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B O M B: “I Run The CR Ministry Of Justice From My Pocket” – CR Attorney-General

September 18, 2016 Admin 2 Comments

Joe Abang, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Cross River State, has disclosed that he has in the last couple of months, personally financed the operations of the CRS Ministry of Justice, in what observers believe is a disservice to the justice dispensation process in the state. Abang made the disclosure in a Whatsapp messenger flak…

Cross Riverian Nominated For Chief Justice Of Nigeria Position

September 16, 2016 Admin No Comments

Sources in Abuja, the nation’s capital, have informed www.calitown.com that Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, Cross River State-born Justice of the Supreme Court, was yesterday nominated by the Federal Judicial Service Commission as the Chief Justice of Nigeria-designate. His nomination will see him succeed Mohammed Mahmud, the current CJN, who is retiring on November 10, 2016. Onnoghen…

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Primary Schools Teachers In CR Embark On Strike Action

September 14, 2016 Admin No Comments

We can confirm that primary school teachers in Cross River State have embarked on a strike action to press for the payment of a four months backlog of salaries owed some of them by the state government. While the Cross River State chapter of the National Union of Teachers, NUT, has been unable to get…

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Picture Of The Day!

August 26, 2016 Admin 1 Comment

Winners, Mr. & Ms. Leboku 2016, Hillary Benson and Obia Essien, savour a pleasurable moment, acknowledging cheers from an adoring crowd of onlookers as they parade through the streets of Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, as their reign kicked off. Leboku is the biggest traditional festival in CRS. We at www.calitown.com wish them a…

Frank Ayade’s Arrest Sobers Brother, Gov Ayade

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016 Admin No Comments

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s arrest this week of Frank Ayade , brother of Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, and the resultant storming of the Ayades residence on Duke Town Close, State Housing Estate, by operatives of the EFCC, appears to have sobered Gov. Ayade, as he looks better poised to discharge his…

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EFCC Visits CR Governor’s Personal Residence

August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 Admin No Comments

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sources late Tuesday evening informed www.calitown.com, visited the personal residence of Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, on the strength of several petitions written to the anti-corruption agency against the governor and close cronies. When www.calitown.com reporters visited Duke Town Close, in highbrow State Housing Estate, Calabar, where…

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