By Odey Ojeka The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla has distributed bales of wrappers and bags of rice in his native Letankpankom 2 in Ugep community of Yakurr local government area of central Cross River State. Obla said the gesture was in the spirit of the yuletide and was aimed
By Frank Edima A lecturer in the department of history of the college of Education Akamkpa, Mr. Anthony Bissong has resigned citing corruption as the reason why. This was contained in a letter Mr. Bissong addressed to the Registrar of the College where he said that the college has “nosedived” into a “theatre of absurdities”
By Archibong Jeremiah Hon. Jarigbe Agom, member representing Ogoja/Yala constituency in the House of Representatives has sponsored a bill for an Act to enhance transparency in the management and accounting of tax incentives by relevant authorities. According to the Legislator, the bill is to checkmate corruption in the system as well as ensure transparency. The
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Acting Chief Judge, Justice Michael Idem has said that he considers it an act of corruption for Judges not to be seated in Court as at when due and he will not condone corruption as long as he reins at the helm of the Cross River judiciary. Justice
By Ogar Monday The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo has appointed Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as the Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property. The appointment was contained in a letter with reference No: PPR/OSAGF/PR/03 and signed by the Director of Press, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s Secret police, the Department of State Service (DSS) has denied that its operatives recovered the sum of USD9,000,000 (Nine Million Dollars)from the home of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen last weekend. PRNigeria, a communications and public relations outfit reports that a top security officer with the intelligence
By Ogar Monday; House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River House of Assembly has passed a resolution mandating the State Revenue court to recover from the former Local Government Chairman of Obanliku, Mrs. Benedicta Kakwa and some former staff of the Local Government monies amounting to, over 15 million Naira (NGN15, 000,000) allegedly misappropriated and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria’s Chief Justice (CJN) Walter Onnoghen has dismissed insinuations that there is a gang up by the country’s judicial arm of government against the executive or any arm of government to frustrate its policy especially the anti-graft war. The President, Muhammadu Buhari upon resumption of office in May 2015, promised to tackle