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BREAKING NEWS: Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana SAN To Confront Police IG Over Jalingo’s Detention (AUDIO)

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

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AGBA JALINGO: Courts And Judges Should Stop Conniving With Oppressive Police Force – AUJAC

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

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Rights Violation: Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, 221 Others Sign Petition Against Cross River Police Commissioner

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

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JUST IN: Lawyer Accuse Ayade’s Government Of Trying To Kill The Press, Police Get Court Order To Keep Jalingo 90 Days More

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Barrister James Ibor, Principal Counsel of Basic Rights Counsel and attorney to Citizen Agba Jalingo has responded to the Court order obtained by the Police to further keep his client behind bar. The order which was gotten from the Vacation Court Port Harcourt seeks to keep Agba for 90 days more. The date

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Group Berates Ayade Over Journalist’s Detention

By CrossRiverWatch Admin A media rights group, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), yesterday accused Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State of abuse of power over the unlawful detention of Mr. Agba Jalingo, a journalist with CrossRiverWatch. It described the charges of treason against the journalist as a “shameful and ridiculous trivialisation of our criminal laws.”

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Arbitrary Arrest Of Citizen Agba Jalingo Is Condemnable – Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Statement Arbitrary Arrest Of Citizen Agba Jalingo Is Condemnable – Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin The Centre for Change is once again alarmed, by the arrest and detention of Comrade Agba Jalingo, by the authorities of the Nigerian Police force, acting on the order of the Cross Rivers State government. This arrest and continued

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Agba Jalingo Vs Police: Court Adjourns To 5th, Grants Motion Experte (VIDEO)

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Attah Ochinke, Esq. Lead Counsel to Agba Jalingo addressed Journalists after the Court today granted the motion experte for substituted service on the Police filed last week. The suit HC/293/2019 which seeks the enforcement of his fundamental rights. Watch video of the briefing from the Court below.

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Deteriorating Health Condition Of Agba Jalingo And The Need To Redeploy CP, Austin Agbonlahor

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release  Deteriorating Health Condition Of Mr. Agba Jalingo And The Need To Redeploy CP, Austin Agbonlahor. The Association of Cross River Online Journalists – ACROJ, notes with dismay the continuous unlawful detention of the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo for about eight (8) days now and counting. As the world

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