By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigeria Police Force have finally arrested CrossRiverWatch publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo, after holding his wife, and daughter hostage for over an hour at his Ogudu residence in Lagos State. Mr. Jalingo had raised the alarm at about 4:00PM and refused to step out since the Policemen did not identify
By Jonathan Ugbal Augustine Asuquo Esq. a colleague of jailed human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has faulted the record of proceedings released by the Chief Judge of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Ekaette Obot on her contempt proceedings that led to Mr. Effiong being sentenced to one month in prison. Justice Obot released
By Mary Bassey The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Akwa Ibom State Council has called for the immediate release of Mr. Chide Ngadiubia, claiming it is a plot to intimidate The Mail Newspaper Editor, Ifreke Nseowo. The Union further expressed how displeased they feel towards the authority for taking such a step, saying, “the new
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights lawyer, Barrister Inibihe Effiong has sued Justice Ekaette Obot, the Akwa Ibom State Chief judge over what he described as a breach of his fundamental human right. Barrister Inibihe who was thrown into prison by the judge last month is asking a Federal High Court Uyo in Suit No: FHC/UY/FHR/170/2022
By Sylvia Akpan A Civil Society Organization promoting economic and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, Policy Alert has called on the government of Akwa Ibom State and security agencies to stop using a gestapo tactic to hound journalists. This is on the heels of gorilla’s tactics deployed to arrest newspaper distributor, Mr. Chidi Ngadiubia,
By Jonathan Ugbal A group of concerned civic space actors, family, and a colleague of rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong Esq who was jailed by the Chief Judge of the High Court of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot for alleged contempt are kicking against his transfer from the Ikot Ekpene Medium Security Custodial Center to
By Jonathan Ugbal Nigeria’s secret police, the SSS on Monday, arrested and detained a lecturer in the Department of Political Science of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Mr. Jerry Agboh who served as surety for his colleague, Mr. Denis Inakefe, who was arrested in a gestapo-styled operation on Sunday. Mr. Agboh signed the bail bond
By CrossRiverWatch Admin No fewer than twenty-three Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have knocked Justice Ekaette Fabian Obot, Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State High Court for committing Barrister Inibehe Effiong to one-month imprisonment for contempt of court. The CSOs in a press release alleged that Inibehe’s imprisonment is an attempt to shut up the already