By Sylvia Felix, Theresa Augustine and Isioma Amifor Civic Activist and Media Practitioners Forum Lead, Gabriel Adim, has called for civic atmosphere where citizens can express themselves without undue stifling. Comrade Adim made the assertion on episode 265 of “The Dailogue With Agba Jalingo” on Hit 95.9 FM, Calabar where he featured as a guest
The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo is a topical radio program which airs on Hit95.9FM Calabar, Sundays 6-7pm. Introduction The civic space is a concept rather than a physical space that created by a set of universally-accepted rules, which allow people to organise, participate and communicate with each other freely and without hindrance, and in doing
By Victoria Effiong In a bid to promote open governance practices and accountability in extractive industries, civic space actors gathered for a capacity building on public engagement and participatory governance last weekend in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This was part of the Power for Voices Partnership (PVP) Fair For All Project which covers
By Admin Haruna Mohammed Salisu, publisher of WikkiTimes, an online newspaper, and his family have been threatened following the publication of an investigative report exposing how Yakubu Dogara, a former Speaker of the House of Representative and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) squandered N1 billion constituency school projects. The investigation revealed that the former Speaker
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch undercover reporter has obtained video footage of troop of Policemen numbering over 15 positioned around the #June12 protest venue – secretariat of Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) which houses the foremost investigative media in Cross River State. Watch…
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police authorities just made a sharp u-turn and demanded Citizen Agba Jalingo, Mr. Jonathan Ugbal and Barrister James Ibor to return to the station. According to CrossRiverWatch intelligence report, the officer who called them back is one female ACP who’s details are being investigated requested for them. The ACP had invited
By Patrick Obia and Rachel Idim “I am pleased to announce to you that whatever has a beginning has an end, I think today should be the end of our sitting. I came, I saw and I conquered. Let’s not say it’s a good end but a beautiful end. The panel has been one of
Early into Ayade’s Government, it was the EFCC they began with. In 2015, agents of Ayade administration made all kinds of wild allegations against former Director of the Cross River State Internal Revenue Service, Dr. Peter Oti. Operatives were sent from the then zonal office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt to bundle Oti from