The road to Ugep, in better-governed countries, should have been a ten-hour love affair between man and landscape, a smooth, lazy dance of asphalt from Abuja’s orderly chaos into the green bosom of home. But this is Nigeria, my friend, where even a simple road trip can audition for a Nollywood tragedy. Mine became a…
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Rampaging youths in Obung community, Akamkpa LGA, have burnt down the residence of the village head, after a disagreement with the village head. Sources on the ground in the community, on conditions of anonymity, told www.calitown.com that the burning down of the residence is connected to a disagreement between some youths in the area and…
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Florence Obi, Professor and Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, recently announced the promotion of the under listed. Associate Professors: Dr. Euphoria Akwiwu (Haematology), Dr. Innocent Abang (Orthopaedic), Dr. Ekaete Asuquo (Nursing Science), Dr. Ofem Ajah (Computer Science), Dr. Fidelis Unimna (Social Science Education) Dr. David Alawa (Vocational Education). Dr. Ogri Ushie (Electrical &…
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Several prominent politicians from across the country, associates, friends, well wishers and community members, stormed Ekori community in Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, as Yibala Igri Inyang, Chairman, Yakurr LGA, was conferred with the traditional title of “Obol Nkpeli I of Ekori”, at a civic reception at the instance of the Ekori traditional institution and…
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We can confirm that one person has been killed in what local sources say is a power tussle between two factions of a yet to be identified local cult group in Ugep, Cross River State. The deceased, identified by local sources as one Usang, from Assiga village, Yakurr LGA, is married and has children. We…
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Liyel Imoke, former governor of Cross River State, has declared that because Nigeria has moved from being the number one country in Africa to being fifth now, in less than than three years, citizens must come together and ensure that there is a takeover of political power from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Imoke who…
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