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EXCLUSIVE: Ayade To Spend N27,150,818,173.16 On Social Services Personnel And Overhead Cost

By Archibong Jeremiah The Cross River State Government according to the 2019 budget will be spending N27,150,818,173.16 on Personnel and Overhead Cost under Social Services subhead (Schedule 1). The schedule has four groups, the groups and their assigned total is as follows: Education Personnel Cost: 17,913,830,509.60 Overhead Expenditure: 1,453,042,354.14 Total Recurrent: 19,366,872,863.74 Health Personnel Cost:

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#FreeJalingoNow: Because … BY FIRST BABA ISA

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

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Jalingo’s Arrest Related To #RevolutionNow Protests – Christian Ita, Ayade’s CPS

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

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Let Nothing Happen To Jalingo – ACROJ Tells Police, Alleges Evil Gang Up Against Press Freedom In Cross River

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

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BREAKING NEWS: Police Arrest Agba Jalingo In Lagos, To Be Transferred To Calabar Tomorrow Morning

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

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When A Governor Becomes A Threat To Free Speech And Free Press BY AGBA JALINGO

My constant assertion that Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is a threat to free speech and a free press in Cross River State has been challenged by some of his aides who also want me to proof my allegation with facts. The thing about this administration is that, in the same manner they

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Cross River State Government Did Not Lose N1.01b Revenue In Akamkpa, Petition To EFCC Is Political – Consultant

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Revenue consultants in Cross River State, Flourishing Vine Unique Services Limited has denied allegations that the State Government has lost over N1.01 billion as revenue to the activities of consultants. Tue Consulting firm was recently petitioned to the EFCC but a group under the name “Concerned Cross River State Indigenes” in an advertorial

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Governor Ayade List New Appointees, Promise More Says “Monkey Work Monkey Chop”

By Patrick Obia The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade is set to make appointments, promising to reward loyal party members who delivered their polling units, saying “monkey work, monkey chop”. This was contained in s press release signed by his Chief Cress Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, stressing that the appointments will therefore, in

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