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Cross River State To Use N4.5b Council Funds For Airport Project

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By Anietie Akpan In spite of restrictions by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the Cross River State Government has ordered the release of N4.5b from council funds to purchase aircraft and build the Obudu International Passenger and Cargo Airport. The Federal Government had last year stopped governors from tempering with council funds through the…

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Ikom Under COVID 19 Threat As Flock Of Immigrants Continue To Arrive

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Ikom, the commercial nerve centre of Cross River State is under serious Covid 19 threat as immigrants from neighbouring Cameroun continue to flock into the town, with no COVID 19 testing in place to determine the status of those arriving www.calitown.com investigations can reveal. Specifically, the result of our investigations point to the fact that,…

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Who Will Tell Governor Ayade? PART 1.

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Essayist, Richie Romanus, pens an open, thought provoking piece to Gov. Ben Ayade, as the furore generated by the PDP’s release of Ward and LG Executive list for CRS continues. I have decided to give this piece this title because of recent political happenings in the State especially the just released Ward and Chapter Executive…

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New Ward & LG Exco List Stuns CRS PDP

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Several members of the Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are still in shock, after the national headquarters of the party approved and released yesterday, April 26, 2020, a list of new ward and local government Executive Committee members for the 196 wards and 18 LGAs in the state. The list…

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Voodoo Appointments And The Demystification of Ben Ayade: The Beginning Of The End!

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Do people still celebrate”Appointments”? I understand that there was a flood of over 400 appointments today! I understand too that of the Over 100 “Special Advisers” only about 15 have so far been paid. Commissioners just received their first salaries and beginning from the month of March, despite being appointed in December. The other motley…

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Police Arrest Five Suspects Connected To Death Of Naval Officer…One Month To His Wedding

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By George Odok The Zone 6 Headquarters of the Nigerian Police in Calabar, Cross River State, has arrested five suspects, believed to have killed a naval officer, Sub Lt. David Igbashal, who was abducted on 22 February, 2020 while on his way from Calabar to Makurdi in Benue State to make arrangements for his wedding….

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