By Jeremiah Archibong Mr. Uchenna Joseph Obilonu of No. 4 Akpanim Street, Off Goldie Road, Calabar South has been shot dead by unknown group of armed men. The incident occurred at his one room self contained apartment at about 8:45pm last, Wednesday, 9th September 2015. The lawyer whose firm manages the property, James Ibor, Esq.
By Jeremiah Archibong The Paramount Ruler of Calabar South LGA and King of the Efuts in Cross River State, His Royal Majesty, Muri Munene Effiong Mbukpa has called on the Ayade led State Government to swiftly intervene in the matter between him and Prof. Hogan Ita, a factional Muri Munene. The King who is backed
The recent law prescribing death penalty for perpetrators of kidnapping in Cross River emerged as a dominant, mainstream thriller that shocked the conscience of society. While I condemn kidnapping in its entirety, I would argue however that the new law is not human rights compliant especially when mirrored against the nature of crime and its
By Archibong Jeremiah, House Of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly, CRSHA has been accused of back stabbing for enacting the Cross River State Water Front Law without due consultation with the landlords through the appropriate quarters. The accusation was made by leaders of the water front communities yesterday morning in a
By Ubong Edet It is wonderful that after the first floor of a building is set, that very structure takes another architectural design. This is just the case with UNICAL Alumni uncompleted building, a project started about five years ago. The said building was to serve as the secretariat of the Alumni of University of
By Our Correspondent Governor of Cross River state, Senator Ben Ayade has said that the plight of the common people who have been remanded in prison custody for over eight months without trial and the fate of the young lawyers in Cross River whose practice has been checkmated for more than eight months due to
By Our Correspondent The Cross River State House of Assembly is considering a bill for a law to establish an anti-graft agency in the state. Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Hon. John Gaul Lebo stated this Thursday when he received Labor Leaders, Civil Society Organizations and Trade Unionists who had stormed
By Jeremiah Archibong Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta, PIND has launched an SMS early warning system in the region and trained 30 members of Partners For Peace, P4P to man the system in Cross River State. According to the Coordinator of Peace-Building Unit of PIND, Nkasi Wodu the SMS line is to