By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has appointed Commissioners for the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture and Natural Resources after the CrossRiverWatch investigation exposing the soya beans farm project contract award scandal. The two ministries had stayed without Commissioners for months before the CrossRiverWatch investigation revealed that the contract envisaged to
By Patrick Obia The 2022 Electoral Act in its section 84(12) warns that “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the Convention or Congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” The political appointees this section spells out
By Patrick Obia Listen To The Report The All Progressive Congress, APC, ward seven (7) youth leader in Calabar South, Mr. Emmanuel Joseph has been killed by trigger-happy Police officers. The incident occurred at the venue of the party’s primary – cultural center, Calabar which houses the Anti-cultism/kidnapping unit of the Nigerian Police Force. According
The Cross River State Commissioner for SDGs, Oliver Orok, has sued me and CrossRiverWatch, for N5 billion for allegedly calling him a “cultist” and/or gangster. “Cross River Micro-Finance Bank” has sued me and CrossRiverWatch, for libel and are asking for N2 billion Senator Florence Ita-Giwa wants to sue me and CrossRiverWatch, for N1 billion for
By Jonathan Ugbal Oliver Orok, the Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals in Cross River State, intends to present no fewer than four witnesses and seven documents in his libel suit against online Newspaper, CrossRiverWatch, its publisher, Agba Jalingo and a reporter, Ushang Ewa. Counsel to Orok, A. E. Oqua Esq, disclosed this during pre-trial in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A High Court of Justice sitting in Calabar and presided over by Justice Maurice Eneji has adjourned until December 9, for pretrial and possible hearing of a libel suit filed by the Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals in Cross River State, Oliver Orok against this Newspaper and two staff members. Agba Jalingo,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Commissioner for Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, Mr. Oliver Orok has dragged CrossRiverWatch and its publisher, Citizen Agba Jalingo to court over claims of character defamation. The SDG Commissioner lodged his complains at the State High Court, Calabar Judicial Division. See document below.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A meeting convened by commissioners in Cross River State to stage a protest over the ruling of the Supreme Court on the conduct of the Ward and Local Government congresses of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has ended in a brawl. A source at the meeting told CrossRiverWatch that the meeting which