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Otu, Duke And Gershom Go For Senatorial Ticket

January 14, 2014 Admin 3 Comments

Calitown.com sources say the race for the CR Southern Senatorial seat in 2015, may be a three horse race as Tourism Minister, Edem Duke and Chairman, CRS Water Board Ltd, Gershom Bassey look set to challenge incumbent, Prince Bassey Otu, in what one source has described as “the race to cancel each other”. Edem who…

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“CRS public service has capable public servants” – Imoke

January 14, 2014 Admin No Comments

Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke, has used his first formal function of 2014 to declare that the “CRS public service has capable public servants”. While swearing-in 14 new permanent secretaries for the state civil service at the Executive Council Chambers, Governor’s Office, yesterday, Imoke maintained that as permanent secretaries retire, capable public servants in…

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CR Swears In 14 Perm Secs Today

January 13, 2014January 13, 2014 Admin No Comments

Today, at the Executive Council Chambers, Governor’s Office, Calabar, Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, state governor, will swear-in 14 new permanent secretaries, recently appointed and announced in a release signed by Mike Aniah, Secretary to the State Government. The swearing-in initially scheduled to take place tomorrow, January 14, 2014, was brought forward because of…

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Court PutsThree In Afokang Prison For Breaking IRS Seal

January 11, 2014 Admin No Comments

Three persons, Ezubuche Paulinus, Tobias Ekwonwa and Ebenezer Okafor, are to remain in prison custody at the Afokang Prison, Calabar, on the orders of a Chief Magistrate in Cross River State. Chief Magistrate Adomi E. Adomi of Magistrate Court 1, remanded the three for willfully and unlawfully conspiring to destroy a government seal at the…

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Robbery: Family Held Hostage As Robbers Go Haywire

January 10, 2014 Admin No Comments

In circumstances reminiscent of a Nollywood flick, armed robbers numbering about five are reported to have had a field day holding a family in Asari-Eso, an upscale neighbourhood in Calabar, to ransome and dispossessing them of cash and valuables, two days ago. Henry Inyang Ogim, the victim, told calitown.com that “one of the robbers jumped…

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Peter Oti: A Man And His People!

January 10, 2014January 10, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Whether you decide to approach her from the Abuochiche, Bekwarra or Obudu axis, Utugwang in Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River State, nestles off the main tarred road’s bustle and regales in the complex simplicity of village life. Most roads in, are untarred and easily give up dust like a welcoming ritual. The stares are…

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