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…
Executive Secretary, Ugep Urban Develpoment Authority, UUDA, Samuel Bassey, has exclusively informed www.calitown.com that his office will in the next one week commence the towing and impounding of immovable vehicles parked in the area as well as those parked at unauthorized places in Ugep, the Yakurr local Government headquarters. Bassey is also insisting that this…
An electronic mail sent to www.calitown.com reveals that the Umor Otutu Socio-Cultural organization, a non-partisan and not-for-profit organisation for projecting the voice and interests of the Ugep people will today, Wednesday 2nd October, 2015 hold a world press briefing to herald and draw attention to the 40th Anniversary of the 1975 Ugep massacre. The conference…
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For the people of Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, the annual new yam festival, LEBOKU, is always a treasured homecoming as well as a time to celebrate the rich culture of the people. Below are just a few pictures as captured by the www.calitown.com camera. The Cross River Geographic Information Agency,CRGIA, has…
While so much hype surrounded the 2015 Mr & Ms. Leboku peagent, a competition where the star prize is a brand new car for the winner in both categories, www.calitown.com can authoritatively report that violence, early Sunday morning, August 23, 2015, threatened this year’s edition of the competition. Trouble is said to have started when…
For most parts of Thursday morning, July 16, 2015, an angry mob in Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area, besieged and then vandalized the office of a firm, TFF Nigeria Ltd, which had operated as a money doubling scheme in the area, drawing in huge deposits while promising outrageous turnover. Trouble is said to have started…
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