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 Jonathan Ugbal The National Judicial Council has recommended nine persons in Cross River State for different judicial appointments. This was part of the resolutions reached at its meeting held on December 14th and 15th where the council also barred three Judges including Justice Edem Ita Kooffreh of the High Court of Cross River State
By Jonathan Ugbal Oliver Orok, the Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals in Cross River State, intends to present no fewer than four witnesses and seven documents in his libel suit against online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch, its publisher, Agba Jalingo and a reporter, Ushang Ewa. Counsel to Orok, A. E. Oqua Esq, disclosed this during pre-trial in
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Microfinance Bank on Thursday closed its case in suit number HC/296/2019 before Justice Maurice Eneji of the High Court of Cross River State, after presenting only one witness in a libel suit against CrossRiverWatch, and it’s publisher, Agba Jalingo. The bank is seeking, among other things, NGN2 billion as
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 Jonathan Ugbal The witness of the claimants in Suit number HC/296/2019 of the High Court of Cross River State failed to show up on Monday for cross examination, elongating the matter of alleged libel and defamation of the Cross River Microfinance Bank. Online newspaper, CrossRiverWatch and the Publisher, Agba Jalingo are listed as second
On February 8, 2021, the Honourable Justice Akon Bassey Ikpeme, was sworn in as the substantive Chief Judge of Cross River State, in a colourful ceremony that was attended and watched live by many. It has been a tortuous journey, for My Lord in particular. How did it happen? On March 3, 2020, Governor Ben
By Ushang Ewa A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Maurice Eneji has adjourned a libel case against an online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch and journalist, Agba Jalingo until March 21, 2021 for hearing after the witness to the Cross River Microfinance Bank limited which is the claimant in