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Gerald Ada Leads CR’s $2 Billion Investment Drive

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 Admin No Comments

Investigations by www.calitown.com show that the Gerald Ada led-Cross River State Investment Bureau may have attracted to CRS, a potential investment portfolio in excess of $2 billion over a period of four years. Additionally, the state government is believed to have heavily invested in the development of benchmark infrastructure, the environment and security to encourage…

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“CR’s Tourism Levy Does Not Tax Tourism Operators” – Wilfred Usani

July 23, 2014 Admin No Comments

Special Adviser to the Cross River State governor on Tourism Development, Wilfred Usani is insisting that the tourism development levy charged by the Cross River State Government “is not another form of taxation on the tourism operators in the state”, rather he maintains that “it is a consumption tax on the tourist” from the expenditure…

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Firm Arrives CR With 10,000 Jobs

July 18, 2014July 18, 2014 Admin No Comments

Owners of Okipp Limited, a subsidiary of the Negris Group, have through their President, Musa Ojeifo, revealed that in the next couple of months, the company will generate more than 10, 000 jobs in Cross River State as part of her commitment to ensuring that the state enjoys maximal benefits from the natural resources she…

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Abi, Biase And Obudu Earn EU Top Marks

July 11, 2014July 12, 2014 Admin No Comments

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

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 Admin No Comments

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

February 4, 2014 Admin No Comments

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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