Tag: Cross River State News

“Without freedom of mind and of association, man has no means to self-protection in our social order”, Harold Joseph Laski, the British political theorist, economist, author, and lecturer, wrote. We are compelled to quote Laski because of the political drama presently unfolding in Cross River State. In a terse statement on Friday afternoon, November 7,…

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While attempts may have been made by the PDP in Cross River State to manipulate, even dictate the tempo of th Ward Congresses taking place on Saturday, November 1, 2014, www.calitown.com investigations reveal that unless highly placed party officials retrace their steps, there may be a major political crisis in the state, before and after…

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National President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Rotimi Oladele, says the Cross River State Chapter of NIPR is far ahead of many other states in Nigeria in terms of standard, professionalism and excellence. He made the statement while presenting an address as Chief host, during the 2014 Annual General Meeting…

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Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, has called for a downward revision of the 2014 budget christened “Budget of Progression” from one hundred and eighty billion, one hundred and forty-five million, seven hundred and sixty-three thousand, two hundred and twenty-four naira, forty-six kobo (#180,145,763,224.46) to one hundred and seventy-three billion, seven hundred and forty-six…

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Documents at www.calitown.com’s disposal reveal that the Nigerian Government has ploughed a whooping N32.08bn in the last 18 years on the dredging of the Calabar Port channel, beginning from 1996, under the Abacha regime when N3bn was first sunk into the project; the money is said to have been diverted into ghost pockets and no…

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