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
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.”
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
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.
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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has called on the Police to immediately release Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch. According to the NGO, “From 22 to 30 August, it is 8 days since operatives allegedly of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) seized Mr. Agba Jalingo, Editor in Chief and Publisher
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian authorities should immediately release publisher Agba Jalingo and halt their harassment of journalists reporting on alleged corruption and other issues of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 22, in Lagos, Police Officers with Nigeria’s special anti-robbery squad arrested Jalingo, publisher of online news outlet CrossRiverWatch, according to
By Our Reporter International Press Center (IPC) has denounced the growing crackdown on freedom of expression following the continuing molestation of journalists and the Media by security agencies. In a press release by the Association of Cross River Online Journalists – ACROJ dated August 22, 2019 Mr. Agba Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch was criminally whisked