By CrossRiverWatch Admin Barrister Attah Ochinke has been elected as the new Chairman of Doyen Bar – Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Calabar Branch. He takes over from Barrister Paul Ebiala. In another news, Mr. Joseph Odok has been set free of his terrorism charges. Justice Rosemary Dugbo-Oghoghorie of Federal High Court 2 Calabar struck out
My persecution began on October 21st 2016 when my car was confiscated by the order of an Cross River State Mobile Court. The Federal Road Safety in conspiracy with the Cross River State Government became an extortionist organ with Mobile Court’s set everywhere in Cross River State to generate money for the Government. I had
By CrossRiverWatch Admin In his first public statement after his release on from prison, Joseph Odok, a Nigerian lawyer charged with terrorism for criticising Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade, has called for the release of a Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, from prison. Mr. Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, is facing treason charges. He was arrested on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar has admitted a lawyer and critic of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State charged with terrorism to bail. In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda said the defendant had shown “exceptional circumstances” to permit the Court to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High Court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar on Friday adjourned the bail hearing for Joseph Odok, a lawyer charged with terrorism and cybercrime for criticizing Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State until Tuesday, January 21 at the instance of the prosecution. Justice Simon Amobeda who presides
For living up to the responsibility of his vocation and professional calling and for also daring to report the sleaze observed in the Five Hundred Million (N500, 000,000.00) Naira appropriated and approved for Cross River Micro Finance Bank, Agba Jalingo was hounded like a common criminal from his home in Lagos in the middle of
By Kelvin Ololo, Patrick Obia and Blessing Araga August 22 has been declared ‘Press Freedom Day’ by a collation of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Cross River State and Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The group also decorated Citizen Agba Jalingo as ‘Icon of Press Freedom in
By Jonathan Ugbal and Patrick Obia A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has reserved November 21, 2019 for its ruling on the bail application of Barrister Joseph Odok, a critic of Governor Ben Ayade facing trial for alleged cyber crimes and terrorism. The case is presided over by Justice