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Imoke Will Not Join Issues With Duke – Ricketts

November 22, 2014 Admin No Comments

Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Akin A. Ricketts, says state governor, Liyel Imoke is presently focused on ensuring a peaceful, transparent, and credible transition programme in the State come 2015. Additionally, Imoke is fully on top of the process leading up to the general elections, including providing a level playing ground for all contenders…

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BREAKING: Goddy Agba Arrives Calabar Shortly

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 Admin No Comments

Goddy Jedy Agba, the man at the centre of the political storm presently blowing through Cross River State is expected in the state shortly to hold further consultations in his bid to succeed state governor, Liyel Imoke, next year, www.calitown.com has been reliably informed. His arrival in the state is expected to further rev up…

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EDITORIAL: Nigeria, AFCON And The No Show

November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 Admin No Comments

Simply and painfully put, Nigeria’s Super Eagles will not be at next year’s African Nations Cup in nearby Equatorial Guinea to defend the cup they won in South Africa. Coming third in her qualifying group behind run away leaders, South Africa and surprise bundle, Congo, shut the door on the African Champions(?). It is a…

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Ugbo Arrives Calabar, Expresses Readiness To Govern CR

November 19, 2014 Admin No Comments

Cross River gubernatorial hopeful, Fidelis Ugbo appears undaunted by the state’s huge challenges but has openly declared that he considers the challenges as opportunities waiting to be exploited to the advantage of indigenes of the state when he gets the nod at the 2015 polls. Ugbo spoke yesterday, shortly after arriving Calabar from Abuja to…

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What Is Happening In CR PDP Is Internal Rebellion – CR Labour Party Chief

November 18, 2014November 18, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Austin Ibok, Cross River State Chairman of the Labour Party says recent events within the PDP in CRS “can best be described as internal rebellion by a group of persons within the party, who want not just equal opportunities within the party, but a right also to freely contest elections without the traditional manipulations of…

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CR Has Neglected Tropical Diseases

November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 Admin No Comments

A scientific survey carried out by the Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Unit of the Cross River State Ministry of Health says fifteen of CR’s 18 local government areas have endemic cases of Onchocerciasis, known commonly as river blindness . Those identified and listed include, Yakurr, Boki, Ikom, Etung, Obudu, Bekwarra, Yala, Ogoja, Obubra, Bakassi, Akamkpa,…

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