By CrossRiverWatch Admin Listen To The Report The Cross River State Government received only about 15 percent of its statutory allocation from the Federation Account in March. According to the Punch Newspaper figures released show that out of the State’s gross allocation of N2.22bn, only N34.9m was received by the State as N2.18bn was deducted
By Patrick Obia The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Cross River chapter, Prince Mike Ojisi, has accused the State Government of threat to his life, family and party members. The opposition party’s Spokesman disclosed this in a petition addressed to the State Commissioner of Police, State headquarters, Calabar, stating that agents believed
Early in August 2015, CrossRiverWatch investigators were granted rare access, to ascertain the level of work in the 70 seater Dash 8-Q200 series aircraft with registration number 5N GRS which was purchased by the Liyel Imoke administration, from the Rivers State Government since 2013, and given to Aero to run the Calabar-Bebi route, but has
Today is July 26, 2021. The trial in Suit FHC/CA/59C/2019 between FRN and AGBA JALINGO, is scheduled to resume at the Federal High Court 1, along Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu. The court gave 26, 27, 28 July, for accelerated hearing. As usual, the State government, which has taken over the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Press Release As the world continues to battle with the novel Corona virus pandemic, the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) wishes to encourage all Cross Riverians and residents in the State to continue to observe all precautionary measure outlined by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in other to
By Jonathan Ugbal CrossRiverWatch has obtained the list of items donated by the Cross River State government to the isolation center at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar. The state had on March 13, issued a statement that it has donated items to the isolation center. A cursory look at the report of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has described as bizarre, jaundiced and uniformed, Times Magazine’s publication on Agba Jalingo’s treason trial. A statement issued in Calabar, expressed disappointment at Times Magazine’s mischief and idiocy. “It beats the imagination as to why an international news medium of Times Magazine’s standing feeds its readers with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian authorities should immediately release publisher Agba Jalingo and halt their harassment of journalists reporting on alleged corruption and other issues of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 22, in Lagos, Police Officers with Nigeria’s special anti-robbery squad arrested Jalingo, publisher of online news outlet CrossRiverWatch, according to