Tag: Latest Cross River News

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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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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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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Just when residents of Calabar, capital of Cross River State were warming up to the sudden  disappearance of street kids who had taken up residence at the Atekong junction section of the Marian road, some of the kids made a bold statement this morning by escaping from where officials of the state had relocated them…

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His Excellency, Sen Liyel Imoke, this evening in a press release signed by Secretary to the State Government, Mike Aniah, announced the reinstatement of the Commissioners and Special Advisers, suspended without pay since early December, 2013. Below is the list of those re-instated. COMMISSIONERS: Attah Ochinke Takis Caiafas Edak Iwuchukwu Patricia Endeley Elemi Etowa  SPECIAL…

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