Asu Okang, Commissioner Of Information Lashed For Denying Ayade’s Involvement In Agba Jalingo’s Incarceration
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Agba Jalingo Trial: The State Has Committed Treason – Soyinka (VIDEO)
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- December 28, 2019
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nobel Laurette, Professor Woke Soyinka has described the ongoing treason trial of detained journalist, Agba Jalingo, as a very dishonest device to silence the people by a Government which has no more answers to give. Award winning journalist, Agba Jalingo is facing a four count trial including treasonable felony and attempt to
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Updated: Solemn Assembly To Be Held For Nigeria’s ‘Prisoners Of Conscience’ In Abuja Today
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- December 22, 2019
By Patrick Obia A solemn assembly has been called for the release of Agba Jalingo, Omoyele Sowore, Oluwale Bakare, Abubakar Idris (better known by his pseudonym: Dadiyata) and other “prisoners of conscience” who are still in detention. The Convener, Comrade Deji Adeyanju in a release made available to our newsroom called on Nigerians to have
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Cross River NUJ Gets Knocked For ‘Disowning’ Agba Jalingo
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- December 18, 2019
By Ovatitomi Ibingha Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist cum pro democracy activist who is on trial for treason, has reportedly been disowned by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Cross River State Council. Mr. Jalingo, the publisher of the online CrossRiverWatch, has been in prison in Calabar. He is charged with treason over a report
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Justice Amobeda Recuses Self, Orders Provision Of Electronic Verbatim Recorder, Agba Jalingo To Spend Christmas Behind Bars
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- December 11, 2019
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Simon Amobeda of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has recused himself in case number FHC/CA/59C/2019, referring the case file to the administrative Judge of the division, Justice Sule Shuaibu. Amobeda in his ruling on Wednesday also granted the prayers of the defendant, Agba Jalingo, a journalist and rights
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Agba Jalingo Receives Gani Fawehinmi Impact And Integrity Award In Prison
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- December 11, 2019
By Patrick Obia Detained journalist, Human Right Activist and Publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo has won the Gani Fawehinmi Impact and Integrity Award (GFIIA) while in prison. Jalingo, “a prisoner of conscience” according to Amnesty International, is confirmed with the whistle-Blowers Award (WBA 2019) in recognition of his impartial commitment to integrity to humanity
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EDITORIAL: Buhari’s Lawlessness, Our Stand
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- December 11, 2019
“As a symbolic demonstration of our protest against autocracy and military-style repression, PUNCH (all our print newspapers, The PUNCH, Saturday PUNCH, Sunday PUNCH, PUNCH Sports Extra, and digital platforms, most especially Punchng.com) will henceforth prefix Buhari’s name with his rank as a military dictator in the 80s, Major General, and refer to his administration as
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‘I Won’t Get Fair Trial’ — Agba Jalingo Seeks Reassignment Of Case To Another Judge
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- December 10, 2019
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has asked the Federal High Court to reassign his case to another judge. Jalingo, who is standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy, terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Government of Cross River, said Simon Amobeda, the judge hearing the case, can no longer be