By Patrick Obia Following the security challenges stirring at Cross River State and Nigeria on the face, Obol Lopon of Mkpani, Obol Sunday Obono; former lawmaker, Alex Irek and the Chairman, Preventive and Early Warning Committee of the Partner for Peace, Alhaji Shabaan Abdullahi, have said that all hands must be on deck to curb
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Our newsroom can confirm that Citizen Agba Jalingo will be arraigned tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Federal High Court Calabar (Highway opposite PDP Secretariat) Court room 2. The Court will seat by 9am prompt. Jalingo has been in Police custody for 33 days without trial. His detention and rights violation has been topical
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Police Force in Nigeria has failed to arraign rights activist and Journalist, Agba Jalingo, 33 days after his arrest. Mr. Jalingo who is the publisher of online news platform, CrossRiverWatch was criminally abducted from his Lagos residence on August 22, 2019 and was forced to embark on a 25 hour torturous
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Online Publisher Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has urged the Police and Nigerian authorities to drop all the outrageous charges preferred against, Mr. Agba Jalingo, a journalist and Publisher of Calabar-based news website, CrossRiverWatch and release him from detention immediately. OPAN in a statement by President, Austyn Ogannah and Daniel Elombah, General
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State House of Assembly is considering a bill to change the State owned technology University to a conventional institution. The bill seeks to change the name from Cross River University of Technology to Cross River University. The disclosure was made by the Speaker Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams when he
By Our Reporter Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has suspended the State Coordinator of Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), Mr. Balinwo Ofegobi. This is contained in a statement by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity on Monday in Calabar. He said that the suspension was
I have read a few post and comments from Ebonyi indigenes criticising their Governor, Engr. David Umahi for engaging close to five thousand appointees in his second term, and why that should not be, and I must say that I can relate with their concerns, having had this concerns as well previously. However, with the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau of Cross River State approved budget for 2019 is N1,049,093,337.97 only. According to the Cross River State Chart of account 2019 (General Administration) of the State budget exclusively obtained by our newsroom, the approved sum N1,049,093,337.97 is exactly what was earmarked for 2018. The office