Tag: Liyel Imoke

Duke, Ita-Giwa Shun 2014 Carnival Calabar

December 28, 2014December 28, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

By Mercy Nsa For the first time in several years, former CRS governor, Donald Duke and his wife, Onari, as well as ‘Mama Bakassi’, Florence Ita-Giwa, made no appearance at the 2014 Carnival Calabar, held yesterday, December 27, a situation observers say is a direct outcome of the frosty political relationship that Duke and his…

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Salaries: CR Civil Servants Celebrate Worst Christmas

December 25, 2014 Admin No Comments

By Mercy Nsa Civil servants in Cross River State are perhaps enduring their worst Christmas holiday in several years after the state government appeared unable to pay salaries owed all categories of civil servants in the state, www.calitown.com can report. All week, rumours made the rounds that the civil servants will be paid their November…

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Politicians, Supporters Besiege PDP Office, Ndoma-Egba Backs Out Of Ward Congress

November 23, 2014 Admin 2 Comments

Late into Sunday night, politicians and hordes of supporters besieged the Cross River state secretariat of the PDP on Murtala Mohammed highway, Calab.ar, hoping to accompany materials meant for Monday’s rescheduled ward congresses, www.calitown.com can reveal. It was a clear case of the presence of who-is-who in CR politics as visible from where the www.calitown.com…

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PHOTO OF THE DAY!

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 Admin No Comments

Not too long ago, at the 2014 Calabar International Jazz Festival, Imoke and Duke had a thing or two to say to each other…whatever happened several months after?

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Ndoma-Egba, Otu, Put One Leg In The Senate, Ayade, Unsure

November 11, 2014November 11, 2014 Admin 1 Comment

While cracks in the Cross River State PDP widen, it appears attempts within the party to stop Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba from a record fourth appearance at the Senate may be heading for the rocks, Presidency sources say. Ndoma-Egba is believed to be among an elite group of close to 40 senators, the Presidency has…

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Duke’s “Monkey Work, Monkey Chop” Remark Draws Reactions

November 10, 2014May 10, 2017 Admin 1 Comment

By Our Correspondent Former CRS governor, Donald Duke’s “Monkey Work, Monkey Chop” remark at last week’s gubernatorial rally for Goddy Agba, appears to be engaging a cross-section of Cross Riverians, www.calitown.com can report. In several gatherings across, be there political or not, people seem to have effortlessly taken up the task of analyzing what the…

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