Former Chief of Staff to CR governor, Alex Egbona, earlier today, Wednesday, October 15, 2014, celebrated his 50th birthday with friends, well wishers and supporters in his Igbo Ekureku country home, Abi LGA, CR Central. As early as 6 a.m, a large crowd of supporters had gathered at his Ekorinim, Calabar home and later drove…
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Unconfirmed sources inside government circles in Calabar have just informed www.calitown.com that there was a grand scheme in motion to make state governor, Liyel Imoke, settle for an outside choice as his Chief of Staff, replacing Alex Egbona, who voluntarily resigned to pursue his political ambition. While Jude Ngaji, the new Chief of Staff was…
Sources within government circles in Cross River State have confided in www.calitown.com that last ditch efforts by the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, John Okon, to negotiate what is believed to be a soft landing ground for Imoke’s cabinet members interested in running for governor of CRS, may have hit the rock…
Offiong E. Offiong, Cross River state Education Commissioner, has appealed to the state branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to suspend its strike action and allow academic activities to commence in all public primary and secondary schools across the State. While addressing journalists in his office, Offiong expressed surprise at NUT’s action, stating…
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While the Cross River State Government has been able to pay N39 million to waste evacuation truck owners, in the last couple of days, www.calitown.com sources say government has concluded plans to hand over the sweeping of streets in the state capital and other urban areas to contractors, taking away a critical sanitation function that…
Ten governorship aspirants in CRS, Patrick Ugbe, Legor Idagbo, Mike Aniah, Tanko Ashang, Peter Ojie, Gerald Ada, Peter Oti, Fidelis Ugbo, Fidel Egoro, sit at a round-table waiting to appear before their party’s (PDP) caucus in one of the LGA’s in the state. (Photo credit: David Atim)