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My Estimation Of Three Contenders In The C’River PDP Central Senatorial Primaries

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By Lokuzo Etim Barring any glitches, Saturday, 14th May, 2022’s senatorial primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in CR Central is unique, not because it goes into history as the first time Old Obubra ( Yakurr, Abi and Obubra LGAs) will take a shot at the position since the return to democracy in 1999,…

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Watching Nigeria’s Cyber Security Space; Suggesting The Way Forward

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In the wake of the escalating crises in Ukraine, the President of the United States of America has recently been prompting the US and the world at large of the possibility of President Putin of Russia using nuclear, biological warfare on Ukraine and likely to hit the US with Cyber attacks, apparently a 21st century…

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PDP Gubernatorial Aspirant Wants A Younger Generation Of Leaders To Lead CRS

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The www.calitown.com team recently caught up with Orok Bassey Okon, in subtle contention for the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State. Okon spoke extempore on his background and motivation to run for the seat as well as his dreams for the state and its people. Excerpts: You are a…

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Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe Declares Interest To Contest CR North Senatorial Election

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– Makes public his declaration! Senator representing CR North Senatorial District, Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has just formally made public, his declaration to run for the same position in 2023. Read the declaration herein; The good people of Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency gave me a mandate to represent them in the House of Representatives in 2015 and…

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All Man For Himself And The Politics Of Cross River State

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As political events in Cross River State play out, in the run-in to the 2023 elections, my mind has remained firmly fixed on William Tagbo, the central character in Anezionwu Nwankwo Okoro’s 1972 classic, “One Week, One Trouble”. The character Wilson Tagbo, who begins secondary school during the colonial period had more flaws than virtues…

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127 Years Of Hope Waddell: The Chapel, The Music!

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By Obo Effanga For emphasis, Hope Waddell is a Christian school, established, owned, managed and funded by the Presbyterian Church. However, for many years in the 1970s upwards, it was run by the state government until some time after the turn of this century when it went back to the church. Although a Christian school,…

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