For most parts of yesterday, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, taxi drivers in Calabar, Cross River State, embarked on a protest which has roots in the multiple levies they claim are charged by several revenue agents in the state. The protest hit the very busy Marian Road, throwing up long queues and our camera picked out…
While the Cross river State government has demonstrated a willingness to shore up her internally generated revenue base, sources within government are insisting that the Ben Ayade government is presently approaching the issue from a faulty angle and looks poised to experience a drop in her internally generated revenue, IGR, , www.calitown.com can report. First,…
We can reliably confirm that immediate past Cross River State Internal Revenue, Peter Oti, who resigned his appointment not too long ago in uncertain circumstances and was days ago picked up by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been released. In a text message to www.calitown.com early Sunday morning; “I will be Calabar…
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Top government sources have just informed www.calitown.com that media outfit, EbonyLife TV, is in the process of remitting N50m to the Cross River State government, next week, in a deal brokered with the Ministry of Finance to scale down the level of anger within certain quarters over the N2.4 billion handed the outfit in 2012…
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The Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday, Wednesday, July 15, 2015, dismissed the motion filed by Regina Leonard Anyogo, the PDP member representing Yala I State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly seeking for an order to throw out the petition filed by the…
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UNICAL International Demonstration Secondary School, Calabar, has won two tickets to represent Nigeria in the 2015 Students for Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship, SAGE, World Cup taking place by in South Korea, next month. Led by Christy Oko, one of the teachers, the school represented Cross River State in the Social Enterprise Business category organized by…
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