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Yakurr Community Agog As Council Chairman Takes Traditional Title

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Yakurr Community Agog As Council Chairman Takes Traditional Title

Several prominent politicians from across the country, associates, friends, well wishers and community members, stormed Ekori community in Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, as Yibala Igri Inyang, Chairman, Yakurr LGA, was conferred with the traditional title of “Obol Nkpeli I of Ekori”, at a civic reception at the instance of the Ekori traditional institution and…

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C’River Senator, LGA Drum Up Support For Tinubu, Otu

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C’River Senator, LGA Drum Up Support For Tinubu, Otu

Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, Eteng Jonah Williams says it is of critical importance that the present administration in Cross River State, should be massively supported so that she can be buoyed to continue working and complete several development projects spread across the state. Williams who spoke in Ugep, headquarters of Yakurr LGA,…

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Fleeing Illegal Foreign Miners Invade Cross River Forests, Locals Fear Clashes May Occur

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Fleeing Illegal Foreign Miners Invade Cross River Forests, Locals Fear Clashes May Occur

Several illegal miners, suspected to be foreigners, were late Sunday evening, reported to be roaming vast forests in Yakurr, Abi and Biase local government areas, apparently on the run, after the Cross River State Government, CRSG, declared their operations illegal and began arresting hordes of them. Locals in the area who called www.calitown.com, reported sighting…

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CRSG Arrests 203 Suspected Illegal Foreign Miners In Yakurr LGA

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In a sting operation led by the Cross River State Security Adviser, O. U. Obono, a retired Major General of the Nigerian Army, the Cross River State Government, CRSG, scores of young men suspected to be foreign miners who invaded some communities in Yakurr Local Government Area, were arrested Saturday morning as many of them…

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“I Am Poised To Create The Yakurr LGA Of Our Collective Dreams” – Jonathan Omini Jnr.

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“I Am Poised To Create The Yakurr LGA Of Our Collective Dreams” – Jonathan Omini Jnr.

Jonathan Omini Jnr., has his sights set on the vacant chairmanship position in Yakurr LGA. When he recently engaged IWARA U. IWARA, Editorial Lead and publisher, www.calitown.com, he showed his subtle level of preparedness in the the answers he provided. It is not the first time you have aspired to be chairman of Yakurr LGA….

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When The Clan Gathers For A Member!

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When The Clan Gathers For A Member!

Among my indigenous Ugep, Yakurr people, ‘Foundation ké-nöi’, is an integral communal activity that members of the paternal clan compulsorily take part in. ‘Foundation ké-nöi’, is simply the gathering of paternal clan members, at the insistence of one clan member, to inform them that the building of a house is about to be embarked on….

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