By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Mrs. Mercy Ene has discharged businessman, Denis Odama after the prosecutors withdrew the holding charge filed against him for bullying Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State online. The discharge followed the application made by the prosecution, led by F. O. Okoi
The reported arrest and transfer of Cross Riverian, Denis Odama, over allegations relating to his criticism of the government raises a fundamental question about the kind of leadership we want for Cross River. Let me be clear: leadership is not intimidation. When a citizen disagrees with a government, the first responsibility of leadership is to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Calabar presided over by Mercy Ene has remanded Denis Odama, a businessman for bullying Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu online. The Court began sitting at around 3:00PM and after listening to F. Okoi Esq for the prosecution and K. Omang Esq for the defendant, relied
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The two Policemen attached to Zone 6 Command of the Nigerian Police in Calabar, on Wednesday secretly moved Cross River born businessman, Mr. Denis Odama from the FESTAC Division of the Force where he was held following his arrest. The duo had arrived from Calabar to move Mr. Odama – a move
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigerian Police Force arrested a car dealer, Mr. Denis Odama on Sunday in Lagos claiming he bullied Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey Otu on social media. Mr. Odama, a native of Bekwarra Local Government Area of Northern Cross River State is pursuing a doctorate degree in a Varsity in
A Cross River High Court has sentenced 46-year-old Imeh Sunday to life imprisonment for raping a minor relative, after Justice Blessing Egwu found overwhelming evidence.
By CPJ Dear President Tinubu, We, the undersigned Nigerian and international press freedom organizations, write to express alarm over Vice President Kashim Shettima Mustapha’s recent remarks suggesting that no journalists have been harassed in Nigeria since you took office. This mischaracterization conveys a grave indifference to the numerous and well-documented attacks on the press while you have
By Jonathan Ugbal The Court of Appeal on Friday ordered Nigerian Journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to enter his defense before Justice Joyce Abdumalik of the Federal High Court nearly two years after he was discharged and acquitted. Justice Abdumalik had on July 8, 2024 upheld the no-case submission filed by Mr. Jalingo in