By Jonathan Ugbal Listen To The Report A High Court of Cross River State presided over by Justice Bassey Ebute has failed to deliver judgment in a suit seeking community interpretation of relevant sections of the Cross River Universal Basic Education Law, 2006 which provide for compulsory, free basic education. This is the second time
By Sylvanus Eteng Listen To The report The Peoples Democratic Party in Cross River State has described the judgment delivered by the Federal High Court Abuja, sacking 20 lawmakers from Cross River State who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress as a landmark judgment and victory for the electorates in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin All may not be well with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State as Justice Rosemary Dugbo-Oghoghorie of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has made an order of substituted service of the originating summons seeking to remove the current chairman, Alphonsus Eba. Mr. Eba
By Jonathan Ugbal Rights lawyer and activist, Barr. James Ibor says the trend of arresting, detaining and imprisonment of sureties by Judges, Magistrates and law enforcement agents is worrisome as the actual process is not being followed. Ibor, who is the secretary of the justice sector reform commission in Cross River State, took to Facebook
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, on Tuesday 11 January, 2022 swore-in Justice Maurice Eneji as the new President of the State’s Customary Court of Appeal. Also sworn-in were four new High Court Judges and four Customary Court judges. The new four High Court judges are Justice Obo Agbor
The Cross River State Commissioner for SDGs, Oliver Orok, has sued me and CrossRiverWatch, for N5 billion for allegedly calling him a “cultist” and/or gangster. “Cross River Micro-Finance Bank” has sued me and CrossRiverWatch, for libel and are asking for N2 billion Senator Florence Ita-Giwa wants to sue me and CrossRiverWatch, for N1 billion for
By Eric Ikhilae, The Nation Newspaper The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has instituted a suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja, praying the court to, among others, sack Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade and his deputy, Ivara Esu, following their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Listed as defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021
Being text of an address presented by Ntufam Mba E. Ukweni, SAN on behalf of the body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the occasion of the special Court session held on Monday, the 20th day of September 2021 to mark the official opening of the 2021/2022 legal year of the High Court of Cross