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Abi, Biase And Obudu Earn EU Top Marks

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Three local government areas in Cross River State; Abi, Biase and Obudu have emerged winners of the European Union-Niger Delta Support Programme for the implementation of the Union’s pilot projects in the state . At a two-day-self-selection exercise for the eighteen LGAs based on community needs, organized by the state government in collaboration with EU-NDSP,…

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Why Rome Moved Catholic Bishop Of Ogoja To Uyo

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While www.calitown.com broke the news about the appointment of Bishop John Ayah, Catholic bishop of Ogoja diocese as the new bishop of the Catholic diocese of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, early this week, it is emerging that his movement to Uyo may have been done by the Vatican to contain the issues raised in a…

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Ikem Carpets Attempt To Foist Governor On CRS

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Former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Venatius Ikem, has told calitown.com exclusively that, “in CRS 90 percent of the gubernatorial aspirants are Executive Council members”, because the governor gives his EXCO “the impression that one of them will become governor of CRS” after he leaves office in 2015”. He however stated…

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CR LG: Councillors Demand Thousands Of Naira To Screen Appointees

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As the screening of the recently announced Executive council members for the 17 local government councils in Cross River State begin this week, it has emerged that huge financial sums have been pegged as clearance fees by the respective legislative houses in the LGAs, whose function it is to screen and seal the appointments, calitown.com…

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Work Stalls ITM Ugep Resumption

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It is emerging that unless something magical happens, the Cross River State Institute of Technology and Management, Ugep,  will suffer another postponement in the date earlier proposed for her opening  and commencement of academic activities, calitown.com can reveal. While government has demonstrated a commitment to getting the school off the ground running, structural limitations are glaring setbacks for anyone…

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Paper Qualification Delays LG Exco Constitution

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While calitown.com can confirm that in a matter of days, the Executive arm of the 17 newly sworn-in local government administrations in Cross River State will be constituted and sworn-in, it has it too from impeccable government sources that the delay in constituting the Executive arm is not unconnected with a few discrepancies that nearly…

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