By Archibong Jeremiah and Maxwell Effiong The new Secretary for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Barrister George Abang Ekpungu, is facing an indictment from the Cross River State Government for unaccounted N2.5 million. In May 2018, Ekpungu received the sum of N2.5 million from the Ministry of Lands and Urban Planning for residential
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A meeting convened by commissioners in Cross River State to stage a protest over the ruling of the Supreme Court on the conduct of the Ward and Local Government congresses of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has ended in a brawl. A source at the meeting told CrossRiverWatch that the meeting which
By Patrick Obia The resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen has continued to draw mixed reactions from Nigerians with the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Mr. Joseph Abang and other legal practitioners faulting the processes that led to Mr. Onnoghen’s decision to retire. Abang who said
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Mr. Venatius Ikem has debunked allegations that he, alongside another aspirant, Paul Adah caused the voter apathy in the August 11, 2018 House of Assembly bye-election in Obudu. The Cross River State government had on Thursday, August 16, 2018
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent, Ushang Ewa and Itiunbe Atunka The Cross River State Government on Thursday accused two gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Messrs Venatius Ikem and Paul Adah of sponsoring the thugs that were arrested a few days to the House of Assembly bye-election in Obudu. The Attorney General
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The travails of the Cross River state Attorney General, Mr. Joe Oshie Abang, may not be coming to an end soon as a scheduled disciplinary hearing by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee, LPDC over allegations of professional misconduct against the AG has been rescheduled from the initial Thursday 27th October, 2016 to