By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade will be presenting the State 2020 budget tomorrow Thursday 21 November, 2019. This was contained in a press release by the Mr. Hope Obeten, Press Secretary to the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams. Time is 10:00 am prompt
By Archibong Jeremiah The continuation trial of Citizen Agba Jalingo which was adjourned to today Wednesday 20 November, 2019 has been further adjourned to next Wednesday 27 November, 2019. Our reporter at the Court was informed that the Court wasn’t meant to seat today which led to the further adjournment. Our reporter also observed that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The authority of Nigerian Correctional Service have refuted reports in one of the private television stations and some social media handles claiming sponsorship of a football competition by detained journalist, Agba Jalingo for inmates in the Afokang custody Centre of the service in Calabar, Cross River State. The Nation Newspaper reports that
By CrossRiverWatch Admim Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has been named Champion Newspaper 2019 Governor of the Year. The choice of Ayade as Governor of the year was contained in a letter signed by the newspaper’s Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief, Mrs. Nwadiuto Iheakanwa. While justifying the choice of the Governor for the award,
By Patrick Obia The outgoing Ag. Vice Chancellor of Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) Prof. Akon Joshua, has said the future of the university will start as she hands over officially to the newly appointed Ag. Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Ogar, David Abua. The exercise which took place in the institution’s Senate
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) – A former presidential candidate and journalist is being held by Nigeria’s security forces despite being twice granted bail, his lawyer told CNN. Omoyele Sowore, is an investigative journalist and founder of the New York-based news site Sahara Reporters, who was arrested in August by the country’s intelligence agency, the
By Archibong Jeremiah Nigerian journalist, activist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch Citizen Agba Jalingo who in an article revealed how Governor Ayade approved and diverted N500m meant for Cross River Microfinance Bank. He was arrested in Lagos on August 22, 2019, and subsequently charged for treasonable felony, terrorism, cultism, and disturbance of public peace. Citizen Jalingo was
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A High Court in Calabar, Cross River State, has ordered Governor Ben Ayade to conduct Local Government elections in line with the 1999 Constitution. The order was given by the High Court (No. 4) presided over by Justice E. Ita in suit No: HC/514/2018 filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) through