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Celebrating Faratoh Robinson: A Man of Peace!

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By Azogor Ideba Every generation begets a rare kind, infrequent human species who leave indelible footprints in the sands of time, rewriting history and breaking barriers of impossibilities. For these iconic individuals, impossibility only exist in the dictionaries. Gifted with exceptional abilities, they provide solutions to obdurate glitches that defied answers. With an indomitable spirit…

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Cross River Lawyer Jailed Seven Years Over Failed Land Deal

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A Calabar-based lawyer, Ezechi Okereke, was on Friday convicted and jailed for seven years by a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar for a failed land transaction. Okereke was convicted on one count of obtaining the sum of N3.45m from one Enwono Eyo under false pretences. In his judgment, Justice I. E. Ekwo, sentenced Okereke…

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CR Assembly Man Grateful Mum Is New Unical VC

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Hilary Bisong, who represents Boki II State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, says he is “Gratefully thankful” that his mother, Professor of Education, Florence Obi, has been appointed to suceed Zana Akpagu as Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar. In an exclusive interaction with www.calitown.com, Bisong also added that; “We…

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PDP Senatorial Primaries: Odey Extends Olive Branch To Jarigbe, Others

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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming Cross River North Senatorial Bye-election, Dr. Stephen Odey has expressed readiness to redefine representation at the senate if elected. Speaking to journalists Thursday at the PDP national secretariat, Abuja, Odey promised that “Ogoja senatorial district will never remain the same” with him as senator. “My people should…

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“Jarigbe Cannot Withstand Me” – Stephen Odey

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Stephen Odey, declared winner of last Saturday’s PDP primaries for the vacant Cross River North senatorial seat, has exclusively told www.calitown.com that, “Jarigbe cannot withstand me in CR North. I am not a street boy, I am somebody that the people of CR North know is a material” Odey’s comments were in reaction to a…

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CR North: Four Lay Claim To One Senatorial Ticket!

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By Judex Okoro The Cross River North senatorial district is in the eye of the storm. The old Ogoja province made of five local government areas of Ogoja, Yala, Bekwarra, Obudu and Obanliku once noted for its political sophistry and rich cultural heritage has been turned into another political theatre.  Presently, the Northern senatorial district occupies…

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