In a sting operation led by the Cross River State Security Adviser, O. U. Obono, a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army, the Cross River State Government, CRSG, scores of young men suspected to be foreign miners who invaded some communities in Yakurr Local Government Area, were arrested Saturday morning as many of them…
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The Cross River State Government will again embark on the payment of West Africa Examination Council, WAEC, fees for indigenes of the state in the new year. Government House sources in Calabar, the state capital, confirmed to www.calitown.com that already, an Executive Council memo for WAEC registration of indigenous students for May/June 2025 examinations has…
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Nigeria’s Minister of State for Industry, John Owan Enoh, has expressed joy for being part of a retinue of government officials and other people at the flag off ceremony “for the construction of the much-anticipated Ikom-Etomi-Agbokim Waterfalls road, Cross River State, which took place yesterday.” Enoh who took to his verified Facebook page to express…
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A few days ago I watched a video posted by Agba Jalingo of the iconic and historic High Court of Justice, Ogoja, engulfed by fire. Since its establishment in about 1971 with Justice Inyang who passed on in Ogoja, as pioneer Judge, the court has told stories and has been a story itself. This Court,…
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In 2025, youths in Cross River North Senatorial district will be empowered through deliberate, planned and sustained programmes, designed to improve economic opportunities foster peace, and address the infrastructural deficits that hinder collective growth in the district. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, who represents the district in Nigeria’s Senate, made this disclosure in his new year message…
45 prison inmates with minor offences in Cross River State, have been granted unconditional pardon by state governor, Bassey Edet Otu, in exercise of his prerogative of mercy, pursuant to Section 212 (1) (a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (Amended). The approval for this pardon was contained in the approval…
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