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Doctor Slumps And Dies While Jogging

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Family, friends and colleagues are still at a loss over the untimely death of a consultant in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH, early Thursday morning, www.calitown.com can reveal. Dr Ogum Obeten, the consultant, is said to have slumped and died on Thursday, August 28, 2014, while…

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Prof Carpets Nigeria’s Role In Bakassi’s Ceding

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International lawyer and expert on the Law of Treaties, Professor Akin Oyebode has carpeted the role Nigeria played in ceding the contentious Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Oyebode says the country demonstrated “incompetence” in putting together a team of lawyers with no experts in international treaties who went ahead to “throw away $300 million in legal…

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19yr-Old Wins Ms. Leboku!

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19yr-old Ntongha Leko Otu, a 100 level History and International Relations student of the University of Calabar is Miss Leboku 2014, www.calitown.com can reveal. She won the keenly contested crown, Sunday night in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area and was formally presented to the public at the Leboku International Festival, the second largest festival in…

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Imoke Writes Minister, Wants Security At Marina Beach

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By Usani Omini Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke wants proactive security measures in place to curb the vulnerability of the Marina Beach Jetty in Calabar which serves as the terminal operational base of the Nigerian Ports Authority. Imoke in a request with reference number, GO/S/21/Vol.11/16 dated August 5, 2014, to the Honourable Minister of…

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Grassroots Mobilization And The Making Of Change

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Throughout history, social change has always been resisted by the status quo for obvious reasons. No one who is in charge wants to leave his comfort zone. Conversely no one who feels the pinch of discomfort wants to endure it longer than necessary. The two opposite forces inevitably create change. Don’t you feel the pinch?…

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