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Angry Obono-Obla Set To Dump APC!

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Former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, miffed by perceived irregularities in the run in to the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial primaries in Cross River State, where he contested and lost, has dropped a hint that he will be seeking better political fortunes away from the ruling party. In a Facebook post just minutes ago, Obla…

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Inside The Dying Art Of Local Snake Bite Treatment

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By Iwara U. Iwara Available research results from Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health show that 2,000 deaths are recorded in the country from snake bites every year, while 1,700 persons lose their legs or arms as a result of snake bites. Alarmed by these figures, www.calitown.com, embarked on an investigative ‘journey’, to explore the dying…

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REJOINDER; Hon. Patrick Ene’s Missiles Are Misguided

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I read with some bemusement Hon. Patrick Okon’s diatribe in the aftermath of the recent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primary. If Hon. Okon is to be believed, Cross River State’s ‘Back To South’ movement is the property of the PDP and its members/supporters from the Efik ethnic group only and therefore Senator Gershom Bassey’s…

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C’River South, The Waiting Game Has Begun!

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Waiting can be a virtue and it can also be a frustrating venture. It is a virtue when one waits patiently for something he knows will definitely come; and it is frustrating when one is not sure when and how the thing being waited for will come. It is worse when one is deprived of…

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Thomas Ofem Withdraws From Senate Race, Endorses Ettah

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A senatorial aspirant in Cross River State, Thomas Ofem, has withdrawn from the senatorial race, www calitown.com can exclusively reveal. Popularly known as Bob T, Ofem who was contesting on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, platform to represent Cross River Central Senatorial District, in a letter written to the PDP national leadership, said his decision…

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Ricketts Distances Self From Spurious Online Petition

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Akin Anderson Ricketts, an All Progressives Congress, APC, aspirant vying to represent the CR Central Senatorial District in Nigeria’s Senate, has sharply reacted to a spurious online petition, against another aspirant, former Presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, erroneously ascribed to him. In a written reaction sent to www.calitown.com, Ricketts insisted that he was using this medium…

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