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Usumutong/Ediba May Boil Again If…

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Ear to the ground calitown.com sources have informed that the Cross River State Government should not treat with kid gloves the seeming under control situation in Ediba and Usumutong, two communities in Abi LGA of the state who nearly engaged in a communal clash, last week. The sources say the loss of two men, of…

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Petrol Situation In Calabar Dire

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Like in most other parts of Nigeria, the petrol situation in Calabar, CRS is dire, calitown.com can reveal. In most petrol stations selling the product the city, long queues are visible as vehicle owners struggle to lay hands on petrol. The situation has also shot up the price of petrol as stations are selling at…

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Drama: Woman Nabbed With Baby At Cal Airport

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A middle aged woman (name withheld) was at the centre of what a calitown.com source termed, “airport drama” early this evening when she attempted to board the 4pm Aero Contractors flight from Calabar to Lagos with an infant in suspicious circumstances. Trouble is said to have started when the woman, clutching a baby to her…

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Security Agents Patrol Feuding Abi Communities

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Security agencies,  have put the seeming palpable security situation in Usumutong and Ediba communities of the last few days, under firm control, calitown.com can reveal. In apparent response to the dicey situation of late Sunday and early Monday this week, government is said to have despatched a combined team of security personnel to patrol the…

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A-G’s Office Okays Mass Re-deployment In CR

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In what many observers have termed a step in the right direction, the Office of the Accountant, CRS, last week effected the re-deployment of close to 250 account staff on Grade Level 9-15 in the CRS civil service, in a move it described as routine and designed to reinvigorate the CRS civil service. Calitown.com sources…

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“Unical Spends N20 million on Diesel” –VC

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James Epoke, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, has revealed that the university spends N20million on the purchase of diesel to power the institution, in the absence of stable electricity from the national grid. Considering that an institution like Unical needs round the clock electricity especially for research purposes, Epoke, expressed sadness that the institution…

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