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
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 The All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has rejected all judgements delivered by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, the State capital. The party in a statement by the Party’s Publicity Secretary in the State, Bassey Ita said the party led by Sir John Ochala rejected the judgements in its
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Launched in May 28, 2018, with a plan to render health care insurance for Cross Riverians and residents in the State, Governor Ben Ayade had boasted that “The State will invest heavily in the scheme to ensure quality and affordable health care services for our people.” Justifying the launch of the scheme,
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 A former Vice Chairman NBA, Monday Onyekachi Ubani has berated the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade over detention of rights activist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo for questioning the Government. According to him “Nigerians should be upset over the detention of Agba Jalingo for questioning the Government …
By Patrick Obia A former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that he would pay his N537,334,360.77 debts to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in less than 12 hours. Duke, through his Counsel, Mr. Edoigiawerie Omoruyi, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that he had approached AMCON
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.