By Jonathan Ugbal More than 48 hours after he was sworn in as acting Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, Justice Eyo Effiom Ita is yet to resume at his office. This is due to an ongoing protest by lawyers and concerned residents who are demanding that a substantive Chief Judge
The Judiciary in Cross River State has been rendered moribund, unnavigable and demented by the brazen rascality of executive and legislative principalities. The Judiciary is the hope of the common man, and an arm of Government well engraved and enshrined in our grundnorm. The executive cum legislative influenced & orchestrated vacancy or vacuum in the
By Yinka Kolawole, Vanguard Newspaper Cross River and 12 other States in Nigeria may have become technically insolvent as an independent research report indicated they failed fiscal sustainability test. According to the research conducted by BudgIT, a public sector-focused financial information house, the States’ revenues could not fund their recurrent expenditure obligations together with their
For the average Cross Riverian the most pressing concern is often about a steady stream of income, via salaries, to cater for a nuclear family of about four and few extended relatives, but hardly has any thought towards investments. This is not an indictment on this cadre of people but an issue that core and
By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Refuses to grant interlocutory injunction Palpable fear and tension have gripped some members of PDP in Cross River following the withdrawal of Justice Elias Abua from a suit challenging the inauguration of ward and Local Governments Executive Committees. Following the directive by the National Working Committee (NWC) of PDP,
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper The two factional Chairmen of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Ochala and Etim John, have resolved to bury the hatchet, close ranks, and work for the victory of the party in the forthcoming Northern Senatorial District and Obudu State Constituency by-elections in the
By Ushang Ewa Facts are beginning to emerge how a commissioner in Governor Ben Ayade’s government pressured the police to release notorious gangstar, Cyril Bassey and two others. Oliver Orok, the Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals is said to have led the charge. Mr. Bassey was arrested in June by the Anti Cultism and Kidnapping
By Jonathan Ugbal Two new cases of the SARS – CoV-2 infection have been confirmed in Cross River state by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC). This brings the total number of cases recorded in the state to 12 within a space of 10 days. The medical authority announced 595 new cases of the