By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has joined the growing number of groups that have called on the Nigerian Government to free the detained Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, from prison. The union in a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said the travails of Mr. Jalingo appear to be “persecution
His election came with lots of expectations, given his background and profile, as a former Senator of the Federal Republic, a grassroots man and an erudite professor. Born as Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade not long ago in 1968, he had become one of the youngest serving Governors at the time of his inauguration in May 2015.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, the Nigerian journalist who has been incarcerated for over 172 days for alleged acts of terrorism and cybercrime following an article he wrote in July 2019 seeking accountability for half a billion Naira alleged to have been diverted by the Cross River State Government will on Thursday be docked before
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reiterated his confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari leadership. Ayade in an interview from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he accompanied president Buhari to the ongoing 33rd ordinary session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). He adjudged Buhari to have deep
By Archibong Jeremiah The Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Cross River State House of Assembly has began investigation into how N2.5 billion reserved fund approved to the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade by the John Gaul led Eight (8) Assembly was expended. After receiving the N2.5 billion, till date how it was expended was not made
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). The Daily Times reports that President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, confirmed this development on his Twitter account on Friday evening. The Nigerian leader, who
By Archibong Jeremiah Justice Simon Amobeda has varied an order he made last year in his ruling that the Court Registrar provide electronic verbatim recorder before proceedings in the case between the Federal Government versus Agba Jalingo continues. He also granted request by the Cross River State Government to take over the case from the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Former governorship candidate of Peoples Progressive Alliance (PPA), Goddie Akpama, has faulted Governor Ben Ayade’s claim that the detention of the online publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo, is by the Federal Government and not him. Reacting to the two video clips by Ayade on Jalingo’s detention, Akpama stated yesterday, “I have