Tag: Cross River State News

2014 Calabar Xmas Festival Maybe Disappointing

December 2, 2014December 2, 2014 Admin No Comments

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

November 27, 2014November 27, 2014 Admin No Comments

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

November 23, 2014 Admin 2 Comments

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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Tension Heightens, Imoke Holds Meeting Before Ward Congresses

November 23, 2014November 23, 2014 Admin No Comments

By Omini Ikpi As the Peoples Democratic Party gets set to conduct her ward congresses tomorrow, November 24, 2014, after the cancellation of the November 1, 2014 congresses, mired in controversy, www.calitown.com field sources say across the length and breadth of the state, party faithfuls are getting set for a make or break process that…

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CRUTECH: Crippling Strike Imminent

November 23, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

Unless something drastic is done, a crippling strike by staff of the Cross River state-owned university, CRUTECH will commence soon, www.calitown.com sources in the university say. The impending strike action is not unconnected with the CRS government’s inability to pay salaries and allowances of all categories of staff in the institution. “After the last ASUU…

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Ndoma-Egba Rejects Cancellation Of Ward Congresses

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014 Admin No Comments

THE Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Campaign Organisation has rejected the said annulment of the November 1, 2014 Ward congresses in Cross River state. Briefing some newsmen in Calabar yesterday, the Director General of the campaign team, Chief Ernest Irek said, “I want to state very clearly on the side of the Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba campaign organization…

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