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Kate Henshaw Loses House of Reps Bid, Etaba, Jarigbe Win

December 6, 2014December 7, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

By Omini Ikpi, with field reports Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw’s bid to go to the House of Reps, ended late Saturday evening as incumbent, Essien Ayi, beat Henshaw to the Calabar South/Bakassi Federal Constituency seat in an election she tweeted as being “free and fair”, going on to congratulate Ayi, who is making a record…

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Eta Mbora Beats Toyo To House Of Reps Seat

December 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

Immediate past Chairman of Calabar Municipality, Eta Mbora has perhaps caused a major political upset in the PDP primaries for Odukpani/Calabar Federal Constituency seat as he has swept aside Nkoyo Toyo, who presently occupies the seat at the House of Representatives, grounded sources have just informed www.calitown.com. An eight votes advantage was all Mbora used…

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Legor Idagbo Abandons Gov’ship Ambition

December 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

While the last critical bends in the political transition programme are negotiated, front-runner and Cross River State governorship hopeful, Legor Idagbo has dropped his gubernatorial ambition, electing instead to support Ben Ayade for the office of governor, CRS, in 2015, www.calitown.com can reveal. Sources say his ambition had to collapse in the face of certain…

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CR Politicians, Supporters Cautioned Ahead Of PDP Primaries

December 5, 2014 Admin No Comments

Politicians, their supporters and members of the public taking part in this weekend’s National Assembly primaries, have been called upon to ensure that their activities throughout the duration of the exercise, do not threaten the peace and security of the Cross River state as this will be an affront on the tireless efforts of state…

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A Case For Ugbo

December 5, 2014December 5, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

By Peter Ofem Ubi Barr Gov Liyel Imoke Barr Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo Barr Sen. Ben Ayade Dorncklaimz Enamhe On behalf of Barr Ugbo, I thank you very, very much the supporters. We remain steadfast on the journey ahead. While this isn’t exactly what I’d planned on writing, I sure like the discuss by Barr Enamhe,…

Imoke’s Agric Commissioner Resigns

December 4, 2014 Admin No Comments

James Aniyom, the Cross River State Commissioner for Agriculture, has resigned his appointment, www.calitown.com can reveal. However, while it was not possible at press time to get a copy of the resignation letter, our grounded sources say Aniyom turned in his resignation letter this past Monday in circumstances not unconnected with the political situation in…

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