By CrossRiverWatch Admin Jalingo was arrested on Thursday in Lagos and taken to Calabar, capital of Cross River State, by officers of the Nigeria Police allegedly on the request of the governor. Wife of the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, Violet, has said that the state governor, Ben Ayade, was persecuting her husband for exposing
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) have sealed off over 20 filling stations in the Central and Northern parts of Cross River State. The agency says it was acting on special information by some of its agents that some petroleum product marketers in the Central and Northern parts of the State were
By Our Reporter International Press Center (IPC) has denounced the growing crackdown on freedom of expression following the continuing molestation of journalists and the Media by security agencies. In a press release by the Association of Cross River Online Journalists – ACROJ dated August 22, 2019 Mr. Agba Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch was criminally whisked
By Archibong Jeremiah On May 5 2017, the then Chairman, Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) Dr. Mike Ushie in a press release communicated the Government’s decision to suspend the Local Government elections in the State. The election which was slated for April 27 2017 – July 25 2019 has since then become topical
By Archibong Jeremiah Our newsroom can confirm that Mr. Agba Jalingo, Publisher of CrossRiverWatch has arrive the Cross River State Police Command in company the IRT. They arrived in the early hours of today and slept at an undisclosed hotel in Ekorinim, Calabar. He’s being held custody at the Anti Cult and Kidnapping Squad
By Patrick Obia Jesam Ebri and Rose Ofem have emerged winners of the 2019 Mr. and Miss Leboku beauty peagent. The duo were crowned King and Queen early hours of Friday at the Ubi Ujong Inah Conference Centre, Ugep, Yakurr Local Government. The pageantry is part of activities marking the Leboku festival, which is the
By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government according to the 2019 budget will be spending N27,150,818,173.16 on Personnel and Overhead Cost under Social Services subhead (Schedule 1). The schedule has four groups, the groups and their assigned total is as follows: Education Personnel Cost: 17,913,830,509.60 Overhead Expenditure: 1,453,042,354.14 Total Recurrent: 19,366,872,863.74 Health Personnel Cost:
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police has arrested the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, a Cross River State-based newspaper, Agba Jalingo. An editor of the paper, Archibong Jeremiah, told PREMIUM TIMES about the development, Thursday evening. He said Mr. Jalingo was arrested at his Lagos residence and taken to SARS office