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CR FIFA Referee’s W/Cup Hopes Hang In The Balance

February 10, 2014 Admin No Comments

Unless something miraculous happens, Cross River State born FIFA referee, Peter Edibi, widely touted to make the final cut of referees to officiate at the World Cup in Brazil, may have lost the seemingly once in a lifetime chance to officiate at the Mundial to boardroom politics, calitown.com can reveal. On the line frrom Abuja…

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NASS Ambition Pitches D-G Against Imoke’s Chief Of Staff

February 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

Considered ‘sons’ of the Imoke political dynasty, Director-General of the CRS Rural Development Authority, Eko Atu and Gov. Imoke’s Chief of Staff, Alex Egbona, are headed for a political confrontation that may shake the fabrics of that dynasty, sources have informed calitown.com. Up for grabs is the Yakurr/Abi Federal Constituency seat that both Atu and Egbona are eyeing. Calitown.com investigations revealed that…

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CR To Intoduce Waste Evacuation Tariff

February 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

Competent government sources have informed calitown.com that if CRS governor, Liyel Imoke gives his nod, in a matter of weeks, the state government will introduce a Waste Evacuation Service tariff, beginning with Calabar Metropolis and spreading to other urban centres in the state. The tariff proposal which was sent to His Excellency by the state Ministry of Environment…

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CRS Govt Abandons “Okoi Arikpo House”

February 5, 2014 Admin No Comments

It has emerged that authorities responsible for maintaining edifices in Cross River State, have seemingly elected to ignore what has come to be known as Okoi Arikpo House, a multi-purpose high rise building in the heart of Calabar, that ironically houses also, the state’s Tourism Commission and a commercial bank, calitown.com can reveal. The building,…

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Hammer Drops On Proprietors Of Private Schools In CR

February 5, 2014 Admin No Comments

The prayer of the Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Offiong E. Offiong to prosecute private school proprietors in the state who continuously see the establishment of schools as a business has been answered as the state government has directed the education ministry to redirect efforts towards identifying and closing down such schools as well…

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Ikem Carpets Attempt To Foist Governor On CRS

February 4, 2014 Admin No Comments

Former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Venatius Ikem, has told calitown.com exclusively that, “in CRS 90 percent of the gubernatorial aspirants are Executive Council members”, because the governor gives his EXCO “the impression that one of them will become governor of CRS” after he leaves office in 2015”. He however stated…

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