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Duke, Ita-Giwa Shun 2014 Carnival Calabar

December 28, 2014December 28, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

By Mercy Nsa For the first time in several years, former CRS governor, Donald Duke and his wife, Onari, as well as ‘Mama Bakassi’, Florence Ita-Giwa, made no appearance at the 2014 Carnival Calabar, held yesterday, December 27, a situation observers say is a direct outcome of the frosty political relationship that Duke and his…

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CR Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, Redeployed

December 27, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Sylvester Ezeani the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ebonyi State will after a brief handing over ceremony next week, assume duty as the REC in Cross River State, replacing Mike Igini who has been redeployed to Edo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, www.calitown.com can reveal. Considered a hardliner, Igini’s redeployment may not be…

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Power, Blacks Out Carnival Calabar Show!

December 26, 2014 Admin No Comments

By Our Correspondent “Every thing in this state is just falling like a deck of cards, it is looking like there is nothing in this state to be proud of again”. Those were the words of a very bitter spectator at the U.J. Esuene stadium, Calabar, venue of the “Kings & Queens” contest for bands…

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House Help, Damn Help!

December 26, 2014 Admin No Comments

We all created this problem by refusing to object to the name change. We were served the notification, but we either ignored it or just were convinced that there was no cause for alarm. What am I talking about? I grew up in a Catholic Mission…yes those English style quarters that had taps running, lights…

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Salaries: CR Civil Servants Celebrate Worst Christmas

December 25, 2014 Admin No Comments

By Mercy Nsa Civil servants in Cross River State are perhaps enduring their worst Christmas holiday in several years after the state government appeared unable to pay salaries owed all categories of civil servants in the state, www.calitown.com can report. All week, rumours made the rounds that the civil servants will be paid their November…

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Ediba/Usumutong Crisis May Threaten Xmas Holiday

December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 Admin 2 Comments

By Our Correspondent While Cross Riverians prepare for the long Christmas holiday, www.calitown.com sources on the ground say what apears to have been a lull in hostilities between the Usumutong and Ediba communities in Abi Local Government Area, was broken this past Monday as a group of persons suspected to be from Usumutong staged a…

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