Two police patrol teams in Calabar, believed to have been more concerned with extorting money from motorists instead of conducting thorough security searches, have been arrested and detained on the orders of the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa. The arrest we hear was effected after complaints by motorists against the patrol…
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Winners, Mr. & Ms. Leboku 2016, Hillary Benson and Obia Essien, savour a pleasurable moment, acknowledging cheers from an adoring crowd of onlookers as they parade through the streets of Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, as their reign kicked off. Leboku is the biggest traditional festival in CRS. We at www.calitown.com wish them a…
Following his recent appointment as Acting Rector of the Institute of Technology and Management, Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area and subsequent assumption of duty, Austin Angba, a Professor of Agriculture, has exclusively told www.calitowm.com that he has a committed crop of men and women on the ground that will help him work at ensuring that…
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By Omini Ikpi As the wind of defection blows across the political landscape, a former aide to immediate past Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke, has broken ranks with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and headed to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Nnana Arikpo, who functioned in the last administration as an aide to Imoke…
Former Permanent Secretary in the Cross River State Ministry of Finance, Ebri Usani Eteng, mni, yesterday, December 18, 2015, in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, buried his wife, Augusta Akpongho Ebri Eteng, in a ceremony that was attended by former CRS governor, Liyel Imoke and several other eminent Cross Riverians. In a sermon delivered at the funeral…
Gentlemen of the Press, I welcome you all The 40th Anniversary of the 1975 Ugep massacre is the 1st commemoration event of an attack by the Nigeria Army on the rural town of Ugep on Wednesday, 24th December 1975. Ugep was then under Obubra Division, South Eastern State of Nigeria, before the creation of states…