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Embattled Ursula Agbor Petitions Agba Jalingo For Cyberstalking

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Embattled media practitioner, Ursula Agbor who has been in the news for some weeks, has petitioned Human Rights Activists, Citizen Agba Jalingo for alleged cyberstalking. This was contained in an invitation notice addressed to Jalingo by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC), Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Abuja. The invitation

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Confusion As Magistrate Court Allegedly Grant Order To Imprison Man After Close Of Work

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Outrage has trailed the remand of a 45-year-old businessman, Archibong Essien in the Afokang Correctional Center in Calabar by a Magistrate Court 1 after exhausting its cause list and risen for the day. The said abuse of court process allegedly happened on Monday July 14, 2025 after the defendant, an indigene of

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In Kwara, Police, Government Use Laws Meant For High Profile Criminal Cases To Jail Journalists

By Salihu Shola, Informant247 September 2024 was meant to be a joyful time for Oluwatoyin Luqman Bolakale, the publisher of Satcom Media. He was planning his wedding. But at a time he was supposed to be at the studio for pre-shoot with his bride-to-be Saliu Muinat, he found himself behind bars. Oluwatoyin’s ordeal is not

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BRCI, WRAPA Conclude Unfinished Business Project Sensitization In Calabar

By Favour Adinya Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) and Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) have concluded the Unfinished Business project in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. The project is a strategic initiative aimed at advancing inclusive electoral reforms, gender equity, and democratic accountability in Nigeria – supported by PAACA, PLAC, and

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Try To Dey Question Your “Capacity Leaders” Abeg… BY AGBA JALINGO

Try and have a conversation about development, (not politics), with some of those people you call capacity leaders and notice somethings. The first challenge is that the followers themselves don’t even have a full grasp of what development entails. So even the people, who are mostly timid and sycophantic, can hardly have the courage or

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Climate Change: Stakeholders Decry Impact, Demand Actions On Gas Flaring, Methane Emissions In Nigeria

They called for comprehensive legal reforms, stricter penalties for non-compliance, and continued public advocacy to end gas flaring and reduce methane emissions in Nigeria, with the media urged to do more for indigenous communities demanding action to protect their rights and the environment.

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How Cyberbullying Is Weaponized Against Government Critics In Cross River

“Speaking is our right. If we keep quiet, our children will stand on our graves to lay curses on us

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Offing The Microphone: How Power Strangles Free Speech In Cross River State

The stifling of free speech in Cross River is not always overt, but its consequences are clear: fear, silence, and a shrinking civic space. It discourages critical reporting, undermines democracy, and leaves the most vulnerable without a voice

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