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Crospil MD Visits Estate, Make Promises

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 Admin No Comments

Residents of the Cross River State Property Development Investment Limited (CROSPIL) Estate, Akpabuyo, have been assured of the provision of basic amenities to make life more meaningful within the estate. The assurance was given by the Managing Director of CROSPIL, Enyi Ben Eboh, when he held an interactive session with the residents at the Liyel…

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30 Awaiting Death In Calabar’s Afokang Prisons

June 13, 2014 Admin No Comments

Calabar Prison sources have informed www.calitown.com that manslaughter and violent armed robbery, resulting in the death of several people is the reason why 30 men in the prison are on death row. The 30, awaiting death by any means that may suit the authorities, are mostly from the neighbouring states of Ebonyi, Abia and Enugu…

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CR PDP Exco Okays Egoro For Gov

June 11, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Informed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sources in Cross River state say the Executive of the party has thrown its weight behind former chairman of Yala Local Government Area and Deputy Chairman of the party in the state, Fidel Egoro, in his quest to become governor of CRS in 2015. Egoro who had kept his ambition…

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New GM Mosquito ‘Could Help Defeat Malaria’

June 11, 2014 Admin No Comments

Scientists believe a new strain of mosquito that produces almost entirely male offspring could turn the tables in the fight against malaria. In laboratory tests, 95% of eggs laid by the genetically-modified anopheles gambiae mosquito hatched into males. Introducing them to normal mosquitoes led to whole populations being eradicated because of the lack of females…

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Labour Kicks Against Promotion Exam Fees In CR

June 10, 2014 Admin No Comments

It appears the hue and cry that attended Labour’s docile posture in respect of the laptops saga in the Cross River State Civil Service has yielded fruits, though in another angle, www.calitown.com can reveal. In a direct response to circular no. CRC/6062/S.2/Vol.2/28 of May 19, 2014, titled “Registration of Eligible Candidates for the Competitive Promotion…

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“I Don’t Need Thank You From Ediba/Usumutong” – Yakurr Monarch

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Obol Lopon of Ugep and Paramount ruler of Yakurr LGA, Obol Ubi Ujong Inah has told the Ediba Union in Calabar, a union of Ediba people in the diaspora, that he does not need to be thanked when he does things for Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi LGA, Cross River state, because both communities…

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