By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Calabar division of the Federal High Court has upheld its decision to ensure that the trial of Agba Jalingo, a journalist and rights activist continues in secret. Justice Simon Amobeda in his ruling on Tuesday on the application by Mr. Jalingo to modify it’s order of October 23, 2019 to mask
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A football competition for inmates of the medium security custodial center of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Nigeria’s port city of Calabar will kick off on Monday. The first match of the tournament starts by 10:00AM and it is in honor of Mr. Agba Jalingo, a journalist and rights activist who is
Exactly twenty years after Nigeria supposedly got rid of men in camouflage, the country’s democracy is experiencing a nosedive in ways that words alone cannot adequately capture. Ironically, members of the judiciary appear to be aiding the attack against Nigeria’s democracy. An example is the recent ruling in Agba Jalingo’s case in Calabar, where the
By Ushang Ewa The trial of rights activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo suffered a setback on Thursday as the prosecution counsel, Mr. Dennis Tarhemba asked the Court to take a “short date” in order for him to file his written response to the issues raised by the defendants in their counter affidavit to his motion
I am constrained to put this up as representing my view as a stakeholder in Cross River State. Through the length and breath of Nigeria since 2015 we have witnessed unprecedented display of executive rascality though the Legislature is the easy whipping dog of all and sundry. No one cares that much about the Judiciary
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Grand Administrator and National President of the Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosae Cruscis, AMORC in Nigeria, Dr. Kenneth Idiodi, has described as undeniable, the many laudable achievements recorded by the Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, in office within such a short time. Idiodi made the
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has called for the federal government to invest in the state’s 13 year old Carnival Calabar to make it a truly strong African brand. Mr. Ayade who described the hosting of the Abuja Carnival as a competition to the state’ Carnival, made the
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River Government has announced that it will commence investigation into the alleged ordering of a student of Edgerley memorial girls secondary school in Calabar, the state capital by a Green Sheriff personnel to pack refuse after littering the street. This was contained in statement signed by the spokesperson to Governor