A court order from the vacation judge of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, has stopped INEC from recognizing any candidate of the PDP for the Cross River Northern Senatorial by-election scheduled for October 31, 2020. Vacation for federal high courts ends tomorrow Friday September 25 and federal high courts are meant to resume
By Archibong Jeremiah Justice Simon Amobeda has varied an order he made last year in his ruling that the Court Registrar provide electronic verbatim recorder before proceedings in the case between the Federal Government versus Agba Jalingo continues. He also granted request by the Cross River State Government to take over the case from the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Simon Amobeda has ordered the Prison authority to produce Agba Jalingo in Court on Friday 7th February 2020. Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch was absent this morning as the Court sat. Reacting, James Ibor, Esq. Counsel to Jalingo was optimistic that the Prison authority will obey the order haven failed to produce
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 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
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, has asked the Federal High Court to reassign his case to another judge. Jalingo, who is standing trial on charges bordering on conspiracy, terrorism, treasonable felony and attempt to topple the Government of Cross River, said Simon Amobeda, the judge hearing the case, can no longer be
By Patrick Obia, Judicial Correspondent The criminal trial of Citizen Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, activist and pro democracy advocate has been stalled again. The trial which was adjourned to 2 December, 2019 suffered yet another set back as the trial and other matter relating to the case (Suit No: FHC/CA/59C/2019) is on hold until
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, lead defence Counsel to Journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo who is facing charges of treasonable felony and terrorism, has complained about the presiding judge, Mr. Justice Simon Amobeda of allegedly making extra-judicial statements that could compromise the integrity of the trial. The further affidavit was in furtherance of his