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Before You Join The Calabar Dick Hunters Mob… BY AGBA JALINGO

Before you go and mob innocent people, let us reason together. The dick is the source of life in our bodies because it brings out the sperm that fertilizes the ovary. It is a tool of interest to everyone including ritualists. The prevailing thick rumor that dicks have been missing randomly in Calabar, our State

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Governor Otu Disbands Committee On Illegal Mining, Appoints Commissioner

By Godwin Otang The Cross River State Governor Senator Bassey Otu has directed the immediate disbandment of the Committee on Illegal Mining in the State. The directive was contained in a Press Release signed by his Chief Press Secretary Emmanuel, and obtained by CrossRiverWatch in Calabar, on September 13, 2023. According to the release, the

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Cross River Assembly Seeks Government’s Interventions On Akamkpa Insecurity, Deplorable State Of Health Facilities

By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The 10th Cross River State House of Assembly has called on the State Government to intervene in the incessant criminality in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the State. The House made the call during a plenary held Tuesday, 12 2023 at the Cross River State House of Assembly

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IPAC Gives Governor Otu 90 Days To Conduct Local Government Election

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Cross River State chapter, has given the Governor of Cross River State Senator Bassey Edet Otu 90 days ultimatum to conduct the postponed local government elections in the State. This was contained in a press release signed by the IPAC State Chairman – Anthong

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Ita Giwa Is Not From Cross River – Donald Duke Fires Back, Says She’s ‘Courtesan’ In Her Political Dealings

By Patrick Obia The former Governor of Cross River State from 1999 to 2007, Mr. Donald Duke has fired back at Senator Florence Ita Giwa, saying she is not a Cross Riverian, rather by chance occupying positions in the State. Duke in a statement titled “Why I never responded to the aspersions of Madam Florence

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Governor Otu Imposes Curfew On Warring Cross River Communities

By Patrick Obia The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on warring communities of Ugaga and Igbekurekor, as well as in Benekaba/Ujama Communities in Yala Local Government Area of the State. The curfew, which is with immediate effect, Governor Otu said, is to forestall further loss of

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Governor Otu Requires Truth From The People, We Need Clearer Picture Of Cross River – Traditional Rulers Council

By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Traditional Rulers Council says the State needs a clearer developmental plan as Governor Bassey Otu requires the truth from Cross Riverians. The Council made the assertion through the Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area who doubles as Chairman of the Traditional Rulers Council – HRH Etim Okon

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Commissioner Promises To Empower Women Through Agriculture, Alleviate Poverty

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent Cross River State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Edema Irom, says the State will use agriculture as one of its springboards to empower women as part of deliberate measures to alleviate poverty. The Commissioner disclosed this during the 2023 Apiapum New Yam Festivals, held at Apiapum, Obubra Local Government

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