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Citizen Agba Jalingo Receives Gani Fawehinmi Award For Impact And Integrity

By Archibong Jeremiah Citizen Agba Jalingo has received Gani Fawehinmi award for Impact and Integrity (GFIIA). The award was presented yesterday as part of activities marking the 2020 Human Rights Day. It was presented by Honorable Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, Justice of the Court of Appeal at the event which held at Radisson hotel, Ikeja Lagos.

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Policy Alert End Open Budget Deep Dive Workshop In Calabar

By Maxwell Effiong  A grassroot people’s empowerment Non-Governmental Organisation, Policy Alert has ended a one day workshop on budgeting process, accountability and transparency. The workshop christened “Open Budget Deep Dive” held in the city of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria’s first capital. Mr. Tijah Bolton-Akpan, Executive Director of Policy Alert in his address to the

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Ayade – There Should Not Be Absolute Freedom Of The Press In Nigeria? BY AGBA JALINGO

One of the most common features of fascists and dictators is their dislike for media freedom. It is like eczema on the skin of all repressive and autocratic regimes. Dictators detest the idea of allowing the press to do their work without hinges and it simply makes them sick. In their parochial minds, dictators, whether

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What Ayade Told Protesting 2500 Delisted Civil Servants At The Stadium BY AGBA JALINGO

The Governor met with the workers at the UJ Esuene stadium Calabar Wednesday and every word from number 1 to 12 below, is what the Governor told the workers verbatim. It was only broken into numbers for ease of reading and analysis. My own analysis of the Governor’s remarks are under each number, in bracket.

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Ayade Industries … Before They Shut Down BY AGBA JALINGO

Even with the chequered history of the Cross River state government in managing state owned companies, governor Ayade insisted from take-off that he believes government has business doing business. He didn’t stop there; he argued his point very explicitly, citing similar models from other parts of the world. Additionally, he has created a cluster of

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Why Justice Simon Amobeda Should Leave Cross River And Exit The Bench BY AGBA JALINGO

A court order from the vacation judge of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, has stopped INEC from recognizing any candidate of the PDP for the Cross River Northern Senatorial by-election scheduled for October 31, 2020. Vacation for federal high courts ends tomorrow Friday September 25 and federal high courts are meant to resume

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#CRNorthDecides: AAC Cross River Kicks Over Replacement Of Candidate’s Name

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State chapter of the African Action Congress, AAC has accused some Government officials for attempting to tilt the playing field for the October 31, 2020 Cross River North senatorial bye-election to favor some candidates. The party’s Chairman, Citizen Agba Jalingo in a statement issued Saturday morning said that, some

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#CRNorthDecides: PDP, AAC May Lose Out As INEC Publishes Candidates Details

By Jonathan Ugbal Ahead of the October 31, 2020 senatorial bye-election in Cross River northern district, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the list of candidates for different parties participating in the elections. The list which contains shockers including the All Progressives Congress decision to forward the name of Barrister Joe Agi against

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