Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dear President Tinubu, We at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent nongovernmental organization that defends press freedom globally, write to request that your administration take swift and deliberate actions to improve conditions for the press in Nigeria. As you mark three months in
By Jonathan Ugbal The Center for Journalism Innovations and Development, CJID, has released a documentary telling the stories of journalists who have suffered varying degrees of attacks in the country. The Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo also featured in the documentary where he spoke about the trying times the Newspaper faced when two of
By Patrick Obia Journalists have been charged to remain resolute in the discharge of their duties despite increasing media repressions and attacks. This was the summary of a one-day summit geared toward “protecting press freedom, ensuring journalists’ safety” held in Novare Mall, room 208, FCT Abuja and organized by the Center for Journalism Innovation and
By Archibong Jeremiah Connected Development, CODE, a Pan-Africa organization whose mission is to empower grassroots communities in Africa with information and holding their government accountable have strengthened the capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) and media practitioners to combat the drivers of shrinking civic space in Nigeria. The one-day workshop was held in Calabar, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The publisher of CrossRiverWatch and founder of the Agba Jalingo Foundation for Investigative and Accountability Journalism, (AJFIAJ) has lauded journalists across the globe on World Press Freedom Day. AJFIAJ founder, Citizen Agba Jalingo in a statement said marking the day is essential, especially in Cross River. He said, “Press freedom is essential
One of the first lessons students of journalism are ingrained in the classroom is, poet John Milton’s 1644 pamphlet “Areopagitica”, written in response to the British Parliament’s passage of a law requiring the government to approve all books prior to publication. In the Areopagitica, Milton argued that truth and understanding, “are not such wares as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The Cross River State Correspondent of the Nation Newspaper, Mr. Nsa Gill has taken over from Victor Dan as the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Cross River State chapter. Gill muscled 76 votes to defeat his opponent Oka Ibor of Cross River Newspaper Corporation, who
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report No fewer than fifteen (15) journalists in Cross River State were on Thursday, May 5, 2022, harassed and chased out of the venue of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s consultation visit to Cross River. This is happening two days after the World Press Freedom Day celebration aimed at protecting