With out-gone Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke’s arrival at 11.55am, Nigerian time, the inauguration and swearing-in ceremony of Cross River State governor Ben Ayade and his deputy, Ivara Ejemot Esu, commenced to the cheers and admiration of the colourful crowd gathered at the new Calabar International Convention Centre, venue of the ceremony. However, they…
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Civil servants in Cross River State this morning, www.calitown.com can authoritatively reveal, commenced an indefinite strike action to push through a five-point demand, contained in Bulletin No. 2 and issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, a copy of which was made available to www.calitown.com. Top of their demands…
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With just days to the end of the Liyel Imoke era, www.calitown.com can reveal that they are desperate moves to effect a debt/equity proposal worth N153m by government agents. The swap, stems from a portfolio of equities worth N190.04m, handed over to Lagos based Option Securities Ltd, to manage on behalf of the state in…
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Elected to represent Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency in Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe has told www.calitown.com that the in-coming administration in Cross River State should work at ensuring that every Cross Riverian is carried along in the true sense of it and further that “we need to strengthen the party by giving appointments to…
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With just days to the May 29 handover date, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, John Achort Okon, is insisting that his party will ensure that the promises made by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the run-in to the general elections, are kept in the wake of the APC’s…
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What has informed this meeting that a few members say is a positive movement? Movement can be in any direction, positive or negative, but ours is a positive movement in the progressive direction, suggesting that we are advancing from where we have been to where we want to be. Of course it is obvious, first…