By CrossRiverWatch Admin The All Progressives Congress (APC) Cross River State has rejected all judgements delivered by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, the State capital. The party in a statement by the Party’s Publicity Secretary in the State, Bassey Ita said the party led by Sir John Ochala rejected the judgements in its
By CrossRiverWatch Admin It took the intervention of a few public spirited individuals in Wanihem village, Yala Local Government Area, Cross River State for a certain pastor, identified simply as Pastor Bright, to escape being lynched by an angry mob of youths who viciously attacked the pastor and burnt his church, after he was suspected
Let it not be recorded in the annals of history that I once lived in a time when evil triumphed over good, and I was too weak to speak out against the tyranny of evildoers. Evil they say, only triumph when good men choose to keep mute. The Cross River State cyberspace and indeed Nigeria,
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,
For the first time since the creation of Cross River State in May of 1967, there appears to be a lot of consciousness from Cross Riverians who are legitimately determined to demand transparency and accountability from their governor and other elected officers in the state. The advent of social media made this possible, ensuring that
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 Press Statement Arbitrary Arrest Of Citizen Agba Jalingo Is Condemnable – Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin The Centre for Change is once again alarmed, by the arrest and detention of Comrade Agba Jalingo, by the authorities of the Nigerian Police force, acting on the order of the Cross Rivers State government. This arrest and continued
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 …