By Agency Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted consequential confirmation of 15 more nominees for appointment as Commissioners by the Governor. The confirmation followed the presentation of report by the House Committee on Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petition and Conflict Resolution headed by Hon. Efa Esua which was saddled with
By Patrick Obia Detained journalist, Human Right Activist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo has won the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Award (GFIIA) while in prison. Jalingo, “a prisoner of conscience” according to Amnesty International, is confirmed with the whistle-Blowers Award (WBA 2019) in recognition of his impartial commitment to integrity to humanity
“As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s, Major General, and refer to his administration as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has asked the Federal High Court to reassign his case to another judge. Jalingo, who is standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy, terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Government of Cross River, said Simon Amobeda, the judge hearing the case, can no longer be
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Judicial Council had cleared Justice Akon Ikpeme, Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State High Court of bribery allegation involving Senator Dino Milaye in 2015. In a letter dated 9 May, 2019 to the petitioners (Mr. Olarewaju Suraju, Chairman Civil Society Network Against Corruption and Senator Smart Adeyemi, CON) that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar has rescheduled its ruling on the provision of an electronic verbatim recorder in the trial of journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Four count charges bordering on terrorism, conspiracy and attempts to bring down the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Immediate past Chairman of the Board of Niger Delta Development Commission and former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), speaks on the proposed hate speech bill, the electoral process and insecurity, among other issues in this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE of Punch Newspaper. What is your view on the hate speech bill being
By Our Reporter The Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Alumni Association at a national convention held in Ugep, Yakur Local Government Area of the State elected two Special Assistants of Governor Ben Ayade and others as as National Executives Council members to run the association in the next four years. The Governor’s aides are