary Slessor, Calabar branch of Ecobank, the situation responsible for the security cordon around the area today was not a robbery. “What happened was that a…

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DSS Storm Walter Onnoghen’s House, Three Others

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Justices Walter Onnoghen and Sylvester Ngwuta as well as two judges of the Federal High Court, Justices Adeniyi Ademola and Nnamdi Dimgba, were invaded by operatives of the Department of State Services. It was gathered that the raid occurred between Friday night and Saturday morning as the operatives surrounded their houses before breaking in at…

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