By CrossRiverWatch Admin The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has been barred from travelling out of the country by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Saturday PUNCH reports that the move may be part of a fresh probe into Onnoghen’s affairs. Onnoghen was convicted for not declaring his assets by the Code
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to unconditionally release prisoners of conscience, Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo. Speaking at the Amnesty International Nigeria Human Rights Festival, Country Director Osai Ojigho says, although Nigeria has been able to put laws in place to protect the rights of it’s
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Simon Amobeda of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has recused himself in case number FHC/CA/59C/2019, referring the case file to the administrative Judge of the division, Justice Sule Shuaibu. Amobeda in his ruling on Wednesday also granted the prayers of the defendant, Agba Jalingo, a journalist and rights
By Agency Reporter The Cross River State House of Assembly has granted consequential confirmation of 15 more nominees for appointment as Commissioners by the Governor. The confirmation followed the presentation of report by the House Committee on Judiciary, Public Service Matters, Public Petition and Conflict Resolution headed by Hon. Efa Esua which was saddled with
By Patrick Obia Detained journalist, Human Right Activist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo has won the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Award (GFIIA) while in prison. Jalingo, “a prisoner of conscience” according to Amnesty International, is confirmed with the whistle-Blowers Award (WBA 2019) in recognition of his impartial commitment to integrity to humanity
“As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s, Major General, and refer to his administration as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has asked the Federal High Court to reassign his case to another judge. Jalingo, who is standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy, terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Government of Cross River, said Simon Amobeda, the judge hearing the case, can no longer be
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Judicial Council had cleared Justice Akon Ikpeme, Acting Chief Judge of Cross River State High Court of bribery allegation involving Senator Dino Milaye in 2015. In a letter dated 9 May, 2019 to the petitioners (Mr. Olarewaju Suraju, Chairman Civil Society Network Against Corruption and Senator Smart Adeyemi, CON) that