Month: May 2014
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Insecurity: Cross River Security Adviser Meet With Hausa Fulani Leaders, To Evacuate Beggars From Streets

by crossriverwatch admin Mr. Rekpene Bassey, the Cross River State Security adviser on Tuesday had an interaction with Hausa Fulani and Muslim leaders in Calabar with respect to maintaining the secure and peaceful atmosphere for which the state is known for, top on the agenda. Mr Bassey engaged the leaders on several issues including the

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Crisis Brew in Ikoento Over Arrest Of Community Leaders

by crossriverwatch admin Police from the State Criminal Investigations Department in the early hours of Tuesday stormed Mbiabo Ikoneto in Odukpani Local Government Area and arrested four persons over a chieftaincy tussle which has been rocking the community since June 2013. The matter which has been in court since then follows the alleged de-robing of

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Cross River's Unwanted Governor BY JUDE OKWE

by crossriverwatch admin Historically, any candidate anointed by the establishment usually does not win the Cross River State governorship election, writes Jude Okwe “Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, fear of loss of power,” a political scientist, John Steinbeck once said. Although every political actor is well at home with the dictum that all political

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Cross River To Adopt New Fire Service Safety Code

by crossriverwatch admin Cross River State Government says it will buy into the implementation of the new fire service code introduced by the federal government. Governor Liyel Imoke disclosed this while receiving the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Interior, Mrs. Fatima Binta Bamidele accompanied by the Controller General Federal Fire Service, Engr. Olusegun Okebiorun with 36-Directors

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Imoke Appoint New Special Assistants, Reconstitutes Border Commission

by crossriverwatch admin Following the expiration of the statutory four years tenure of the Cross River State Border Community Development Commission, Senator Liyel Imoke has approved the immediate reconstitution of the new commission. In a statement from the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Christian Ita, the new Commission has, Chief Ogban Ebock- Chairman,

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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro review

Big, bigger, biggest If you’ve owned or touched a Samsung device in the last several years, there’s nothing surprising about the Note Pro. It’s as if someone stood in a lab in South Korea, grabbed the edges of the Galaxy Note 3, and stretched. And then kept stretching: the resulting slate is 1.6 pounds, 11.6

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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro review

Big, bigger, biggest If you’ve owned or touched a Samsung device in the last several years, there’s nothing surprising about the Note Pro. It’s as if someone stood in a lab in South Korea, grabbed the edges of the Galaxy Note 3, and stretched. And then kept stretching: the resulting slate is 1.6 pounds, 11.6

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Sony RX100 III bets a better lens

[review] Most notably, it’s got a new 24-70 f1.8-2.8 lens, with a faster aperture than the lens on the other two RX100 models, and which uses the Zeiss T* coatings. Of course, it’s all about trade-offs: you lose a bit of the zoom range in exchange. I think it’s worth it, however. The other significant

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