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Imoke Will Not Join Issues With Duke – Ricketts

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Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Akin A. Ricketts, says state governor, Liyel Imoke is presently focused on ensuring a peaceful, transparent, and credible transition programme in the State come 2015. Additionally, Imoke is fully on top of the process leading up to the general elections, including providing a level playing ground for all contenders…

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What Is Happening In CR PDP Is Internal Rebellion – CR Labour Party Chief

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Austin Ibok, Cross River State Chairman of the Labour Party says recent events within the PDP in CRS “can best be described as internal rebellion by a group of persons within the party, who want not just equal opportunities within the party, but a right also to freely contest elections without the traditional manipulations of…

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CR Has Neglected Tropical Diseases

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A scientific survey carried out by the Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Unit of the Cross River State Ministry of Health says fifteen of CR’s 18 local government areas have endemic cases of Onchocerciasis, known commonly as river blindness . Those identified and listed include, Yakurr, Boki, Ikom, Etung, Obudu, Bekwarra, Yala, Ogoja, Obubra, Bakassi, Akamkpa,…

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Ugbo Arrives Calabar Today, Opens Campaign Office

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Cross River governorship hopeful, Fidelis Ugbo will arrive Calabar, the CRS capital today and immediately open his campaign office, kick starting his political activities as the 2015 gubernatorial polls draw near. The Ugbo campaign office, located at 22 IBB Way, Calabar will be a beehive of activities as friends, political associates as well as supporters…

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EDITORIAL: Beyond The Suspension In The CR PDP

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“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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Ward Congresses: CR PDP’s Intrigues May Back Fire

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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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