By CrossRiverWatch Admin As earlier reported our newsroom had obtained exclusively the Cross River State Government NGN1.116 trillion budget estimates for the 2020 fiscal year. Governor Ben Ayade had in November presented the budget estimates tagged “Olimpotic Meristemasis” before the House of Assembly. The budget has five sections namely general, law and justice, economic, regional
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade on Tuesday swore in 38 commissioners to complete his cabinet after 209 days in office. The Attorney General, Mr. Tanko Ashang was first sworn in on November 27th after he, alongside two other original nominees, Peter Egba and Asuquo Ekpenyong were forwarded to the House of
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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The editorial board of CrossRiverWatch says it will from December 25, 2019 publish in a series, some details of the Cross River State NGN1.116 trillion budget estimates for the 2020 fiscal year. A statement signed by the Editor, Charles Kalu said; “This is in line with our mission statement to contribute to
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
A picture that shows how Cross River State was run…once upon a time when our State Budget was nowhere near =N=100bn…speak less of =N=1 trillion. These documents were the result of very serious work done by the State Planning Commission under the leadership of Prof. Ndem Ndiyo. Those were the days when Cross River State
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to unconditionally release prisoners of conscience, Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo. Speaking at the Amnesty International Nigeria Human Rights Festival, Country Director Osai Ojigho says, although Nigeria has been able to put laws in place to protect the rights of it’s
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