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UPDATED: Police Make U-Turn, Ask Agba Jalingo, James Ibor And Jonathan Ugbal To Return

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police authorities just made a sharp u-turn and demanded Citizen Agba Jalingo, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal and Barrister James Ibor to return to the station. According to CrossRiverWatch intelligence report, the officer who called them back is one female ACP who’s details are being investigated requested for them. The ACP had invited

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BREAKING: #June12 – Citizen Agba Jalingo Arrested Over Fake Petition Claiming He Is An Arms Dealer

By Archibong Jeremiah CrossRiverWatch Editor-In-Chief and rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has been arrested by the Cross River State command of the Nigerian Police Force over a fake petition that he is an arms dealer. He is currently been questioned at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CIID) of the Cross River Police Command. The Commissioner

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Leave Our Monarchs Out Of Politics BY AGBA JALINGO

In Part V, Section 30 of the Cross River State Traditional Rulers Law, it is illegal for our revered Traditional Rulers to participate in partisan politics. Take Particular Note Of Sub-section 1C And Sub-Section 3.  Following those provisions, the Speaker of the State Assembly should either amend the law to allow our monarchs to play

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Bullets, Blood And Amputation: Gory Sights And Names Of Victims At Alphonsus Eba’s Defection Rally In Yala

By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least nine person’s including a former member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Tom Agi were injured after they were hit by bullets fired from guns used by security officials attached to the defection rally of Alphonsus Ogar Eba, the Director General of the Cross River State Bureau of

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Defection: More Aide’s Resign As Ayade Sacks Another Commissioner

By Patrick Obia Weeks after Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River defected from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC), more of his aides have resigned declining to defect with him. The Governor has also sacked another commissioner, Francis Etta who refused to defect with him. Among those who have resigned recently

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People Who Support The Twitter Ban Falls In Two Categories – WITTY THOUGHT WITH KEN HENSHAW

This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with intent to revive social consciousness. People who support the Twitter ban in Nigeria generally fall into two categories. The first are principally of Northern Nigeria extraction and die hard supporters of

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Bare Knuckles: Retirement Hell – Fixing A Broken Pension System BY ISO BASSEY

Weeks ago, a BBC Africa Eye documentary about corruption in the pension system in Cross River State went viral. The twenty-six-minute documentary showed the plight of pensioners in the State and exposed some unsavoury practices of government officials in the management of pensions. The plight of our pensioners shows that when greed-fueled corruption enters the

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What Happened In Akwa Ibom Will Repeat Itself In Cross River – PDP, Says Centre Is Dead

By Patrick Obia The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has opined that it’ll leave no storm unturned to reclaim Cross River State from the All Progressives Congress (APC). It went on to assert that the guilty ones are always looking for where to hide but eventually gets smoked out. The PDP South-South Zonal Chairman, Mr. Dan

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