For the people of Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, the annual new yam festival, LEBOKU, is always a treasured homecoming as well as a time to celebrate the rich culture of the people. Below are just a few pictures as captured by the www.calitown.com camera. The Cross River Geographic Information Agency,CRGIA, has…
For the first time in the history of the famous Miss Leboku beauty peagent, contested for by young girls in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, as part of activities marking the Ugep New Yam Festival, more than 30 contestants are vying for the coveted crown and the star prize of a brand new car…
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Work in most government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in Cross River State, has been at a standstill with www.calitown.com investigations revealing that the situation is tied to the non-release of operational funds to various MDAs by the state government since government changed hands in May, 2015. Sources inside government further revealed that the situation…
A group, the National Anti-Corruption Crusaders, says it will on August 28, 2015, stage a protest march in Calabar, Cross River State, to push for the arrest and prosecution of former governor, Liyel Imoke and several others for their role in what the group describes as “the diversion of public funds, belonging to Cross River…
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Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, John Gaul Lebo, has openly declared his intention to midwife the birth of a “Democracy Club” to be unveiled next week, after he returns to the state from Kenya, where he has been attending the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, CPC. On his Facebook page, monitored by…
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His Royal Majesty, Obol Ofem Ubana Eteng, the Obol Lopon of Ugep, has informed www.calitown.com that former governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke and civil rights lawyer, Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla, who have been daggers drawn over the latter’s insistence that Imoke must give account of his eight year stewardship as governor of the state,…
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