By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, the Nigerian journalist who has been incarcerated for over 172 days for alleged acts of terrorism and cybercrime following an article he wrote in July 2019 seeking accountability for half a billion Naira alleged to have been diverted by the Cross River State Government will on Thursday be docked before
By Archibong Jeremiah The unauthorised and illegal use of siren, revolving light, covered and spy plate numbers has been banned in Cross River State by the Police. Nkereuwem Akpan, Cross River State Commissioner of Police in a statement on his behalf by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo announced the ban which takes effect
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Nigerian authorities are building a third refugees camp in Cross River State for Cameroonian refugees due to the increasing number of those fleeing hostilities in their home country into parts of Nigeria. The Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River State Command Comptroller, Okey Ezugwu disclosed this over the weekend when he hosted a
By Archibong Jeremiah The Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Cross River State House of Assembly has began investigation into how N2.5 billion reserved fund approved to the State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade by the John Gaul led Eight (8) Assembly was expended. After receiving the N2.5 billion, till date how it was expended was not made
By Archibong Jeremiah Justice Simon Amobeda has varied an order he made last year in his ruling that the Court Registrar provide electronic verbatim recorder before proceedings in the case between the Federal Government versus Agba Jalingo continues. He also granted request by the Cross River State Government to take over the case from the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Human Rights group, Amnesty International has said that the federal government and the Cross River State government are manipulating the Nigerian criminal justice system to repress dissenting voices in violation of the 1999 constitution as amended as well as international and regional human rights treaties. Amnesty International also said that the continuous
By Archibong Jeremiah The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade to ECOWAS Court over the continued incarceration and rights abuse of Citizen Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch. The group made the disclosure via twitter yesterday after the ultimatum it gave the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of the March 28 Local Government polls in Cross River State, there is disquiet among stakeholders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over the selection of candidates. A group, Movement for Restoration of Cross River PDP and some members of the National Assembly have raised alarm over “affirmation” as mode