By Ushang Ewa Amidst growing outcries for the release of the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, an online news portal and activist, Agba Jalingo, the Chief Executive Officer, Young Igbo Empowerment Foundation, Mr Bright Ezeocha has expressed fear that the detained journalist is being persecuted for his stance on corruption. Ezeocha who is also the former President
I am constrained to put this up as representing my view as a stakeholder in Cross River State. Through the length and breath of Nigeria since 2015 we have witnessed unprecedented display of executive rascality though the Legislature is the easy whipping dog of all and sundry. No one cares that much about the Judiciary
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the reported harassment of the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Agba Jalingo was arrested on August 22 in Lagos State before he was moved to Cross River. He has since been charged with criminal offences. Mr. Jalingo
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A High Court of Cross River State sitting in Calabar presided over by Justice Isoni Francisca has set Friday, September 13, 2019 to deliver its ruling on a motion of jurisdiction entered by the Police in an enforcement of fundamental human rights suit filed by journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo who has
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By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana recently promised to confront the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, over the prolonged detention of a Journalist, Agba Jalingo by the Cross River State Police Command. Falana, who was the guest speaker at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with the
By Patrick Obia African United Journalism Awareness Center, has condemned in entirety, the arrest of media practitioners in respect of what they wrote. Mr. Jackson Isimeme who reacted to a Facebook post warned that, the courts and the judges should stop conniving with “Oppressive Police Force” to turn the fourth estate of the realm an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, Executive Director at Project Alert on Violence Against Women alongside 221 others have signed a petition against the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Austin Agbonlahor. The petition is by Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) on grounds of human rights violation of its member, Mr. Agba Jalingo who has