Olawale Bakare
IN THIS PHOTO: CrossRiverWatch publisher and rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo raises both hands outside the Medium Custodial Center of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Calabar, the Cross River State capital (popularly referred to as Afokang prison) to celebrate his release after 179 days in detention following his admission to bail by Justice Sule Shuaibu of the Calabar Division of the Federal High Court. 17/2/2020. Credit: CrossRiverWatch/Oto-Obong Clement
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Agba Jalingo: ECOWAS Court Awards N30mln Against Nigerian Government Over Illegal Detention, Treatment Of Journalist

By Jonathan Ugbal The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Friday awarded NGN30 million (USD72,922) against the Nigerian Government over its illegal treatment and detention of journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo. The Court in suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/10/20 upheld the prayers of civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which had instituted the suit

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#RevolutionNow: Lagos Mobile Court Discharge And Acquits Jalingo, 18 Others

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  • August 5, 2020

By Jonathan Ugbal A Mobile Court in Lagos state has discharged and acquitted 19 members of the RevolutionNow movement arrested earlier today by men of the Nigerian Police Force. Journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo facing trial for alleged acts of treasonable felony due to an article he wrote in July 2019, was among the

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Justice Amobeda Recuses Self, Orders Provision Of Electronic Verbatim Recorder, Agba Jalingo To Spend Christmas Behind Bars

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  • December 11, 2019

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Simon Amobeda of the Calabar division of the Federal High Court has recused himself in case number FHC/CA/59C/2019, referring the case file to the administrative Judge of the division, Justice Sule Shuaibu. Amobeda in his ruling on Wednesday also granted the prayers of the defendant, Agba Jalingo, a journalist and rights

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Sowore, Bakare And Jalingo Declared Prisoners Of Conscience By Amnesty International

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  • November 20, 2019

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Amnesty International has declared human rights defenders Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo prisoners of conscience, as they have faced ongoing arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Nigerian authorities at both Federal and State levels have repeatedly targeted human rights defenders, activists

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