By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Simon Amobeda, who presides over Federal High 2 in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has been transfered to Maidugri and will be replaced by Justice Rosemary Dugbo. Justice Shuaibu, his senior colleague in Federal High Court 1, in Calabar has also been posted to Benin, the Edo State capital and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Ogoja division of the High Court of Cross River State has granted an order restraining any person from entering the premises housing Magistrate Court 2 in Ogoja magisterial division pending the determination of the Motion on Notice filed by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The Ogoja branch of the NBA approached
By Ade Adesomoju, Premium Times The anti-corruption agency has dropped the charges of school result falsification and forgery it levelled against the ex-presidential aide in 2019. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has amended the corruption and certificate forgery charges it filed against an ex-presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla. The amendment, coming
By Maxwell Effiong Studio 81 Productions, a concept and event management agency is organizing the maiden edition of Calabar Soccer Tournament. According to Hon. Anthony Duke, CEO Studio 81 Productions in a statement, the tournament is to kick-off Monday, 15th and run through the 27th of March 2021. Venue is the training pitch of the
By Archibong Jeremiah “Our findings show explicitly that the misinformation is being peddled by some faceless individuals on the social media with the intent to malign and paint black the unblemished record of Dr. Beatrice Igwe, as Bursar of the University of Calabar.” The above is an extract from a statement by Alliance for Justice
By Maxwell Effiong Ahead of the reconstruction of Calabar-Itu (Odukpani axis) Federal highway, benefiting communities in Odukpani LGA of Cross River State have raised alarm over suspected fowl play in the compensation process. Mr. Ekpenyong Akiba, spokesman for the benefiting communities recently told CrossRiverWatch that they have been suspecting “irregularities in the payment process hence, the
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim As different State’s Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality and Restitutions, buckle up to meet the six months life span given to them, Cross River State judicial panel is on fast foots as it resumes sitting not less than twenty days from last adjournment to trash out 9
By Patrick Obia All is set for the launch of a book, ‘Beyond The Broken Chains’, a revolutionary compendium covering 533 days of the arrest and incarceration of an unflinching prisoner of conscience; Omoyele Sowore. The book authored by Frederick Omoyoma Odorige, is an audacious mirroring the Nigerian State in 356 pages; 92 chapters and