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Congrats Crossriverwatch!

February 25, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

We at w w w.c a l i t o w n.c o m congratulate you on the 3 million plus hit mark. It demonstrates clearly that people believe in this entreprise and have quickly embraced the fact that the future of newspapering is online. May God grant your eggheads the steady brains to live up…

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Etaba Condoles The Ojongs

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 Admin 2 Comments

Chief Executive Officer of Good Future Oil, Michael Etaba, has commiserated with the family of Ntufam Matthew Ojong, a former gubernatorial aspirant of the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP, who died in Abuja recently. In a condolence letter addressed to Okimasi Ojong, son of the late Ntufam Ojong and made available to calitown.com, Etaba expressed…

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It Should Not Happen To Okoi Arikpo!

February 24, 2014February 24, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

I wept uncontrollably when I read the news item published by www.calitown.com, about the derelict and dilapidated state of the tallest building (?) in Calabar, coincidentally named after Dr. Okoi Arikpo, SAN . It is obvious from what I read and what I can also see that the building suffers from benign neglect. Maybe authorities…

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Council Chairmen Race To Avert Renewed Nko/Onyeadama Crisis

February 23, 2014February 24, 2014 Admin No Comments

Frantic efforts were on, late into Sunday night by local council authorities in Yakurr and Obubra council areas to contain what threatens to be a resurgence in hostilities between the Nko Community in Yakurr LGA and their Onyeadama counterparts in Obubra LGA. Both communities, in Central Cross River have in the not too distant future…

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Three Cross Riverians Bag Centenary Awards

February 23, 2014 Admin No Comments

Of the 100 Nigerians and foreigners that President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday, 28 February, 2014, honour in a ceremony to mark Nigeria’s Centenary, three Cross Riverans feature in the list, calitown.com can reveal. First republic politician and educationist, Prof Eyo Ita will be honoured in the category, “Heroes of the Struggle for Nigeria’s Independence/Pioneer…

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Imoke’s Chief of Staff Bags Phd, Consolidates Politically

February 22, 2014 Admin No Comments

One highlight of today’s convocation of the University of Calabar is the conferment of Phd in Education Administration and Planning on the Chief of Staff to Cross River governor, Liyel Imoke, Alex Egbona. Political watchers have been quick to say that the acquisition of this Phd is one in a series of actions geared towards…

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