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All Man For Himself And The Politics Of Cross River State

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As political events in Cross River State play out, in the run-in to the 2023 elections, my mind has remained firmly fixed on William Tagbo, the central character in Anezionwu Nwankwo Okoro’s 1972 classic, “One Week, One Trouble”. The character Wilson Tagbo, who begins secondary school during the colonial period had more flaws than virtues…

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Ten Kilometres On A Historic Trek With A Monarch

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Iwara U. Iwara, Team Lead, www.calitown.com, at the invitation of the Obol Lopon of Ugep and Paramount Ruler of Yakurr LGA, Cross River Central, undertook a historical ten kilometre journey with the monarch. He captures in this piece, what he saw and what this journey represents for the people of the Ugep and Mkpani communities…

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JARIGBE … Now That Those Days Are Over!

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Ever since the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja affirmed the decision of the Appeal Court in Calabar, declaring Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, as the senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, social media urchins in Cross River State have received sense. I mean, we no longer are inundated by trumpeted, poorly written posts, propagating the puerile…

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Rotary Club To Honour Publisher Calitown.Com August 28!

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Team lead and publisher www.calitown.com, Iwara U. Iwara, will be honoured by the Rotary Club of Ugep, Cross River State, during the installation of her first female president, Beatrice Otu. In a letter signed by officials of the club and dated August 1, 2021, the club said it was honouring the journalist “in view of…

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ATTENTION: Rt.Hon. Orok Otu Duke Disowns, “The Chants Of Digital Will Soon Transform Into Wails Of Pity For Ayade” Publication

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OUR POSITION As a responsible news and views website, dedicated to publishing, to a large extent, news and views out of Cross River State, as our avowed contribution to the growth and development of the state, it has over the last 10 years become more than clear to us that the discharge of our news…

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The Bland Quality Of One Timaya And My Response!

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As a deliberate personal policy, I do not discuss my encounters along professional lines, with all manner of persons, in the several write-ups that I edit or author for my modest audience on social media; but like they say, there are exceptions to every rule and you will soon see. Carefully too, as a professional…

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