By Our Reporter The Uganda High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Nelson Ocheger has played host to the Editorial Team of Festivals and Tours Africa Magazine. The visit took place at the High Commission Abuja. Festivals and Tours Africa Magazine Editorial Team was led by its Publisher and Managing Editor, Princess Ayi Umo and Gloria Wilson
By CrossRiverWatch Admin NGO organize outreach to mark the 2019 International Day of Human Right. The outreach with street kids in Calabar, the Cross River State capital held at Freedom Park along Mary Slessor avenue. Activities in the event included motivational talks, free hair cut, entertainment and refreshment. See pictures below;
By Ovatitomi Ibingha Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist cum pro democracy activist who is on trial for treason, has reportedly been disowned by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council. Mr. Jalingo, the publisher of the online CrossRiverWatch, has been in prison in Calabar. He is charged with treason over a report
By CrossRiverWatch Adnin Adewale Adeleke, the son of Billionaire, Adedeji Adeleke, and also the brother of Singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has tied the knots in Calabar. The singer’s brother had his traditional wedding ceremony to his wife, Kani yesterday, Friday, December 13th, and celebrations continued today. Photos from the beautiful ceremony were
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to unconditionally release prisoners of conscience, Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo. Speaking at the Amnesty International Nigeria Human Rights Festival, Country Director Osai Ojigho says, although Nigeria has been able to put laws in place to protect the rights of it’s
By Patrick Obia and Gift Ikpete Mary Slessor Memorial and Heritage Foundation and her adopted daughters are set to launch a new foundation in her honor. This was disclosed by a body who paid a courtesy visit to the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) where they averred that the purpose for the launch
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The secret trial of Agba Jalingo, a CrossRiverWatch editor-in-chief and human rights activist stalled again on Wednesday after the defense counsel asked for a short date to respond on points of law to three counter affidavits filed by the prosecuting counsel, Dennis Tarhemba. The defense had filed two applications; bail and for
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The management of online newspaper CrossRiverWatch says it is contemplating a Court action against the Nigerian Correctional Service after the Cross River State command stopped all visitation to it’s publisher, Agba Jalingo who is remanded at the medium security custodial center in Calabar. The News Editor, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal made this known