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Vessel With Illegal Immigrants Berthes In Calabar

June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 Admin No Comments

A vessel, the Emiliana Caneiro from Gabon, yesterday afternoon, Monday,June 22, 2015 berthed at the Calabar Inland Waterways jetty with close to one thousand illegal immigrants; men, women and children, arrested and deported to Nigeria from Gabon, www.calitown.com can authoritatively reveal. The illegal immigrants from the West African countries of Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso…

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Gab Ogar, Former CR SSG Dies At 76

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 Admin 1 Comment

One time Secretary to the Military Government and Head of Service in the old Cross River State, Ukandi Gabriel Ando Ogar is dead. He died after a protracted illness at the age of 76. Family sources informed www.calitown.com that Ukandi Ogar passed on at 10.20am, Friday, June 12, 2015. The deceased who was born in…

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Ugep Coronates New Obol Lopon, June 26

June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 Admin No Comments

By Obeten Effiom The coronation of His Royal Majesty, Obol Ofem Ubana Eteng as the 16th Obol Lopon of Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, will take place on Friday, June 26, 2015, at the Ugep Royal palace, palace sources have informed www.calitown.com The event is expected to attract dignitaries from within and…

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Surveyors Want CRSG To Update Survey Services

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 Admin No Comments

A communique issued by the state wing of the Nigeria Institution of Surveyors, NIS, is urging the Cross River State government to update its orthophoto map . The communiqué made available to newsmen after the regional meeting of Eastern Surveyors Forum, ESF held at Pyramid hotel Calabar, further notes that government should partner with the…

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CR Head Of Service Turns Back On Governor’s Directive

June 18, 2015June 18, 2015 Admin 1 Comment

With her civil service clock winding down in less than six weeks, www.calitown.com sources say Cross River State Head of Service, Mary-Theresa Ikwen, may have put herself in harm’s way with the manner in which she pushed through with the recent re-deployments in the CRS Civil Service and the seeming fact that she may have…

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Deconstructing The Imoke Legacy

June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 Admin 2 Comments

In this article, Wilfred O. Usani chronicles the achievements of the Imoke administration in eight years. With the successful transition of the Senator Liyel Imoke led administration in Cross River State to the new administration led by Senator (Prof.) Ben Ayade, it is usually appropriate to take stock of where we are as a people,…

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