Because… In Nigeria arrest is used as a punishment, arrest is used to disgrace citizens, arrest is used to show that “I pass my neighbor”, arrest is used to flex both political and economic muscles. Because… Agba Jalingo wrote about the grand corruption in the Cross River State microfinance bank, they invited him for questioning
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police has arrested the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, a Cross River State-based newspaper, Agba Jalingo. An editor of the paper, Archibong Jeremiah, told PREMIUM TIMES about the development, Thursday evening. He said Mr. Jalingo was arrested at his Lagos residence and taken to SARS office
By Jonathan Ugbal A former Attorney General And Commissioner for Justice in Cross River State, Mr. Eyo Ekpo has said that the Police had rescheduled its August 26, 2019 invitation handed the Chairman of the Cross River chapter of the African Action Congress, Mr. Agba Jalingo to answer to a petition to September 3, 2019.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release Gentlemen of the press, at about 4:25pm today, 22/08/2019, men of the Nigerian Police identified to as Intelligence Response Team (IRT), in a commando style, invaded the privacy of one of us, Mr. Agba Jalingo, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of CrossRiverWatch and criminally whisked him away. We have been reliably informed that the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Details have emerged how men of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad arrested the Chairman of the African Action Congress in Cross River State, Mr. Agba Jalingo after harassing staff in his wife’s office. Mr. Jalingo, a critic of the Cross River State Government was arrested around 2:00PM on Thursday in his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom has confirmed that Comrade Agba has been taken into custody by men of the Nigeria Police Force. Comrade Agba is the Publisher of CrossRiverWatch arrest is in connection with the invitation recently served him by the Police. He currently being held custody at Federal SARS, Ikoyi GRA and is being prepared
The glow of satisfaction and achievement that adorned Governor Ayade’s face, as he appraised himself after the test run of power evacuation from the 23 megawatts Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO), power plant he has constructed in Calabar, was very memorable. He doubled the excitement by renaming the project after himself “Ayade Power Plant” according
The Nigerian Police in Calabar dropped their invitation for me at our office in Calabar yesterday (Friday) as I insisted. In case you aren’t abreast, I wrote an article about the Cross River State Microfinance bank in CrossRiverWatch and the Police say there is a complaint that the article is “conspiracy to cause a breach