Category: Judiciary
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Court Throws Out Another Suit Seeking to Remove Edidem Abasi-Otu as Obong of Calabar
By Magnus Effiong The High Court of Cross River State, presided by Justice Elias Abua, has thrown out a suit which sought an order of interlocutory injunction to remove the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V. Justice Abua said that giving such orders without any tangible reason would do “incalculable and avoidable damage”…
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EFCC Secures Conviction Of 12 Internet Fraudsters In Cross River, Akwa Ibom .
By Anietie Akpan The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of 12 internet fraudsters in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. The fraudsters according to a press release dated June 11 by the Media and Publicity unit of the Uyo Zonal Command of the…
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Anxiety as Cross River Assembly, Executive Lock Horns
By Ekanem Wylie/Magnus Effiong The passage of the 2024 Service Commission Amendment Bill by the Cross River House of Assembly may have succinctly pitched the Honourable Members against the Executive arm, that is, if feelers reaching Pillar Today is anything to by. The Bill, according to a source in the Governor’s Office who preferred anonymity,…
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Efik Women Protest Imprisonment of 80 years Old Monarch in Afokang Prison
Efik women, under the aegis of Mbono Iban Nsidung, have protested the incarceration of 80 years old Etubom Efio-Ita Efiom, who is said to have been sentenced to three years imprisonment without an option of fine. The protesting women, who stormed the Palace of the Obong of Calabar over the matter, carried placards with inscriptions…
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Court Awards N50m Damages Against C/River Govt
By Uno Onete A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has awarded N50 million damages against the government of Cross River State. The matter is contained in Appeal No. CA/C/457/2017 between Jumal Rubber Producing Coy Ltd and Government of Cross River State; Attorney General/ Commissioner for Justice, Cross River State. In…
