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Pro-Ayade Group Members Feud Over N15m Cash Gift, Soldiers Step In

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Several individuals, members of political support groups loyal to Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, remain daggers drawn over a N15 million cash gift, tossed their way by the governor, in appreciation of their respective support roles during the last elections. Investigations by www.calitown.com revealed that trouble began shortly after a widely broadcast message, over…

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NGO Demonstrates Love, Feeds 20 Elderly Women

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A non-governmental organization, MARIECARE INITIATIVE, says it used the last weeks of December 2019, to extend several acts of love and care to people, especially elderly women. Marie Onen, founder and CEO of the organization, made this disclosure to www.calitown.com, on the heels of her organization’s “Project W12” an initiative that ensured that 20 elderly…

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Mob In Calabar Allows Suspected Robbers Call Families Before Death

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VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED Two suspected armed robbers were this morning apprehended and burnt to death by a mob in Akai Effa, Calabar, Cross River State. While a resident of the area, who has elected to remain anonymous, says the burning of the suspects is “a response to the audacity of robbers and robbery in…

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For Emmanuel Utum Solomon Ubi: A Wake Up Call!

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By Mathias Okoi-Uyouyo Okoi-Uyouyo, avid writer and public servant, pens a moving tribute to Emmanuel Utum Solomon Ubi, shot in the stomach on December 31st, 2019, by armed robbers who attempted to rape his daughter in the course of the robbery in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State. I learnt of the death of Emmanuel…

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Nigerian Navy Impounds N130m Worth Of Foreign Rice In Calabar

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By Emmanuel Unah The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Victory, at the weekend arrested and impounded two thousand and eighty nine bags of foreign parboiled rice illegally imported into Nigeria through the Calabar Water Channel. Rear Admiral Vincent Okeke, Commander, NNS Victory, who paraded six suspects and the bags of rice at the naval base warehouse…

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Vandals Scuttle Gov. Ayade’s Electricity Plans For CR Community

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Suspected vandals, still wanted by the police, are believed to have scuttled plans by Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, to boost the supply of electricity to parts of Yakurr Local Government Area, CRS. Government sources in Calabar, the state capital, revealed to www.calitown.com that the governor had despatched John Inyang, Commissioner for Lands and…

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