By Bassey Inyang, This Day Newspaper Former Leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has observed that the National Judicial Council (NJC) will not concede to the demands of the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade, to appoint a junior above his seniors as Chief Judge of the State. Ndoma-Egba’s observation followed the absence
The Governor met with the workers at the UJ Esuene stadium Calabar Wednesday and every word from number 1 to 12 below, is what the Governor told the workers verbatim. It was only broken into numbers for ease of reading and analysis. My own analysis of the Governor’s remarks are under each number, in bracket.
By Archibong Jeremiah Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, SAN has described the ongoing judicial crisis in Cross River State as “needles and useless.” He bard his mind when speaking at the valedictory Court session presided by Justice E. Ayade at the State High Court, Calabar in honour of late Barrister Oriri Ekom Oriri. Watch video on CrossRiverWatch
Even with the chequered history of the Cross River state government in managing state owned companies, governor Ayade insisted from take-off that he believes government has business doing business. He didn’t stop there; he argued his point very explicitly, citing similar models from other parts of the world. Additionally, he has created a cluster of
By Jonathan Ugbal and Maxwell Effiong Senator Sandy Onoh (PDP, CR Central) has chided Governor Ben Ayade of and his deputy, Professor Ivara Esu over the state of the library complex headquarters in Calabar. According to Onoh, the experience of Cross Riverians especially as it regards the State Library complex is not one that befits
I read your reasons for delisting the 2,000 Civil Servants from the payroll – they were valid. By choosing to reinstate them in light of that, you did noble. Very commendable. I owe you one bottle of Jacob’s tonic wine 🍾 for that … to be delivered/redeemed when next I’m in Calabar. You should also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerians took the streets of Calabar, the Cross River State capital on Thursday, braving initial dares from law enforcement officials to protest against what anti-people policies of Government as the country celebrated its 60th independence anniversary. Marching under the auspices of the #RevolutionNow movement convened by SaharaReporters founder, Omoyele Sowore, they took
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has canceled the annual parade and public celebration of Nigeria’s independence anniversary as the country marks sixty years of nationhood. A statement issued in Calabar on Wednesday by Mr Christian Ita, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, said the cancellation was as