By Sylvia Akpan Listen To The Report Governor Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of Mr. Adie Akabisong as Clerk and Mr. Dominic Asuquo as Deputy Clerk of Cross River State House Of Assembly. The appointment was contained in a press release signed by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser for Media and Publicity to the
By Archibong Jeremiah The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the just conducted House of Assembly by-election in Obudu, Mrs. Maria Akwaji has been declared winer. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abel Ezeoha maintained that “having satisfied, scored the highest votes cast, I hereby declare Maria Akwaji of the People’s Democratic Party elected for the Obudu
By Archibong Jeremiah By-election into the Senate and House of Assembly in Cross River State is ongoing. Electoral materials were distributed as early as 7am by INEC officials. The senatorial by-election is holding in the northern district which houses Ogoja, Yala, Obudu, Obanliku and Bekwara Local Government Area. Obudu LGA is where the only House
By Archibong Jeremiah The position of the Cross River State House of Assembly, on the crippled judicial system in the State, has again been criticised. Hon. Eteng Williams, the Assembly Speaker’s explanation of why there is no Chief Judge in the State, where he said the National Judicial Council, NJC is responsible has again, earned
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The vacuum created by the exit of Justice Maurice Eneji as the Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State may linger unless the National Judicial Council recommends his successor, says the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Eteng Williams. He said recently while reacting to the exit of Justice
By Unini Chioma, The Nigeria Lawyer (TNL) The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata has described the judiciary saga in Cross Rivers State as one undermining the independence of the judiciary because of the failure of the State to confirm Hon. Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge, thereby creating a
Today, it is with a heavy heart that I join you to mourn our colleague and brother, Hon. Godwin Akwaji, Member representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly. The greatest pain is not the one received when we are physically hurt. Neither is it the one received when we are
By Ebunoluwa Sessou, Victoria Ojeme and Fortune Eromosele – Vanguard Newspaper International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Nigeria; Women in Politics and National Council for Women Society, Nigeria, among other civil society organisations, have described the refusal of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and members of the State House of Assembly to confirm