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 Nigerian journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo will on November 25th take plea for the fourth time in his criminal trial over an article he wrote in 2019 demanding for the whereabouts of the NGN500 million approved and released by the Cross River State Government for the floating of the State’s Microfinance
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 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 Ushang Ewa The publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo has been released after 179 days of incarceration. He was admitted to bail last week by Justice Sule Shuaibu and perfected the bail conditions on Friday. However, he was released moments ago. More details later…
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Federal High court sitting in Nigeria’s southern port city of Calabar and presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu has admitted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to bail. This was after Justice Simon Amobeda had denied him bail on October 4th and 30th, 2019 as well as 175 days after his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The prosecution of journalist, Agba Jalingo took another twist on Thursday morning as the Cross River State government has reverted to the initial charges of treason, terrorism, cultism and attempt to topple the Cross River state government against him. Jalingo was docked before Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Calabar division of the