By CrossRiverWatch Admin A defamation petition filed by Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, wife of Dr. Frank Ayade, the younger brother of Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade led to the arrest of Citizen Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, and the attempted kidnapping of his staff on Friday. Mrs. Alami Ayade, through her lawyers in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Nigeria Police Force have finally arrested CrossRiverWatch publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo, after holding his wife, and daughter hostage for over an hour at his Ogudu residence in Lagos State. Mr. Jalingo had raised the alarm at about 4:00PM and refused to step out since the Policemen did not identify
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has announced the revocation of the broadcast license of the Cross River State Broadcasting Corporation, CRBC and 51 other broadcast outfits over indebtedness to the regulator. The NBC said the stations are owing the Commission NGN2.6 billion since 2015. The Director General of the NBC, Mallam Balarabe
By News Agency of Nigeria The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted rains and thunderstorms from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja predicted thunderstorms over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Yobe, Borno, Taraba, and Adamawa States during the morning hours of Friday. According to it, there are chances
By Odey Ojeka Abam Henry and Efah Livinus have emerged winners of the 2022 Mr. and Miss Leboku festival. Abam Henry, a 300-level student of Accounting at the University of Calabar, edged out seven other male contestants to clinch the Mr. Leboku crown. In the female category, Miss Efah Livinus, a 400-level student of Microbiology
By Collins Nnabuife, Tribune Newspaper The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that it did not spend N18.9 billion on bush clearing as reported, instead, it spent only N2.5 billion on bush clearing and land preparation of 3,200 hectares in 8 States. The Ministry in a statement by its Director of Information, Dr.
By People’s Gazette The athlete, who said that her eyes were on winning the Olympic Gold, also lambasted the Nigerian Government for not doing enough on time to keep athletes in the “competition and success” at international events, People’s Gazette reports. Nigerian athlete and Commonwealth medalist, Patience George, has described her State of origin, Cross
By Itam Offor The Cross River State House of Assembly has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Francis Odachi Ekpo as the Director General, Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau. The House had deliberated on the request of the Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, conveyed to it in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State