By CrossRiverWatch Admin United States of America has warned its citizens not to travel to some States in Nigeria categorised as “high-risk areas”. In a release published by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, 14 Nigerians States were listed with a “do not travel” instruction. The country urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria “due
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The trial of Mr. Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist charged with terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Cross River State Government took a different turn on Wednesday as his lawyers filed an application seeking to modify the order of the Court which granted leave to the prosecution to mask its
By Patrick Obia And Araga Blessing Following the World Day to End Impunity and Crimes Against Journalists on 2nd November every year, veteran journalists, Richard Akinnola and Cletus Ukpong, have called on practicing journalists to put in their best and not allow financial benefits be their focus. The veterans gave the admonition while speaking as
By Jonathan Ugbal Mr. Uduak-Joe Ntuk, a Cross Riverian has been appointed by California’s Governor Gavin Newsom to as the state’s oil and gas supervisor. This means Ntuk, who is now the first Nigerian-American to hold that position in California’s history and whose family hails from the southern port city of Calabar, will head the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has described as bizarre, jaundiced and uniformed, Times Magazine’s publication on Agba Jalingo’s treason trial. A statement issued in Calabar, expressed disappointment at Times Magazine’s mischief and idiocy. “It beats the imagination as to why an international news medium of Times Magazine’s standing feeds its readers with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin More than a year after he was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains at the top of a list of the most serious threats to press freedom. The list — released each month by the One Free Press Coalition, which was created by a dozen news
When I think of this course, I imagine 1,000 McDonald’s double cheeseburgers in America; 76 premier league tickets in England; two pet kangaroos in Australia; and 5,000sqm of land in Nigeria. All of these can be bought with 2,200 American dollars, the same amount required to take a Public Narrative course at Harvard Kennedy School’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian Governors, as custodians of the people’s mandate at the State level, have so much expectations placed on their shoulders. These range from policy formulations to execution of sustainable projects targeted at improving the lives of citizens. Admittedly, governance is a daunting task, especially in the face of lean resources. But even