For large parts of yesterday, Sunday afternoon, December 3, 2016, a large contingent of bikers drawn from Nigeria and beyond, excited a healthy crowd of spectators who lined the road from the U. J. Esuene Stadium, through Eleven Eleven, Mary Slessor Avenue, Marian Road, unto Efio Ette roundabout, as the bikers embarked on their performance…
Some civil servants in Cross River State, who have elected to remain anonymous, have complained to www.calitown.com that the state government’s decision to pay December salaries of some civil servants within the first three days of the month will make them suffer afterwards. They were particular that, considering the expenses that normally accompany the coming…
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Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke as well as Chairman, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Victor Ndoma-Egba, yesterday in Abuja, led an impressive guest list to the Musa Yar’adua Centre, for the launch of five books authored by the Chairman, Cross River State Sports Commission, Orok Otu Duke. The books, Clementines (A collection of…
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Sources on the ground in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River Central, have just informed www.calitown.com that the intractable communal conflict between Ediba and Usumutong communities has erupted again, Saturday afternoon. It was further revealed that the early morning attack on a commercial motorcyclist of Ediba extraction by unknown gunmen, suspected to be from Usumutong,…
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Authorities of the University of Calabar, Unical, have terminated the appointment of Peter Agi, the embattled Bursar of the institution, seemingly putting to rest speculations about Agi’s fate in a bitter and protracted conflict that pitched him against the Vice-Chancellor of Unical, Zana Akpagu and invisible individuals within and outside the institution. The termination of…
A young man in his thirties was late Tuesday night arrested by a police patrol team, after a distress call was put out, as a group of men suspected to be armed robbers terrorized residents of a section of Ekorim I, a high brow area in Calabar Municipality. The suspects are believed to have commenced…