We have reliably gathered that if the Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, does not personally intervene, the Catholic Diocese of Ogoja, may with the blessings of the bishop, Donatus Edet Akpan, have no part to play in the widely publicised burial of Stephen Akomaye Ukpukpen, until his death was the member representing Obudu State…
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On May 17, 2018, a group of land developers under the aegis of the “Oqua Royal Family Land Developers Association, wrote to Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, appealing against the proposal by government and her agents to acquire the private land and buildings behind the garment factory at the Goodluck Jonathan by-pass, Calabar, Cross…
“Policemen just arrived this place and started arresting us, claiming that the arrest was an order from above. Most of us were even eating and we were ordered to abandon our food and drinks. I just closed from work and because my wife travelled, I came here to have a meal before going home and…
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The burial obsequies for late Stephen Akomaye Ukpukpen, member representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, have been released, www.calitown.com can inform. A release made available and signed by Azogor Ideba, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the House shows that a Sing Song Night will hold this Thursday,…
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Kammonke Abam, a senatorial aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, has resigned from the party in protest against what he describes as an alleged plan to deny him and other aspirants from a particular axis of his senatorial district, the opportunity to fly the party’s flag. In…
Less than 24 hours after the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, won an atritious gubernatorial election in Ekiti State, there are indications that APC elements of CR extraction are gearing up for an Ekiti-like gubernatorial election showdown with the PDP, to wrestle and take away the vice-like grip of the PDP on the gubernatorial seat…
