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Ayade, Ibas, Ayine, Three Other Cross Riverians Make 437-Man List For National Honors

By Jonathan Ugbal and Ogar Monday Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade, the former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, and the former Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Anthony Mkpe Ayine, have made the list of nominees to be awarded National Honors on October 11, 2022, at the State House in Abuja

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Breaking News Politics

Cross River: PDP Chieftain Decries Politicizing Ogoja Rice, Says Single Grain Yet To Be Produced

By Judex Okoro, The Sun Newspaper Controversy has continued to trail Cross River Governor Ben Ayade’s industrialization programs, with a chieftain of the State’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Dorn Cklaimz Enamhe, decrying the politicization of Ogoja Rice, insisting that not a single grain of rice has been produced by the factory. Penultimate week, PDP

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Breaking News International News Reports

Governor Ayade Visit British Ambassador To Nigeria, Consoles Them

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has consoled the people of the United Kingdom over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Governor Ayade visited the British Ambassador to Nigeria, Catriona Wendy Campbell today to condole with them. He signed the condolence register of late Queen Elizabeth II.

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Police Invite CrossRiverWatch Publisher To Abuja, Jalingo Says He Needs Flight Ticket From Lagos, Accommodation, And Feeding

By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police in Abuja have invited the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Citizen Agba Jalingo. The invitation is in connection with the petition by Mrs. Alami Frank Ayade, wife of Gov. Ben Ayade’s younger brother, Frank Ayade. Recall that on August 19, 2022, unidentified Policemen barricaded Jalingo’s Lagos residence, and held his wife, and

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Breaking News Opinion

Ruminations: If Only The Emperor Had Known … BY AGBA JALINGO

You locked me up in jail for the first time for six months for doing nothing to you. You put me on a three years trial for horrible crimes like terrorism, treasonable felony, cultism, and an attempt to overthrow the government. My younger brother, Agbibia, who worked with me, died while you incarcerated me and

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Police Held Me Incommunicado In Abuja Abattoir Cell – Agba Jalingo

Activist and publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, who was arrested by the police in his Lagos home and whisked to Abuja allegedly on the order of the wife of the younger brother of the Governor of Cross River State, speaks to GODFREY GEORGE of Punch Newspaper about his experience. What led to your recent arrest by the

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Breaking News Investigation Reports

Investigation: Cross River State Government Awarded 40 Contracts Worth Over N6.9 Billion In Violation Of Procurement Law

By Archibong Jeremiah Godswill Eteng, a native of Nko community in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River state, was shocked to hear that the state government had built a new Model School worth N145,015,738.88 in his community. He first imagined it must be an error because he lives in the community and has neither

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BREAKING: Police Grant Agba Jalingo Bail After Hiding Him For Hours

By Jonathan Ugbal The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of the Nigeria Police Force has granted CrossRiverWatch Publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo bail after hiding him from his lawyers and other activists for hours. Mr. Jalingo was arrested at his Ogudu residence in Lagos State on Friday following a petition from Mrs. Elizabeth Alami Ayade, the

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