By Ushang Ewa Government House sources have disclosed to CrossRiverWatch that Governor Ben Ayade hastily swore-in Justice Eyo Effiom Ita to prevent residents and legal practitioners from protesting. The State had been without a Chief Judge for 46 days and following an announcement that residents and legal practitioners will protest, Mr. Ayade had announced that
By Jonathan Ugbal Lawyers and residents in Calabar booed the Cross River Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu when he tried to address them over the issues bedeviling the State’s judiciary. The State has been without a Chief Judge for 46 days and legal practitioners as well as residents took the streets on Monday to protest
By Jonathan Ugbal Lawyers and residents protesting the non appointment of a substantive Chief Judge in Cross River say hundreds of cases are currently lying unassigned in the registry of the High Court of the State. The State has gone 46 days without a Chief Judge and concerned lawyers took to the streets of Calabar
By Jonathan Ugbal Residents and lawyers in Cross River State are currently protesting against the vacancy in the position of the Chief Judge of the High Court of the State. Numbering over 50, they have blocked the entrance of the judiciary headquarters stopping those who are trying to gain entry. The crisis rocking the judiciary
By Archibong Jeremiah CrossRiverWatch investigation has revealed that the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade lied about disbursement of 50 million naira only to the Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The investigation also revealed that not all the 52 flats were furnished, only the one used for photo op was fully furnished. It was
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.
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