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MRS IMOKE FLAGS OFF POWER 2011 APPRECIATION TOUR

MRS IMOKE FLAGS OFF POWER 2011 APPRECIATION TOUR

Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke, Wife of the Cross River State Governor and ...

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MRS IMOKE STRESSES BENEFITS OF CCQ pageant

MRS IMOKE STRESSES BENEFITS OF CCQ pageant

  Wife of the State Governor, Mrs Obioma Liyel Imoke has stressed t...

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MRS IMOKE ORGANISES CHARIITY CONCERT GALA HIV/AIDS VICTIMS

MRS IMOKE ORGANISES CHARIITY CONCERT GALA HIV/AIDS VICTIMS   By: NAKAN...

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FIRST LADY’S RETREAT:THRILLS AND FRILLS

FIRST LADY’S RETREAT:THRILLS AND FRILLS

What would make the number one woman in the Federal Republic of Nigeri...

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UNAIDS to Partner Gov’s Wife on HIV/AIDS, Women

UNAIDS to Partner Gov’s Wife on HIV/AIDS, Women

Officials of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) we...

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Workshop: Child’s Rights Enforcement Re-Echoed

Workshop: Child’s Rights Enforcement Re-Echoed

A one-day workshop organized by the Cross River State Judiciary in col...

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Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke Donates Wheelchair

The Wife of Cross River State Governor Mrs. Obioma Liyel-Imoke has donated a wheelchair to Mrs. Offiong Edet Otu a physically challenged mother of one...

Cross River Poor Due to its Plantation Economy -Imoke

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has asserted that the State is poor because it operates a plantation-driven economy.Imoke, who made the asse...

CRSG Assures Super Eagles of Safety

Cross River State Government has assured the National football team, Super Eagles, who are arriving the State on May 27, preparatory to their qualifyi...

Gov Imoke, Deputy Hailed For High Performance

The State Governor Senator Liyel Imoke and his Deputy Barr. Efiok Cobham has been described as leaders whose superlative performance during their firs...

Governor Imoke Sets Deadline For Completion of Projects

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has set a deadline of November 2014 for all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to complete all proj...

C - CHANGE Chief Task Media On Hiv Reporting

The   chief of party C change (Communication for Change) Thomas Ofem has reiterated the importance of reporting on HIV/AIDS and other health related i...

Governor’s Wife Bags NCWS 'Mary Slessor Award'

The City of Calabar in Cross River State was agog as the crème de la creme of the society gathered at the Transcorp Metropolitan Hotel to witness the ...

Obioma Liyel-Imoke Wins 2011 Tourism Man of The Year Award

At a gathering of tourism stakeholders in Calabar, the organizers of AKWAABA  African Travel Market and BANTABA  Awards have conferred the 2011 Touris...

Corps Members Show Concern Over Delay in Allowance

Corps members serving in Cross River have joined their counterparts in other States in the Federation to show concern on the delay of the payment of t...


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SENATOR IMOKE’S CRITICS ARE INSINCERE, ENVIOUS - ONOR

SENATOR IMOKE’S CRITICS ARE INSINCERE, ENVIOUS - ONOR

Dr. Sandy Onor is Cross River State Commissioner for Agriculture, heading Senator Liyel Imoke 2012 Campaign Organization. In this interview with Giantstrides Contributing Editor, OTEI OHAM, the Commissioner x-rays his mission in d...

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IMOKE: WHY CROSS RIVERIANS CLAMOUR FOR HIS RETURN

IMOKE: WHY CROSS RIVERIANS CLAMOUR FOR  HIS RETURN

Against the backdrop of the massive clamour among Politicians of diverse  opinions, civil servants, labour activists, the academia and ordinary Cross Riverians for the re-election of Senator  Imoke as Governor of  Cross River Stat...

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CALABAR FESTIVAL: REACHING FOR THE SKY

CALABAR FESTIVAL:  REACHING FOR THE SKY

 Following the successful execution of the 2011  Calabar Festival Programme with phenomenal packages in organization, sponsorship and participation as well as facilitators of the programme insisting that   Nigeria is not their ben...

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GOVERNOR IMOKE’S PERSONAL VISION RESPONSIBLE FOR GROWING STATUS OF CALABAR FESTIVAL -Gabe Onah

GOVERNOR  IMOKE’S PERSONAL VISION RESPONSIBLE FOR GROWING STATUS OF CALABAR FESTIVAL -Gabe Onah

Special Adviser to Governor  Imoke on Tourism Development, Mr. Gabe Onah has said that the growing status of the annual Calabar Festival owes its credit to the personal vision of the State Governor, Seantor Liyel Imoke who he said...

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MEMORIES OF 2011 CARNIVAL CALABAR

The sixth edition of the Calabar carnival which consists of Children and Adult street dance parties has come and gone but its memories will continue to linger in the over 366 days remaining to mark another one in 2012.Beyond that,...

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CALABAR:THE MAKING OF A MEGA CITY

CALABAR:THE MAKING OF A MEGA CITY

  The Transformation Agenda of the Imoke - led administration has continued inexorably to push the Ancient City of Calabar to a Mega City status in the near future, Giant Strides’ Editor Emma Akpong reports that a multi-sectora...

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We have a Systematic and Organized Development Master Plan – Comm. for Lands

We have a Systematic and Organized Development Master Plan – Comm. for Lands

State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Engr. Bassey Oqua has said that the Calabar, nay, Cross River State development plan is not an amorphous venture. “It is a systematic and organized Urban development programme that will ...

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APRIL 2011 POLLS AGAIN, PDP SWEEPS CROSS RIVER OPPOSITION MAKES MARGINAL INROADS

APRIL 2011 POLLS AGAIN, PDP SWEEPS CROSS RIVER OPPOSITION MAKES MARGINAL INROADS

The much anticipated April 2011 General Elections have come and gone registering remarkable successesin its conduct and execution. In spite of the logistic hiccups that led to the postponement of the National Assembly Elections sc...

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DESTINATION CROSS RIVER – IMOKE’S UNIQUE PACKAGE FOR CRS

DESTINATION CROSS RIVER – IMOKE’S UNIQUE PACKAGE FOR CRS

Against the backdrop of the phenomenal socio-cultural and economic development that has taken place in Cross River State since a visionary and committed young political leadership took the reins of government in 1999, Giant ...

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A DESERVED ADORATION

For the second time in a deserved  constitutional 8 year tenure the Go...

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MAXIMIZING THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE CALABAR FESTIVAL

The  Calabar Festival is the climax of a painstaking annual tour event...

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DOPT’S VALUE TO CALABAR METROPOLITAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

The Department of Public Transportation aka DOPT is one of the initiat...

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THAT GUBER POLL IS NOW HERE

THAT GUBER POLL IS NOW HERE

In our last edition, I made it crystal clear that the year 2012 is yea...

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2012: THE YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES

2012: THE YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES

Year 2011 is come and gone. Happy New Year! Hope you found our edition...

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2012: THE YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES

2012: THE YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES

Year 2011 is come and gone. Happy New Year! Hope you found our edition...

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IMOKE: POLITICAL CAT WITH NINE LIVES

IMOKE:  POLITICAL CAT WITH NINE LIVES

When Senator Liyel Imoke granted an exclusive interview to Giant Stri...

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PETER OTI – A ROUNDED TECHNOCRAT

PETER OTI – A ROUNDED TECHNOCRAT

 by Emma Akpong Following  Dr. Peter Akpa Oti’s track record  as a ...

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BORN TO SERVE

BORN  TO  SERVE

SIR BRIAN EKPONG: By: Emma AkpongAt 69 this year, Sir Brian Odamu Ek...

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