By Archibong Jeremiah Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atku Abubakar has intervened in the case of detained journalist cum rights advocate, Agba Jalingo. Jalingo is facing charges bordering on treason, one of which was an allegation that he was plotting to overthrow the Government of Cross River State. He was arrested in August 22
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nobel Laurette, Professor Woke Soyinka has described the ongoing treason trial of detained journalist, Agba Jalingo, as a very dishonest device to silence the people by a Government which has no more answers to give. Award winning journalist, Agba Jalingo is facing a four count trial including treasonable felony and attempt to
Not every Cross Riverian will agree that we have had better leaders before the Governor Ben Ayade dispensation; but most people from Cross River or who have lived in Cross River since the onset of the Fourth Republic will agree that the State has seen more visionary leadership than the joke that currently prevails. Different
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The federal government says it will continue to train internally displaced persons on the need to engage on some form of economic activity to better their lives. This commitment was made earlier this week at the Akwa Ikot Eyo Edem and Ikot Effiom Obutong camps for returnees of the Bakassi peninsula which
By Patrick Obia The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) on Christmas Day launched the third volume of the ‘Everlasting Gospel of Leader, Olumba Olumba Obu’ in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar. The 700 page volume will compliment and not replace the Bible as reported in some quarters said the spokesman of the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As a policy, the federal government makes private companies to cough out education tax for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), which was set up to address the infrastructural challenge in public tertiary institutions across the country. In accordance with the provisions of the TETFund Act 2011, registered companies in Nigeria are imposed
By CrossRiverWatch Admin As earlier reported our newsroom had obtained exclusively the Cross River State Government NGN1.116 trillion budget estimates for the 2020 fiscal year. Governor Ben Ayade had in November presented the budget estimates tagged “Olimpotic Meristemasis” before the House of Assembly. The budget has five sections namely general, law and justice, economic, regional
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Tuesday swore in 38 commissioners to complete his cabinet after 209 days in office. The Attorney General, Mr. Tanko Ashang was first sworn in on November 27th after he, alongside two other original nominees, Peter Egba and Asuquo Ekpenyong were forwarded to the House of