By Patrick Obia And Araga Blessing Following the World Day to End Impunity and Crimes Against Journalists on 2nd November every year, veteran journalists, Richard Akinnola and Cletus Ukpong, have called on practicing journalists to put in their best and not allow financial benefits be their focus. The veterans gave the admonition while speaking as
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has described as bizarre, jaundiced and uniformed, Times Magazine’s publication on Agba Jalingo’s treason trial. A statement issued in Calabar, expressed disappointment at Times Magazine’s mischief and idiocy. “It beats the imagination as to why an international news medium of Times Magazine’s standing feeds its readers with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In marking the 2019 day of “Ending Impunity Against Journalists” a former Presidential candidate has knocked the Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade over the incarceration of Citizen Agba Jalingo. Victor Okhai, a renowned journalist faulted the Cross River State Government for violating the rights of Jalingo over an investigation of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin More than a year after he was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi remains at the top of a list of the most serious threats to press freedom. The list — released each month by the One Free Press Coalition, which was created by a dozen news
When I think of this course, I imagine 1,000 McDonald’s double cheeseburgers in America; 76 premier league tickets in England; two pet kangaroos in Australia; and 5,000sqm of land in Nigeria. All of these can be bought with 2,200 American dollars, the same amount required to take a Public Narrative course at Harvard Kennedy School’s
By Archibong Jeremiah Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President, Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian State Governors and other
By Archibong Jeremiah The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has made several recommendation to the President Muhammad Buhari in a view to ensuring that freedom of press is not gagged. SERAP made the call in a new report launched in Lagos on Wednesday. The report which was prepared by SERAP in conjunction with National Endowment
By Jonathan Ugbal The federal high court has adjourned hearing on the trial of journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo until November 5 and 6th, 2019 for continuation. Justice Simon Amobeda gave the ruling after hearing arguments from counsels of both parties in the case. The counsel to the prosecution, Dennis Tarhemba, a Deputy Superintendent