Eteng Williams, the member representing Yakurr II State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly says it is amazing that President Muhammadu Buhari has chosen to go with the choice of Rear Admiral I. E. Ibas, a Cross Riverian, as the new Chief of Naval Staff. The assemblyman who spoke with www.calitown.com in…
The Nigerian Government operates a federal system of government that consists of three tiers – the federal, state and local governments. The Local Government is the third tier of the administrative structure in Nigeria. There are 774 local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. Each local government area is administered by a Local Government Council consisting…
Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly,CRSHA, John Gaul Lebo has pledged the preparedness of the House to partner with the Budget Transparency & Accountability Initiative – Nigeria (BTAN) and other related bodies in the fiscal scrutiny of the state budgets. Lebo made the pledge when he received members of the Budget Transparency…
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Sources inside the University of Calabar, Cross River State, informed www.calitown.com late Monday evening that the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, James Epoke and bursar, Peter Agi, were guests of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for financial impropriety. Their parley with the EFCC is not unconnected with series of petitions that seem to trail…
On the heels of Gov. Ben Ayade’s recent decision to appoint 35 Special Advisers into his government, Cross River State Labour Party chairman, Austine Ibok is alarmed that the governor has decided to tow this part considering the dire financial situation of the state. On the line from Abuja, Ibok told www.calitown.com he thinks “Ayade’s…
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By Effiom Godfrey 22 year old Sunday Festus was on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, apprehended by the police in Ugep, Yakurr LG Area of the state for allegedly dumping here one day old baby in a gutter. The ugly incident which happened late Tuesday evening is said to be a second time the suspect will…
