By Jonathan Ugbal The criminal trial of Nigerian journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo, for alleged acts of terrorism and treasonable felony over an article he wrote in July 2019 has been adjourned until February 2022 for hearing. At the resumption of hearing on the matter on Thursday before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Calabar
By Jonathan Ugbal The Cross River State Government has written to the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court to adjourn the trial of Nigerian journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to a date in October. Mr. Jalingo risks a death sentence or at best, a life sentence if convicted for any of the four
By Jonathan Ugbal Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu and Justice Rosemary Dugbo have been assigned Courts 1 and 2 respectively in the Calabar division of the Federal High Court. Both are replacing Justice Sule Shuaibu and Justice Simon Amobeda who have been reassigned to the Benin and Maiduguri divisions of the Court respectively. They are to resume
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A new date has been taken in the case between Cross River Microfinance Bank vs Agba Jalingo and CrossRiverWatch. The case with number HC/296/2019 is adjourned to Monday February 11, 2021 for commencement of hearing. Jalingo was remanded in prison custody for 145 by Justice Simon Amobeda. Prior to arraignment, he was
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian Government has written Citizen Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist who was incarcerated for 179 days for alleged acts of treason and terrorism after an opinion article he published over his support for inmates in a prison facility in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar. “I write in appreciation to acknowledge
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, on Friday, convicted two fraudsters arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convicts, Okanezi Tamunonengiyeofori and Unuafe Oghenetejiri, were convicted on separate one-count of impersonation and obtaining by
By Patrick Obia Documents obtained by CrossRiverWatch suggests that Justice Simon Amobeda of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Dr. Stephen Odey as the validly nominated candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the October 31 senatorial by-election in
By Jonathan Ugbal A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda has dismissed a fundamental rights suit seeking the declaration of the refusal of the Cross River House of Assembly to confirm the state’s former acting Chief Judge on the basis of her origin on the grounds that the