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Cybercrime: Police File Two-Count Charge Against Agba Jalingo

By Patrick Obia The Commissioner of Police Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has filed a two-count charge on cybercrimes against the Editor-in-Chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo. The suit with charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/565/2022 has the Commissioner of Police Abuja as the complainant states that the charge is in connection with the article Agba published about Mrs.

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Police Apologize To Agba Jalingo As Gov. Ayade’s In-Law Fails To Defend Criminal Defamation Petition

By Jonathan Ugbal Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, the sister-in-law of Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Monday, failed to show up at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of the Nigeria Police Force to defend her criminal defamation petition against CrossRiverWatch publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo. Mr. Jalingo was arrested on Friday at his

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BREAKING: Police Grant Agba Jalingo Bail After Hiding Him For Hours

By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of the Nigeria Police Force has granted CrossRiverWatch Publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo bail after hiding him from his lawyers and other activists for hours. Mr. Jalingo was arrested at his Ogudu residence in Lagos State on Friday following a petition from Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, the

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UNICAL Suspend Lecturer Allegedly Involved In Exam Malpractice

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The Management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL has suspended a lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Mr. Paschal Aboh over his alleged involvement in examination malpractice. Pascal Aboh was reportedly engaged in Nigerian Law School, Abuja where he impersonated a resit student at the law school examinations.

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Anthony Duke: Former Lawmaker, Broadcaster Kidnapped In Nassarawa

By Ushang Ewa Anthony Duke, a former councilor representing Ward 5 in Calabar South Local Government Area and journalist has been kidnapped. He served between 2010 and 2013. Duke, who presented Hardline on FAD 93.1 FM Calabar on Mondays, Wednesday’s and Friday’s before the COVID-19 pandemic was abducted on Tuesday evening around Akwanga, Nassarawa State

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Legislative By-Elections: APC, PDP To Screen Aspirants Today

By Jonathan Ugbal Ahead of the February 26, 2022 legislative by-elections, all is set for the screening of no fewer than a dozen aspirants for two legislative seats in Cross River by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Two seats; Ogoja/Yala federal constituency for the House of Representatives and Akpabuyo for

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2023: Governor Ayade In Abuja To Rub Mind With Colleagues

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has left Calabar for Abuja to attend a high-power APC meeting. Sen. Ayade took to his Facebook page to disclose that the reason for the trip is to defend Cross River interest at the National level. According to him, “this morning I left for

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Negligence, Inefficiency Causing Repeated Flooding In Abuja Estate

By Daniel Bernard, HumAngle Trademore estate in Lugbe, a suburb in Abuja, North-Central Nigeria has experienced devastating floods for years with no end in sight despite government knowledge. The negligence of government officials and some residents of Trademore estate located at Lugbe, a suburb in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has caused repeated flooding; claiming

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