Category: News

The dailies have been awash with the unfortunate story of the landslide a couple of days back, in Calabar, that dealt one man, Amos Akaniyene, a painful blow. In one swoop, his wife Ekaette, his children, David and Deborah, his mother-in-law, Iquo, two relatives, Samuel and Anthony and the unborn twins Ekaette was carrying, all…

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Gerald Rogers, cooks up 20 Marriage Tips that can save the day. Let us count down. 1) NEVER STOP COURTING. Never stop dating. Never ever take that woman for granted. When you asked her to marry you, you promised to be that man that would own her heart and to fiercely protect it. This is…

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In a bid to further demonstrate that telecommunications is now an essential utility second only to water, transportation and power, work on the 115km telecommunication cable duct in Calabar, from Tinapa to Anantigha, has hit the ground running. Visibly, in several parts of the metropolis, men can be seen excavating portions where the underground cables…

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It was a chance meeting that left a lasting impression…, you step into an occasion, the music you hear is live looping music with mind blowing scratching capabilities. Songs blend seamlessly, slowly and then somewhere along the line the stuff slips into a jazzier groove and club bangers start dropping. As heads nod to the…

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“Leboku is the annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Ugep, Nigeria to honour of the earth goddess and the ancestral spirits of the land in Ugep, one of the five settlements of Yakurr. The three-week festival is the culmination of many events: the beginning of the yam harvest, a time to appease the gods and…

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Blessing Ubi Christopher is by all standards living her dream today and the reason is simple, she just won the coveted “Miss Leboku” title in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Council, Cross River State. The competition, open to young maidens in the community has as star prize, a car and further ancillary benefits. When calitown.com cornered…

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