By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has instructed all Commissioners and other political appointees to refrain from making public statements without clearance. The directive is contained in statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita and made public by his subordinate Edward Ntebri. See extract below. “Henceforth no Commissioner
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As earlier reported our newsroom had obtained exclusively the Cross River State Government NGN1.116 trillion budget estimates for the 2020 fiscal year. Governor Ben Ayade had in November presented the budget estimates tagged “Olimpotic Meristemasis” before the House of Assembly. The budget has five sections namely general, law and justice, economic, regional and social.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian judiciary and justice sector kicked off in 2019 and ended with controversial cases that attracted national and even international attention. The election year saw political and other developments that shook the judiciary with unprecedented occurrences, such as the controversial retirement of former Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen, the trial of fugitive
By Kelvin Ololo, Patrick Obia and Blessing Araga August 22 has been declared ‘Press Freedom Day’ by a collation of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Cross River State and Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The group also decorated Citizen Agba Jalingo as ‘Icon of Press Freedom in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Yesterday, the President and Governors around the country celebrated June 12 Democracy Day National holiday; some with public activities and rallies, some with media statements calling on their electorate to continue to have faith in democracy and in Nigeria. In Cross River State there was no celebration of June 12 Democracy Day
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Ogar Ogbudu, has bath over 27 people with acid in Yala Local Government Area in Northern Cross River State. PARADISE NEWS gathered that the incident occurred on Monday, December 30, 2019, at Ugaga Community where a group of teenagers were having fun. An eyewitness who gave his name as Omgbidu Savour
By Patrick Obia As the call for the release of comrade Agba Jalingo, a “prisoner of conscience” continue from the looks and crannies of the country and beyond, the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for his immediate release from unlawful detention. Public Relations Officer of NANS, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin He will be spending the New Year and his birthday on the 2nd, in prison but Agba Jalingo remains undaunted. He says he will be sharing those small things that his fellow inmates lack acutely in the prison with them on his birthday. He is not asking for birthday gifts or accolades.