By Archibong Jeremiah Mr. Philip Obin, Technical Assistant (New Media) office of the Vice President of Nigeria has taken on the Cross River State Government over what could be described as misplaces priority. He took took to his facebook wall to compare the Ayade led administration with his counterpart in Ogun State. See post below;
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As a policy, the federal government makes private companies to cough out education tax for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), which was set up to address the infrastructural challenge in public tertiary institutions across the country. In accordance with the provisions of the TETFund Act 2011, registered companies in Nigeria are imposed
By Our Reporter Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) has fixed March 28, 2020 as new date for the Local Government Elections in the State. In a press release signed by the Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Mike Ushie dated December 23, 2019, indicated that after consultation with stakeholders in the electoral process across
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has been barred from travelling out of the country by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Saturday PUNCH reports that the move may be part of a fresh probe into Onnoghen’s affairs. Onnoghen was convicted for not declaring his assets by the Code
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Judicial Council had cleared Justice Akon Ikpeme, Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State High Court of bribery allegation involving Senator Dino Milaye in 2015. In a letter dated 9 May, 2019 to the petitioners (Mr. Olarewaju Suraju, Chairman Civil Society Network Against Corruption and Senator Smart Adeyemi, CON) that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Immediate past Chairman of the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission and former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), speaks on the proposed hate speech bill, the electoral process and insecurity, among other issues in this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE of Punch Newspaper. What is your view on the hate speech bill being
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Akon Ikpeme, Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State, received bribes from Dino Melaye to pervert justice in 2017, SaharaReporters can confirm. Ikpeme was sworn in by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on December 3, 2019 following the retirement of Justice Michael Edem, Chief Judge of the state. The two-minute,
By Kelvin Ololo One of the All Progressive Congress (APC) aspirant in 2019 governorship primaries in Cross River State, Mr. John Upan Odey Jnr. has termed Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as a commission with no character and ambition piloted by politician who budget funds for idea that never comes to live. John Odey inferred