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Bekwarra PDP Caucus Leader Drums Up Support For Jonathan, Ayade And Others

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Caucus leader of the PDP in Bekwarra Local Government Area, North of Cross River State, Clement Oshaka, has at a grand reception for elders and members of the party in the area, drummed up support for the candidature of Ben Ayade, the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate, insisting before the large gathering of party faithfuls that Ayade…

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Edibi, Cross River Indigene Is The Only Nigerian Referee At AFCON 2015

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While followers of Nigerian football sit and bemoan the painful fate of the country’s national football team, after it failed to qualify for the 2015 African Nations Cup in nearby Equatorial Guinea, unknown to most Cross Riverians, there is a cheering bit of news that www.calitown.com can reveal. The only Nigerian official at this year’s…

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Ugbo Issues Statement, Withdraws From CR Guber Race

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We can confirm that key CR gubernatorial aspirant, Fidelis Ugbo has formally withdrawn from the Cross River PDP gubernatorial race and will consequently take no part in the governorship primaries scheduled to hold today December 8, 2014. According to a release mailed to www.calitown.com by the Ugbo Campaign Organization, “this decision is in the interest…

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2014 Calabar Xmas Festival Maybe Disappointing

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By Omini Ikpi Days after the annual tree lighting ceremony kicked off the 2014 Calabar Christmas Festival which Nzan Ogbe, Chairman, Calabar Festival Planning Committee describes as “another 32 days of non-stop entertainment”, www.calitown.com investigations are pointing to the fact that politics and poor finances are contributing to make this year’s festival a forgettable experience….

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EDITORIAL: Bombs, Guns, Cross River Politics And Tomorrow

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Early this week, the secretariat of the CRS chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in the news for the wrong reasons as an improvised explosive went off, causing verifiable damage to a section of the building. Within the week too, front line politician and former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Venatius Ikem,…

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Politicians, Supporters Besiege PDP Office, Ndoma-Egba Backs Out Of Ward Congress

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Late into Sunday night, politicians and hordes of supporters besieged the Cross River state secretariat of the PDP on Murtala Mohammed highway, Calab.ar, hoping to accompany materials meant for Monday’s rescheduled ward congresses, www.calitown.com can reveal. It was a clear case of the presence of who-is-who in CR politics as visible from where the www.calitown.com…

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