While the Cross river State government has demonstrated a willingness to shore up her internally generated revenue base, sources within government are insisting that the Ben Ayade government is presently approaching the issue from a faulty angle and looks poised to experience a drop in her internally generated revenue, IGR, , www.calitown.com can report. First,…
Cross River Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate, Benedict Ayade grabbed a commanding 342,016 votes to defeat APC’s Odey Ochicha who came second with a distant 53,983 and Labour Party’s Fidelis Ugbo who scored 36,918, in the gubernatorial election conducted this past Saturday. His victory crowns what one observer describes as “the untiring efforts of the…
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Strange enough, Calabar the Cross River State capital has been without pipe-borne water for three weeks now and counting, www.calitown.com can reveal. the situation is so dire that most residents of the city have resorted to patronizing vendors of water who are currently smiling to the bank. As early as five in the morning and…
Ntufam John Achort Okon, Cross River State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has swiftly reacted to statements made by the CRS chairman of the Labour Party, Austin Ibok, regarding the recent attack by gunmen on the PDP candidate for CR Southern Senatorial District, Gershom Bassey. Ibok yesterday, Friday 27, 2015, addressed a press…
There is a storm brewing in the office of the Cross River State Accountant-General, sources within the office who informed www.calitown.com are insisting. The storm we gather is brewing around an unconfirmed N197 million, believed to have been discovered in a bank in Calabar and linked to a certain staff of the office(name withheld). Additional…
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By Omini Ikpi After staying away from most PDP functions in Cross River State, Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba finally put up an appearance at the party’s Presidential Campaign Rally, held at the U.J Esuene stadium. Ndoma-Egba who has had a very publicised political disagreement with CRS governor, Liyel Imoke and the leadership of the party…
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