By CrossRiverWatch Admin Basic Rights Counsel, a law firm in Calabar the capital city of Cross River State have written the Attorney General of the state asking him to instruct the Commissioner of Police to investigate a group of policemen whose action is threatening the rape case brought against one Mr. Marcellinus Nwahiri who allegedly
By CrossRiverWatch admin After a two day court sitting on the ongoing trial of the case of extra judicial killing of late Derek Maurice Ben and five others two years ago by 14 dismissed police officers, the court presided over by Hon. Justice Obojor Ogar, of High Court No. 4, Calabar has adjourned to 8th
CrossRiverWatch admin The National Judicial Council, NJC, Friday, suspended Justice B. T. Ebuta of the High Court of Justice, Cross River State, from office over alleged judicial misconduct. In a statement, Friday, the Council said Justice Ebuta’s suspension from office was with immediate effect. It said the Judge should remain at home pending when Governor
By Jonathan Ugbal Infrastructural decay is one of the many issues that overtime have become front burners in the political and economical discourse of both the electorate and elected in Cross River State. This impacts directly on the economy and welfare of the citizenry as decayed infrastructures are often left or ignored despite appeals by
by crossriverwatch admin Justice Ofem Ikpi Ofem of the Cross River State High Court in Calabar today dispelled rumours of his kidnap by unknown assailants. In remarks while giving his ruling on the notice of preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the Court by CROSIEC, the Judge expressed dismay over the tension and apprehension generated
by Punch Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday at a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, re-arraigned Mamman, son of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ahmadu Ali, along with two others for N4.5bn subsidy fraud. The re-arraignment before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo was prompted by some amendments to a former charge, involving three counts of
by Vanguard Disturbed by the maltreatment, violence and rape of Bakassi people by Cameroonian gendarmes and the failure of Cameroon to observe the Green tree agreement (GTA) Bakassi indigenes, lawmakers and other stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to file a fresh case to recover the Peninsula. Coming 37days after Nigeria lost Bakassi to Cameroon
crossriverwatch admin A High Court of Cross River State, Ugep Judicial Division presided over by Honourable Justice Micheal Edem yesterday (23/10/2012) in Suit No. HUG/15/2011 declared the retirement of Mr. Ekpe Bassey Ifere from the Public Service of Cross River State by former Governor Donald Duke on 4th January, 2004 as illegal, wrongful and unconstitutional.