By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda on Wednesday granted leave to the prosecution to mask its witnesses in a case against journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo. Jalingo is facing four charges bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla, former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), wanted. The anti-graft agency said it took the action due to his Obono-Obla’s “repeated failure to appear before it to answer questions bordering
By Ushang Ewa The trial of rights activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo suffered a setback on Thursday as the prosecution counsel, Mr. Dennis Tarhemba asked the Court to take a “short date” in order for him to file his written response to the issues raised by the defendants in their counter affidavit to his motion
By Kelvin Ololo A None Governmental Organization (NGO) Project Alert has cried out against allege discrimination, exclusion and abuse of persons living with disability and the prevalent case of gender based violence. Calling on the Governor of Cross River State Sen. Ben Ayade to sign the impending bill of discrimination against persons with disability into
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Dennis Tarhemba, the prosecution counsel in the case against journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo who is facing charges of terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Cross River State government has asked the Court to grant it leave to amend the charges and an order to protect its witnesses.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The trial of Nigerian rights activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo who was charged with treasonable felony, terrorism and attempt to topple the Cross River State government is expected to commence on Wednesday. Mr. Jalingo was arrested in his Lagos residence on August 22, 2019 and was driven to Calabar by road where
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National Judicial Council (NJC), urging him to use his offices and leadership of the NJC to “urgently develop measures and issue directives to all Courts to respond to the disturbing
By Ovatitomi Ibingha As sex for grade continues to intensify in most higher institutions in the country and Cross River State, a lecturer in the department of Mass Communications, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Inyali Peter has said that students who sexually harass lecturers should be exposed as a means of curbing sex for grade in