With the recently massacre in Benue State, Nigeria, that claimed many lives last week Friday, Human Rights Activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo has shared his thoughts on the tragedy. In the attack which happened in Yelwata Community of the state, left over 200 people dead and properties worth millions of Naira destroyed in what is believed
"Running a newsroom shouldn’t feel like operating a resistance cell,” Ugbal said. “But that’s what it’s come to. And still, we continue."
By Sylvia Akpan The Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID) is inviting Cross River State and Niger Delta foremost investigative media outfit, CrossRiverWatch to participate in a workshop centered on civic space. The Editor-in-chief of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo, will be speaking and sharing his expertise on Navigating Strategic Lawsuits and Press Freedom Challenges
Meanwhile, the civil proceedings continued at the Apo division of the Federal High Court, where Citizen Jalingo, Francis Etung Ufe, Sylvia Felix, and Paul Utionkpan were listed as first to fourth defendants respectively.
the real qualm is the continued preference of our elites for politics far and above governance. The insatiable desire of people who have held several political positions and failed to help Cross River North progress, continuing to scramble for power, merely to oil their financial sinews.
The past week has been very exhilarating for me for one major reason. How our representatives have unleashed their media aides to give an account of their various constituency interventions and projects. The week can rightly be called “accountability week” in Cross River State. Once we demanded that our representatives in the House of Reps
I have been a victim of judicial injustice myself. It is open knowledge that many cases are won in our courts not because the prominent counsels know law, but because they know judges, and know how to funnel bribes and peddle influence. But this cartel is untouchable and cannot be criticized, lest you are treated
The government is essentially saddled with the responsibility of fixing things. The task of bringing closure to teething issues. The onus of finding permanent solutions to problems. The burden of developing our communities and the duty of securing the citizens. It is charities and not-for-profit organizations, as well as philanthropy, that support the government with