Today, Monday, May 29th, 2023, in large parts of Nigeria, new governors will be sworn-in for a four-year tenure in office. In Cross River State, preparations for today’s inauguration have reached fever pitch and it is only a matter time before Bassey Edet Otu, takes the reins as the 18th governor of Cross River State….
Distance themselves from Anthony Ani By Bassey Inyang Kingmakers of the Efik Kingdom have declared that Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V remains the Obong aof Clabar, and grand patriarch of the Efik people, as they distanced themselves from the purported proclamation of Etubom Anthony Ani as the Obong of Calabar-elect. The kingmakers operating on…
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After serial meetings and collective pressure mounted to secure six added months to their three-year tenure in office, local council chairmen in Cross River State, will now compulsorily vacate office on June 2, 2023, www.calitown.com can reveal. Sources inside Government House, Calabar, confided in www.calitown.com that the 18 council chairmen “had repeatedly tried to influence…
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Unknown to several people, last Friday’s (19th May, 2023) ghastly motor accident in Betem, Biase Local Government Area, CRS, involving a Calabar bound Toyota Sienna bus and a truck going in the opposite direction, not only took the life of Yemiode Elton, the lady who died three days before she was to celebrate a well…
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, Thursday gave automatic employment to 155 pioneer graduates of the West African Construction and Fabrication Academy, Calabar. Ayade made this known during the graduation ceremony of the first batch of trainees at the institution in Calabar. He explained that his administration established the academy in 2020 to address the dearth…
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Management, staff, and students of the Cross River Institute of Technology and Management, ITM, Ugep, Cross River State, have written to congratulate Cross River State governor-elect, Bassey Edet Otu, on his “well-deserved victory at the just concluded governorship election.” J. K Thompson, rector of the institution, who signed the letter, made public not too long…
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