By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar and presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu has admitted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to bail. This was after Justice Simon Amobeda had denied him bail on October 4th and 30th, 2019 as well as 175 days after his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Federal High Court Calabar, the administrative Judge (Court room 1) has just admitted Agba Jalingo to bail. The Judge gave some conditions which our newsroom is still verifying. Details later.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The prosecution of journalist, Agba Jalingo took another twist on Thursday morning as the Cross River State government has reverted to the initial charges of treason, terrorism, cultism and attempt to topple the Cross River state government against him. Jalingo was docked before Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Calabar division of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of his appearance before Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Calabar Division of the Federal High court, Agba Jalingo, the Nigerian journalist and publisher of online news portal, CrossRiverWatch, facing trial for alleged acts of terrorism and cybercrime is currently distressed as he recalls the events of the past twelve days culminating
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Wife of detained journalist and publisher of CrossRiverWatch newspaper, Agba Jalingo, on Tuesday, cried out that her life and that of her children are under threat with an appeal to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay to intervene in the release of her
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has joined the growing number of groups that have called on the Nigerian Government to free the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, from prison. The union in a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said the travails of Mr. Jalingo appear to be “persecution
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, the Nigerian journalist who has been incarcerated for over 172 days for alleged acts of terrorism and cybercrime following an article he wrote in July 2019 seeking accountability for half a billion Naira alleged to have been diverted by the Cross River State Government will on Thursday be docked before
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reiterated his confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari leadership. Ayade in an interview from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he accompanied president Buhari to the ongoing 33rd ordinary session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). He adjudged Buhari to have deep