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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian authorities are building a third refugees camp in Cross River State for Cameroonian refugees due to the increasing number of those fleeing hostilities in their home country into parts of Nigeria. The Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River State Command Comptroller, Okey Ezugwu disclosed this over the weekend when he hosted a
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The Daily Times reports that President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, confirmed this development on his Twitter account on Friday evening. The Nigerian leader, who
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights group, Amnesty International has said that the federal government and the Cross River State government are manipulating the Nigerian criminal justice system to repress dissenting voices in violation of the 1999 constitution as amended as well as international and regional human rights treaties. Amnesty International also said that the continuous
By Archibong Jeremiah The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to ECOWAS Court over the continued incarceration and rights abuse of Citizen Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch. The group made the disclosure via twitter yesterday after the ultimatum it gave the
By Kelvin Ololo and Patrick Obia A Russia based international organization brought into Nigeria by Kalinka, in partnership with Don Napo has advised young Cross Riverains to start investing in business than completely depend on one source of income to increase their economic security and well being. Stating this in a workshop, the facilitator Mr.
By Patrick Obia The Chief Executive Officer of FAD Media group, Fidelis Duker; presidential candidate and preacher, Fela Durotoye as well as social media influencer, Anita Asuoha amongst other experts in different fields over the weekend charged youths to define their destinies in order to live their dreams. The experts gave this charge at the