By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly says the House will issue arrest warrants to former Governor Ben Ayade’s commissioners and appointees who fail to appear before the house to account for ten billion Naira of heavy-duty equipment procured during the last administration. The Assembly in one voice,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A magistrate court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, granted The Informant247’s Editor-in-chief; Salihu Ayatullahi, and Managing Director; Adisa-Jaji Azeez bail. The two senior staff of the investigative medium were docked following the petition of the Rector, Kwara State Polytechnic, Engineer Abdul Jimoh Muhammed. The defendants were dragged before Magistrate
By Godwin Otang The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has owned up to the arrest and custody of the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor of Cyril Osim Ndifon on Thursday 5th October 2023. The ICPC in a statement dated October 5, 2023, and signed
By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has debunked claims that the embattled suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Professor Cyril Ndifon was kidnapped. News filtered the air earlier today that Professor Ndifon was kidnapped a few days after UNICAL’s investigation panel
By Goodwin Otang Some residents of Calabar, the Cross River State capital have accused the Police of unlawful arrest and detention of Mr. Kandy Umoh. Mr. Tom Alims, who took to his social media handle to protest his continued detention revealed that “Kandy Umoh was only carrying a roll-up banner stand, which was given to
By Godwin Otang The Chief Judge of Cross River State, Hon. Justice Akon Ikpeme has charged the Police and other law enforcement agencies in the State to adhere to the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) 2016, law of Cross River State in the discharge of their duties. Justice Ikpeme gave the
By Our Reporters The member who represented Calabar South, Bakassi, and Akpabuyo in the House of Representatives and seeking re-election under the PDP in the ongoing general election, Hon. Essien Ayi was arrested by the Police earlier today. The Cross River State Command Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo confirmed the arrest to our newsroom. She
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS on Sunday, arrested a lecturer at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mr. Dennis Inakefe in a gestapo-styled operation. Mr. Inakefe was picked up at about 5:00 AM in his Calabar residence with terrified neighbors shouted at by the operatives who were armed and numbered about six while