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EXCLUSIVE: Cross River LG Election: N1,567,230,251.19 Approved In 2019, N357,230,251.19 In 2018

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

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Updated: Agba Jalingo Arrives Police Headquarters Calabar

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

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Jesam Ebri, Rose Ofem Win Mr. And Miss Leboku 2019

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

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EXCLUSIVE: Ayade To Spend N27,150,818,173.16 On Social Services Personnel And Overhead Cost

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:

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#FreeJalingoNow: Because … BY FIRST BABA ISA

Because… In Nigeria arrest is used as a punishment, arrest is used to disgrace citizens, arrest is used to show that “I pass my neighbor”, arrest is used to flex both political and economic muscles. Because… Agba Jalingo wrote about the grand corruption in the Cross River State microfinance bank, they invited him for questioning

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Jalingo’s Arrest Related To #RevolutionNow Protests – Christian Ita, Ayade’s CPS

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

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#FreeJalingoNow: Police Rescheduled ‘Interview’ To September 3 – Eyo Ekpo

By Jonathan Ugbal A former Attorney General And Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Mr. Eyo Ekpo has said that the Police had rescheduled its August 26, 2019 invitation handed the Chairman of the Cross River chapter of the African Action Congress, Mr. Agba Jalingo to answer to a petition to September 3, 2019.

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Let Nothing Happen To Jalingo – ACROJ Tells Police, Alleges Evil Gang Up Against Press Freedom In Cross River

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release Gentlemen of the press, at about 4:25pm today, 22/08/2019, men of the Nigerian Police identified to as Intelligence Response Team (IRT), in a commando style, invaded the privacy of one of us, Mr. Agba Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch and criminally whisked him away. We have been reliably informed that the

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