By Patrick Obia The demonstration by hundreds of civil and public servants who were delisted from the payroll of the Cross River State Government in mid 2019 by Governor Ben Ayade will continue Tuesday. Some of the affected staff who spoke to CrossRiverWatch say they have no other choice since the State has not heeded
By David Peter, Agency Reports Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Eteng Jones (PDP Yakurr) were among high profile attendees as the immediate past acting Chief Judge, Justice Maurice Eneji remarried on Saturday. This is despite the fact the judiciary has gone 18 days without
By Archibong Jeremiah The position of the Cross River State House of Assembly, on the crippled judicial system in the State, has again been criticised. Hon. Eteng Williams, the Assembly Speaker’s explanation of why there is no Chief Judge in the State, where he said the National Judicial Council, NJC is responsible has again, earned
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The vacuum created by the exit of Justice Maurice Eneji as the Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State may linger unless the National Judicial Council recommends his successor, says the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Eteng Williams. He said recently while reacting to the exit of Justice
By Jonathan Ugbal Ahead of the October 31, 2020 senatorial bye-election in Cross River northern district, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the list of candidates for different parties participating in the elections. The list which contains shockers including the All Progressives Congress decision to forward the name of Barrister Joe Agi against
By Jonathan Ugbal The former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has broken silence on allegations that he had a hand in the removal of his kinsman, Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Obono-Obla, a lawyer hails from Ugep in Yakurr Local Government Area while Justice Onnoghen
By Unini Chioma, The Nigeria Lawyer (TNL) The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata has described the judiciary saga in Cross Rivers State as one undermining the independence of the judiciary because of the failure of the State to confirm Hon. Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge, thereby creating a
By Emmanuel Addeh, This Day Newspaper Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday put the amount the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared among the Federal, State, Local Government Areas and other statutory recipients in the first half of 2020 at N3.879 trillion. A breakdown of the disbursements, according to a statement signed by the