By CrossRiverWatch Admin A High Court of Justice sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Maurice Eneji has adjourned until December 9, for pretrial and possible hearing of a libel suit filed by the Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals in Cross River State, Oliver Orok against this Newspaper and two staff members. Agba Jalingo,
By Patrick Obia The Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, Justice Akon Ikpeme has advised the body of Judges in the Court to be wary about the ex parte motions they grant. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Registrar of the Court, Eden Okokon Esq which also
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Ogoja division of the High Court of Cross River State has granted an order restraining any person from entering the premises housing Magistrate Court 2 in Ogoja magisterial division pending the determination of the Motion on Notice filed by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The Ogoja branch of the NBA approached
By CrossRiverWatch Admin 322 days after refusing to confirm her as the substantive Chief Judge of the High Court of Cross River State, the House of Assembly has confirmed the recommendation of Justice Akon Ikpeme. Hope Obeten, Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Assembly, Eteng Jones disclosed this on Facebook. Breaking: Hon. Justice Akon
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The High Court of Cross River State would have gone 417 days without a substantive Chief Judge when Justice Effiom Eyo-Ita served out his tenure in acting capacity at midnight of January 18, 2021. This equates to 13 months or 60 weeks, over 10,000 hours, 600,000 minutes and about 36 million seconds.