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First Bank Targets JAAC, Observers Plead For Caution

February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 Admin No Comments

Perhaps to show that they are a step ahead in what has become a ritual for bank’s in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, targeted yesterday’s Joint Account and Allocation Committee , JAAC, meeting in Calabar, the CRS capital, for a lunch date, considered by many to be a Greek gift, for the 18 local…

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Former LG Chair Wants N33million From Yala LGA

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Former chairman of Yala Local Government Council, Gab Ugor is through his lawyers, asking the local council he just left as helmsman to pay him a whooping N33 million for undisclosed claims. Ugor who has been guest of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for perceived sundry financial irregularities, shortly after leaving office, is…

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CR FIFA Referee’s W/Cup Hopes Hang In The Balance

February 10, 2014 Admin No Comments

Unless something miraculous happens, Cross River State born FIFA referee, Peter Edibi, widely touted to make the final cut of referees to officiate at the World Cup in Brazil, may have lost the seemingly once in a lifetime chance to officiate at the Mundial to boardroom politics, calitown.com can reveal. On the line frrom Abuja…

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NASS Ambition Pitches D-G Against Imoke’s Chief Of Staff

February 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

Considered ‘sons’ of the Imoke political dynasty, Director-General of the CRS Rural Development Authority, Eko Atu and Gov. Imoke’s Chief of Staff, Alex Egbona, are headed for a political confrontation that may shake the fabrics of that dynasty, sources have informed calitown.com. Up for grabs is the Yakurr/Abi Federal Constituency seat that both Atu and Egbona are eyeing. Calitown.com investigations revealed that…

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CR To Intoduce Waste Evacuation Tariff

February 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

Competent government sources have informed calitown.com that if CRS governor, Liyel Imoke gives his nod, in a matter of weeks, the state government will introduce a Waste Evacuation Service tariff, beginning with Calabar Metropolis and spreading to other urban centres in the state. The tariff proposal which was sent to His Excellency by the state Ministry of Environment…

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CRS Govt Abandons “Okoi Arikpo House”

February 5, 2014 Admin No Comments

It has emerged that authorities responsible for maintaining edifices in Cross River State, have seemingly elected to ignore what has come to be known as Okoi Arikpo House, a multi-purpose high rise building in the heart of Calabar, that ironically houses also, the state’s Tourism Commission and a commercial bank, calitown.com can reveal. The building,…

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