The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Cross River state office on Friday night announced the delisting of the names of all candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, including the governorship, Senatorial, Federal House of Representatives as well as the state House of assembly candidates. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr….
Chairman of the Cross River State Football Association, CRS FA, Essien Ayi, has revealed that football as a sport in Cross River State, has completely died. Ayi, a federal legislator, who represents Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, made this disclosure at the extra-ordinary Congress Of CR NFA, held in Calabar today,…
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It is unsettling and scary that several weeks after top notch Calabar based broadcaster, Petertex Etim, was abducted by unknown persons, in Calabar, he is yet to regain his freedom, just like verifiable information about his ordeal has remained hard to get. As a professional journalist largely functioning in Cross River State and having severally…
Dear Prof. Yakubu, Putting it lightly and as respectfully as I can, the postponement of the elections is a national disgrace. I listened to your interaction with stakeholders and thought it pathetic that you were seeking sympathy and understanding. I likened you to an Olympian who has 4yrs to prepare and at the Olympics itself,…
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An appointee of the Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, who chairs the recently inaugurated Cross River State Cocoa Allocation Committee, was yesterday, February 16, 2019, fatally shot and critically wounded while his brother and three others were killed in Bendeghe Ekeim, Etung Local Government Area, CR Central Sources in the area informed www.calitown.com that,…
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Below is the letter written by INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, to the effect that the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold today, February 16, 2019, have been postponed.