By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Judiciary crisis has taken another dimension as a new case of 29 Magistrates owed 18 month salary has come to the surface. This is coming at a time the Cross River State Government has been in locked-in battle over its modus operandi and vivendi in the judiciary. The
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper Acting Chief Judge (CJ) of Cross River, Justice Maurice Eneji and a number of experts have picked poor funding as one of the major factors militating against full implementation of Child Rights Act and Family Court in the State. Openinga two-day training yesterday on the family court rules funded by
By Ebunoluwa Sessou, Victoria Ojeme and Fortune Eromosele – Vanguard Newspaper International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Nigeria; Women in Politics and National Council for Women Society, Nigeria, among other civil society organisations, have described the refusal of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and members of the State House of Assembly to confirm
By Innocent Anaba, Henry Ojelu and Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper The second time rejection of the nomination of Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State by the State House of Assembly, following her second re-nomination by the National Judicial Council, NJC, has received the knocks of lawyers, who called on
The three-month tenure of the controversial acting chief judge of Cross River State, Justice Maurice Eneji, has come to an end. Stakeholders who condemned the appointment by Governor Ben Ayade anxiously await and fear a repeat of the shenanigans that led up to his appointment; shenanigans that threaten the principles of separation of powers and
By Nsa Gill, The Nation Newspaper Who blinks first between Cross River State Government and the National Judicial Council over the refusal of the State’s House of Assembly to confirm Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge for the second time? Davidson Iriekpen reports. The Cross River State House of Assembly for the second
“The principles of a free constitution (democracy) are irrecoverably lost when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.” – Edward Gibbon Time and time again, Cross River State appears to be edging towards a disturbing precipice in its governance system. For a State so endowed with superabundant natural resources, what is needed is strategic and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Unconfirmed news has it that the National Judicial Council (NJC) has ordered Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to swear in Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge of the State. According to Pillar Today top Judiciary sources in Abuja revealed that the NJC issued the order yesterday (April 23) after a