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Calabar Section Of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Set For Launch In Two Weeks – Akpabio

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It has been disclosed that, President Bola Tinubu, has approved the commencement of work on the Calabar section of the six-lane Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, with Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and David Umahi, Minister of Works, set to launch the project in Calabar, two weeks from now. Disclosing this in Calabar, CRS, this past Sunday, during…

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Is ‘Atakpa’ Of Calabar Really Linked To ‘Akpa Of The Jukuns? 

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I have been pondering and investigating the meaning of ‘Atakpa’ found in Calabar – Cross River State for quite a while. I now share my thoughts and insights with the hope of being validated or controverted in part or whole to assist us all in unraveling and confirming its true meaning. I must say upfront…

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“I Started Driving A Taxi After My Taxi Driver Couldn’t Give Me Daily Balance” – Calabar’s First Female Taxi Driver Reveals!

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Oganya Ochoga Ocha, the first female commercial taxi driver in Calabar, Cross River State, has revealed that she took to taxi driving as a full time job after several commercial male drivers she hired to drive her vehicle, were unable to pay the accepted daily balance to her. Ocha who spoke on “The Public View”,…

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CR Police Command Arrests Suspected  Kidnapper, Rescue Abducted Victim

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The Cross River State Police Command has apprehended a suspected notorious kidnapping gang leader known as “Tallest,” whose other names are yet unknown. This arrest was executed by a team of policemen from the Anti-Cultism and Kidnapping Squad, ACKS, on 5th June 2024. “Tallest” was apprehended following the release of one Emmanuel Otu, a resident…

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See Full List Of Cross Riverians Appointed Into Governing Boards Of Federal Universities, Polytechnics And Colleges of Education

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Victor Ndoma-Egba, Chairman, Governing Board, Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. Florence Ita-Giwa Chairman, Governing Board, Federal Polytechnic, Ugep, Cross River State. Cletus Mbia Obun, Chairman, Governing Board, Federal College of Education, Iditep, Akwa Ibom State. Jude Ngaji, Member, Governing Board,  Moddibo Adama University, Yola, Adamawa State. Bassey Anamtequa Member, Governing Board, King David Umahi University…

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CR Assembly Member Distributes Multi- Million Naira Writing Materials To Primary Schools In Yakurr I

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Member representing Yakurr I State Constituency, in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Cyril James Omini, put smiles on the faces of children in his constituency when he distributed writing materials worth millions of naira as a personal effort to cushion the effect of the present hard times being experienced by parents and guardians…

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