By Patrick Obia The Chairman, Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) Comrade Darlington Edem, has alleged that there are plans by the Government of Cross River State to gage the media in the State, following the recent arrest and detention of four Journalists in Calabar. Mr. Darlington stated this while speaking as a guest
By Our Reporter The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) have condemned the arrest and detention of a Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo for allegedly criticising the Cross River State Government. Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was said to have been whisked away from Lagos by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday and has not been
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 16-man new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, with Dr. Pius Odubu from Edo State as the Chairman. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office), office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olusegun Adekunle, on behalf of the SGF,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Comrade Agba Jalingo, Board of Trustees Chairman, Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch has dragged the Nigerian Police Force, Commissioner of Police Cross River State Command and Tami Evelyn Peterside (DCP SCID) to the Federal High Court over his fundamental human rights. In suit number HC/293/2019 Jalingo
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) have sealed off over 20 filling stations in the Central and Northern parts of Cross River State. The agency says it was acting on special information by some of its agents that some petroleum product marketers in the Central and Northern parts of the State were
By Archibong Jeremiah On May 5 2017, the then Chairman, Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Dr. Mike Ushie in a press release communicated the Government’s decision to suspend the Local Government elections in the State. The election which was slated for April 27 2017 – July 25 2019 has since then become topical
By Archibong Jeremiah Our newsroom can confirm that Mr. Agba Jalingo, Publisher of CrossRiverWatch has arrive the Cross River State Police Command in company the IRT. They arrived in the early hours of today and slept at an undisclosed hotel in Ekorinim, Calabar. He’s being held custody at the Anti Cult and Kidnapping Squad
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government according to the 2019 budget will be spending N27,150,818,173.16 on Personnel and Overhead Cost under Social Services subhead (Schedule 1). The schedule has four groups, the groups and their assigned total is as follows: Education Personnel Cost: 17,913,830,509.60 Overhead Expenditure: 1,453,042,354.14 Total Recurrent: 19,366,872,863.74 Health Personnel Cost: