By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has declined jurisdiction to entertain a public interest suit seeking the court’s interpretation of the constitution to decide whether the action of appointing Commissioners of Aviation, Foreign Affairs and Solid Minerals by Governor
By CrossRiverWatch Admin With the declaration of the Coronavirus outbreak as a global pandemic by World health Organisation and the confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Lagos, Ogun and neighboring Cameroon, Cross River State has doubled its effort to safe guard its citizens and residents while pushing strong messages about the virus to all communities. The
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Maurice Eneji has been appointed as Cross River Acting Chief Judge following the House of Assembly’s refusal to confirm the National Judicial Committee (NJC)’s recommended nominee, Justice Akon Ikpeme. ROBERT EGBE examines the controversy in the light of the NJC’s precedent in Abia State. The Cross River State Government’s case is simple. Last
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, has said that his jailers made life unbearable for him at the Afokang Prison in Calabar where he was detained for 179 days. The publisher of CrossRiverWatch, who was arrested following an allegation of treason by the Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade, said he did not
By CrossRiverWatch Admin “Governor Ben Ayade has acted in strict compliance with the dictates of the constitution with regards to the swearing in of a substantive Chief Judge for Cross River State.” The above is the opinion of Hon. Legor Idagbo, member representing Obudu/Bekwarra/Obanliku in the House of Representatives. Legor made the assertion recently in
By Agency Reporter The Cross River State Government have revealed that to fully implement the new minimum wage of N30, 000 only it recently entered with NLC in the State, it would require over N2.8 billion monthly. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Asu Okang disclosed this in a remark during the February edition
By Archibong Jeremiah The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade has sworn in Maurice Eneji as Acting Chief Judge of the State High Court. Ayade Tuesday at the exco chamber while swearing in Maurice Eneji said “I urge you to dispense justice without fear or favour, have fairness of mind. The law is
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly has rejected the nomination of Justice Akon Ikpeme as substantive Chief Judge of the State. The house, in a voice vote declined her confirmation after rejecting two parallel reports presented by a divided Committee on Judiciary which was set up to screen Ikpeme. In one