Former LG Chair Wants N33million From Yala LGA

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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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Hammer Drops On Proprietors Of Private Schools In CR

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The prayer of the Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Offiong E. Offiong to prosecute private school proprietors in the state who continuously see the establishment of schools as a business has been answered as the state government has directed the education ministry to redirect efforts towards identifying and closing down such schools as well…

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