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Local time Friday 8:01 PMWeather 26°C, FairOuter Index 24 · #656 of 1912 today

Calabar (also referred to as Callabar, Calabari, Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people dominate this area.

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In the news

• PDP in Cross River gets new chairman, backs Wike Rainbow Coalition
  theeagleonline.com.ng · 3 h ago
• Emergency delays: Doctors kick bill proposing six-month jail term
  theeagleonline.com.ng · 3 h ago
• Obi declares war on kidnappers, corrupt officials
  thesun.ng · 16 h ago
• Nigeria's shifting rainfall wreaks havoc with a beloved edible green, the waterleaf plant
  mongabay.com · 21 h ago
• Tinubu arrives in Akwa Ibom to commission projects, attend APC rally
  theeagleonline.com.ng · 3 h ago
• 'I Never Dreamed Of Becoming President' — Tinubu Reflects On Past As He Commissions Akwa Ibom Airport
  leadership.ng · 4 h ago
• BREAKING: Tinubu approves Ibom Deep Seaport
  punchng.com · 3 h ago
• A' Ibom Recruits 4,000 New Workers into State Public Service – THISDAYLIVE
  thisdaylive.com · 5 h ago

Headlines from the outlets named, found through the GDELT Project. Translations and an AI summary are in the app. All the news in Calabar.

This week

Things to do in Calabar this weekend

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Weather this week

• Fri26° / 26°Cloudy
• Sat33° / 25°Showers
• Sun32° / 24°Heavy rain
• Mon30° / 24°Showers
• Tue30° / 24°Heavy rain

Forecast by MET Norway, CC BY 4.0, updated 2 h ago.

Nearby

• Uyo 45 km
• Ikot Ekpene 72 km
• Ugep 98 km
• Aba 108 km
• Umuahia 112 km
• Port Harcourt 147 km

Learn here

• University of Calabar 32,820 students
• Arthur Jarvis University 418 students
• Hope Waddell Training Institution
• College of Nursing Sciences, Calabar, Cross River State
• The Duke Medical University
• University of Cross River State
• Department of Nursing Sciences, Arthur Jarvis University, Akwa Ikot Efanga, Cross Rivers State
• College of Nursing Sciences, Iquita-Oron, Akwa Ibom State

Universities and colleges within 25 km, from Wikidata, CC0.

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