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UPDATE: Casualties Confirmed In Renewed Ediba/Usumutong Conflict

November 19, 2016 Admin No Comments

We can reliably confirm as night fell, late Saturday evening that casualties have been recorded in the renewed communal conflict between the Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State. Our correspondent on the ground in the area reported via text message that, “…two Usumutong men have been captured and taken…

BREAKING: Ediba/Usumutong Conflict Breaks Out Again

November 19, 2016 Admin No Comments

Sources on the ground in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River Central, have just informed www.calitown.com that the intractable communal conflict between Ediba and Usumutong communities has erupted again, Saturday afternoon. It was further revealed that the early morning attack on a commercial motorcyclist of Ediba extraction by unknown gunmen, suspected to be from Usumutong,…

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Unical Sacks Bursar, Conflict Shifts To Court

November 7, 2016 Admin No Comments

Authorities of the University of Calabar, Unical, have terminated the appointment of Peter Agi, the embattled Bursar of the institution, seemingly putting to rest speculations about Agi’s fate in a bitter and protracted conflict that pitched him against the Vice-Chancellor of Unical, Zana Akpagu and invisible individuals within and outside the institution. The termination of…

Cross River News, News

“The Robbers Robbed Our Office And Were Done In 10 Minutes” – Eyewitness Recounts

October 31, 2016 Admin No Comments

A staff of Jambicon, a major distributor for telecommunications giant, MTN, in Calabar, Cross River State, has just informed www.calitown.com that it took four heavily armed men, just under 10 minutes to rob his office of a huge sum of money, this afternoon. “I was within the office premises when the four heavily armed men…

Cross River News, News

Police Nab Robbery Suspect In Calabar

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Admin No Comments

A young man in his thirties was late Tuesday night arrested by a police patrol team, after a distress call was put out, as a group of men suspected to be armed robbers terrorized residents of a section of Ekorim I, a high brow area in Calabar Municipality. The suspects are believed to have commenced…

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Former House Of Reps Member Is CR Ambassadorial-Nominee

October 20, 2016 Admin No Comments

Dr Nya Asuquo, a former House of Representatives member as well as former National Secretary of the defunct ANPP, is the ambassadorial-nominee from Cross River State according to a list sent to Nigeria’s Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari. More details shortly…

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