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BREAKING: Bomb Scare At CR PDP Secretariat

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The intractable political conflict within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River state, took a turn for the worse early this morning with www.calitown.com sources confirming that they may have been a bomb scare in the state secretariat of the party at about few minutes past 5 am. An office inside the secretariat is…

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Politicians, Supporters Besiege PDP Office, Ndoma-Egba Backs Out Of Ward Congress

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Late into Sunday night, politicians and hordes of supporters besieged the Cross River state secretariat of the PDP on Murtala Mohammed highway, Calab.ar, hoping to accompany materials meant for Monday’s rescheduled ward congresses, www.calitown.com can reveal. It was a clear case of the presence of who-is-who in CR politics as visible from where the www.calitown.com…

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Tension Heightens, Imoke Holds Meeting Before Ward Congresses

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By Omini Ikpi As the Peoples Democratic Party gets set to conduct her ward congresses tomorrow, November 24, 2014, after the cancellation of the November 1, 2014 congresses, mired in controversy, www.calitown.com field sources say across the length and breadth of the state, party faithfuls are getting set for a make or break process that…

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CRUTECH: Crippling Strike Imminent

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Unless something drastic is done, a crippling strike by staff of the Cross River state-owned university, CRUTECH will commence soon, www.calitown.com sources in the university say. The impending strike action is not unconnected with the CRS government’s inability to pay salaries and allowances of all categories of staff in the institution. “After the last ASUU…

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CR 2015: Six Aspirants Screen For Gov’ship In PH, Legor Idagbo Absent

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Information just in from www.calitown.com sources on the ground in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, venue of the PDP screening exercise for gubernatorial aspirants indicate that six Cross Riverians have presented themselves for the exercise, hoping to make it to Peregrino House in 2015. The six include, Catholic priest, Francis Agantem Eworo, Emmanuel Ibeshi, House of…

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Peter Ojie Turns Back On Gov’ship Ambition, Opts For Senate

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Peter Ojie, immediate past Commissioner for Local Government Affairs and governorship hopeful www.calitown.com can reliably inform, has abandoned his ambition to succeed Cross River’s Liyel Imoke as governor in 2015. With serial number 000217, Ojie has instead sought for and secured a Provisional Clearance Certificate from the PDP, to run for Senate. He is therefore…

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