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.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom can exclusively report that the office of the Special Adviser Technical (COS) according to the 2019 budget of Cross River State is expected to spend N334,693,780,685.32. In 2018 N429,193,780,685.32 was approved and spent by the office. Dualization of Calabar-Odukpani inclusive of Odukpani-Spagheti flyover in 2018 cost the State N18,000,000,000.00 while
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A crisis appears on the horizon as the Cross River House of Assembly is about beginning work on a bill seeking the establishment of Land Use and Allocation Management Commission (LUAC) to do away with the Land Use Act 1978 which it considers defective. Also, the legislative chamber is to review the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release Deteriorating Health Condition Of Mr. Agba Jalingo And The Need To Redeploy CP, Austin Agbonlahor. The Association of Cross River Online Journalists – ACROJ, notes with dismay the continuous unlawful detention of the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo for about eight (8) days now and counting. As the world