By Ogar Monday and Blessing Ola Listen To The Report The Calabar branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has commenced activities for its 2022 bar week-themed, “We the People: Agenda for National Consensus,” with a city walk. The walk is the first in a schedule of activities that hopes to raise the political awareness
By Jonathan Ugbal Rights lawyer and activist, Barr. James Ibor says the trend of arresting, detaining and imprisonment of sureties by Judges, Magistrates and law enforcement agents is worrisome as the actual process is not being followed. Ibor, who is the secretary of the justice sector reform commission in Cross River State, took to Facebook
By Patrick Obia A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has awarded three million Naira damages against the Nigerian Navy over the violations of the rights of one Mr. Oto-Obong Peter. Mr. Peter was, alongside several others arrested by naval personnel on May 24th 2020 at Potomas Hotel, Atimbo for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade, on Tuesday 11 January, 2022 swore-in Justice Maurice Eneji as the new President of the State’s Customary Court of Appeal. Also sworn-in were four new High Court Judges and four Customary Court judges. The new four High Court judges are Justice Obo Agbor
By Archibong Jeremiah In what may be described as aiding and abetting corruption, the judicial authorities in Cross River State have refused to act despite CrossRiverWatch investigation that proved Magistrate Bassey Nsidieti Bassey, Registrar of Ikom Magistrate’s Court is allegedly abusing his office for personal gains. The Chief Registrar, Judiciary Headquarters in Calabar, the State
By Archibong Jeremiah A Cross River Magistrate forcefully seized, impounded and sold a car belonging to a defendant’s friend in order to recover money owed by the defendant. The defendant in the case with suit No. IKM/RTM/12/2019, Mr. Loveday Eke had driven his friend’s car to the courthouse on May 10, 2019 when his friend’s
Being text of an address presented by Ntufam Mba E. Ukweni, SAN on behalf of the body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the occasion of the special Court session held on Monday, the 20th day of September 2021 to mark the official opening of the 2021/2022 legal year of the High Court of Cross
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