By CrossRiverWatch Admin Supporters of #RevolutionNow and members of the Coalition for Revolution movement this morning held a protest in Lagos to demand the release of Sowore, Jalingo and other Nigerians in detention in the country. The protesters, who could not be held back by the rain that swept across the city, also defied the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade has received the 42 sponsored pilgrims by the State Government back from Saudi Arabia after the 32 days Hajj exercise. The pilgrims who were among the last set of South South, South East contingent to depart the King Abdulazeez International Airport, Jeddah landed at
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has returned to the country after days of absence. Mr. Ayade’s flight from Europe where he was spotted eating chocolate in Italy touched down less than an hour ago at about 4:45PM. He spent over a week out of the State with no one aware of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the reported harassment of the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Agba Jalingo was arrested on August 22 in Lagos State before he was moved to Cross River. He has since been charged with criminal offences. Mr. Jalingo
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar presided over by Justice Isoni Francisca has set Friday, September 13, 2019 to deliver its ruling on a motion of jurisdiction entered by the Police in an enforcement of fundamental human rights suit filed by journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo who has
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana recently promised to confront the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over the prolonged detention of a Journalist, Agba Jalingo by the Cross River State Police Command. Falana, who was the guest speaker at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with the
By Patrick Obia African United Journalism Awareness Center, has condemned in entirety, the arrest of media practitioners in respect of what they wrote. Mr. Jackson Isimeme who reacted to a Facebook post warned that, the courts and the judges should stop conniving with “Oppressive Police Force” to turn the fourth estate of the realm an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, Executive Director at Project Alert on Violence Against Women alongside 221 others have signed a petition against the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Austin Agbonlahor. The petition is by Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) on grounds of human rights violation of its member, Mr. Agba Jalingo who has