In a particular month in 1965, I can’t remember which month exactly now, two major events happened in our young lives for those of us who were in the Catholic Church owned and run St. Martin’s Primary School, Ikom, my hometown. The Headmaster, Mr. K.E. Bassey the burly, strict, cane loving Efik man announced at…
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Bassey Edet Otu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, according to results so far released by the Returning Officer for Cross River State, Prof Teddy Adias, on behalf of INEC, won the gubernatorial election with 258,619 votes, secured in 15 LGAs, over PDP’s Sandy Onor, who polled 179,636 votes…
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Find below, winners so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of elections into the Cross River State House of Assembly: 1. Abi: Davies Etta (APC) 2. Biase: Francis Ogban (APC) 3. Bakassi: Edet Bassey Eyo (APC) 4. Bekwarra: Omang Charles Omang (PDP) 5. Boki 2: Hillary Bisong (APC) 6. Calabar Municipality: Stanley…
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While the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is yet to make the results of the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections public, there are indications that the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, Bassey Edet Otu, is in a commanding lead, as results begin to trickle in. Field correspondents…
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An undercover investigation carried out in the last 48 hours by www.calitown.com, has revealed that relief materials comprising bags of cement, cartons of spaghetti, bags of rice and beans, among others, have been carted away from the warehouse of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, located on Barracks Road, Calabar, to unknown destinations…
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Joseph Edra Ukpo, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, who passed away recently, will be buried in Calabar, Cross River State, on Thursday, March 23, 2023, a burial programme released by the Catholic Church indicates. The released burial programme signed by Rev. Fr. Charles Etim, Chairman of the Central Planning Committee, shows…
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