Kidnapped Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Gertrude Njar has returned after troops of the 13 Brigade deployed for Operation Akpakwu in Calabar, rescued her . Njar who has been in captivity for 35 days, was rescued late Wednesday around Peter Effiong Creek, Messembe, Jebs, Calabar South Local Government Area of the state. A…
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Kakum is a village in Obudu, Cross River State. Laid back, rustic and tucked between Betukwel and Ukambi villages, it took on some additional polish and shine when Benedict Bengiuoshuye Ayade, became her most visible and illustrious indigene after he was sworn in as governor of Cross River State in 2015. Significantly, I do not…
Sources inside the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar have confirmed to www.calitown.com, the passing on of Joseph Edra Ukpo, Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, Cross River State, after a brief illness. Born on June, 1937, in Okpoma, Yala LGA of CRS, the deceased was ordained a Catholic priest on April 25, 1965…
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Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade has received high praise and commendation for not compromising the just concluded National Assembly polls, especially the contest for Cross River North Senatorial District, where Ayade contested and lost. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbo, elected to return to Nigeria’s Senate as the senator representing CRN, who made this commendation in his…
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Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, who represents Cross River North Senatorial District in Nigeria’s Senate, has shut the door on the senatorial ambition of Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, handing him a crushing defeat in a fiercely contested election, this past Saturday. Final results from the Cross River North Senatorial District Results announced by INEC, show…
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We have confirmed from very close sources that Esther Bassey, Chairperson of Calabar South Local Government Area, passed on early this morning. “She was not ill. Yesterday she went for a meeting and came back very healthy, interacted with family, friends and political associates before retiring to bed. Unfortunately, early this morning, we were called…