By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has fixed October 24, 2022, for the judgment on a suit seeking to disqualify Senator Bassey Otu as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 general elections. The date was fixed following the
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has struck out an application to subpoena a staff of the West African Examinations Council, WAEC to testify in a suit challenging the qualifications of a former lawmaker, Senator Bassey Otu as the Guber candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday adjourned until tomorrow (Thursday), a suit seeking the disqualification of Honorable Regina Anyogo as the House of Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Yala 1 State constituency in the 2023 general elections over confusion
By Our Reporter A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a suit about the candidacy of Prince Bassey Otu as the All Progressive Congress (APC) guber candidate for the 2023 elections until Thursday for parties to reduce into writing, their arguments of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police in Abuja have invited the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo. The invitation is in connection with the petition by Mrs. Alami Frank Ayade, wife of Gov. Ben Ayade’s younger brother, Frank Ayade. Recall that on August 19, 2022, unidentified Policemen barricaded Jalingo’s Lagos residence, and held his wife, and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of Cross River State Pollution Control Agency, Barrister Tony Adinye has reportedly led some men of the Green Sheriff, an agency set up by Governor Ben Ayade for environmental policing has manhandled an orange seller, Mrs. Lucy Uket, and her daughter Miracle Uket. According to the video shared online by
By Ogar Monday A report by two non-governmental organizations, We The People and the Rainforest Resources Development Centre (RRDC), have indicted 79 companies and individuals, including Dansa Allied Agro, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, Wilmar International, the Cross River State Government for the continuous depletion of the forest in the State. The 23-page report highlighted
By Patrick Obia The Cross River Movement (TCRM), a non-partisan, non-governmental, and not-for-profit reformative organization is set to engage the five gubernatorial candidates in Cross River as the 2023 general elections muscle up. TCRM in partnership with Africa Leadership Group, Calabar Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture; Cross River Economic Summit Organization, among others,