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Protesters Defy Rain, Police Threat To Hold #FreeThemAllNow Demonstration In Lagos

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Supporters of #RevolutionNow and members of the Coalition for Revolution movement this morning held a protest in Lagos to demand the release of Sowore, Jalingo and other Nigerians in detention in the country. The protesters, who could not be held back by the rain that swept across the city, also defied the

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Election Tribunal: It’s Tactical Insult If A Governor Is Told He Is Distracted To Appoint Commissioners – Lawyer

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Principal partner FBI Legal, First Baba Isa, has termed Governor Ben Ayade’s delayed appointment of Commissioners in Cross River State, as “tactical insult” which many insinuate is as a result of tribunal case. The legal practitioner who featured as a guest on Hit 95.9 FM regular Sunday program “The Dialogue With Agba

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President Buhari Dissolves Special Presidential Investigative Panel For Recovery Of Public Property

By CrossRiverWatch Admin PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) as currently constituted with Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been directed to immediately take over all outstanding investigations and other activities of the

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Adoke: Why We Did Not Challenge The Bakassi Handover At ICJ

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigeria did not challenge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment which ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon because it would have made the country look “irresponsible” in the comity of nations, Mohammed Bello Adoke has said. The former Attorney-General of the Federation also revealed that for the first time Cross River

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Updated: Assembly Members Protest Non-Payment Of Benefits

By CrossRiverWatch Admin While the Cross River State House of Assembly was scheduled to reconvene today, Monday, September 16, 2019, Cali Town reports that members of the House have refused to reconvene after a one month recess. We gathered on investigations that the refusal to reconvene is in protest over the non-payment of their statutory finances

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NAWOJ Celebrates Channels TV Correspondent Over Appointment By Ayade

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Cross River State Chapter has congratulated her Secretary, Mrs. Imani Odey on her recent appointment as a Senior Special Assistant on Electronic Media to the Governor. This was contained in a statement issued by the association’s State Chairman, Mrs. Umo Basi-Edet. Basi-Edet described her appointment

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Agba Jalingo: Connivance Of Silence Or Bareface Cowardice BY EMMANUEL IBESHI

I am constrained to put this up as representing my view as a stakeholder in Cross River State. Through the length and breath of Nigeria since 2015 we have witnessed unprecedented display of executive rascality though the Legislature is the easy whipping dog of all and sundry. No one cares that much about the Judiciary

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Buhari’s Government Will Deliver Uninterrupted Power — Minister

By Patrick Obia The Minister of Power, Engr. Saleh Mamman, has said the Muhammadu Buhari next level administration will deliver uninterrupted power supply to Nigeria before the end of its tenure. This was as the Managing Director of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Engr. Garba Haruna, assured that his company was ready to play its part

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