Agba Jalingo
8 Feb 2020
The Cross River State government has finally admitted involvement in the prosecution of Agba Jalingo, publisher of news portal, CrossRiverWatch.
5 Feb 2020
Former governorship candidate of Peoples Progressive Alliance (PPA), Goddie Akpama, has faulted Governor Ben Ayade’s claim that the detention of the online publisher of CrossRiverWatch, Mr. Agba Jalingo, is by the Federal Government and not him.
8 Jan 2020
For living up to the responsibility of his vocation and professional calling and for also daring to report the sleaze observed in the Five Hundred Million
29 Dec 2019
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations has said they would continue mass protest until the Federal Government releases Agba Jalingo, El zakzaky
11 Dec 2019
In his quest for fair hearing, Agba Jalingo, the journalist standing trial for treason in Calabar, Cross River State has asked the Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court to reassign his case
29 Nov 2019
The secret trial of a Nigerian journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo, who has been charged for treason, has again, been stalled in Calabar, Cross River State amid heavy security presence.
13 Nov 2019
The “secret trial” of a journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo, began yesterday in Calabar with journalists, lawyers and others allegedly locked out. The publisher, who is believed to be incarcerated by Governor Ben Ayade...
29 Oct 2019
A political pressure group, Concerned Nigerians, has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the United States (U.S.) to commence an investigation into the growing clampdown on press freedom and freedom of expression in Cross River State.
25 Oct 2019
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has granted leave to the prosecution to mask its witness in a case between the state...
19 Oct 2019
Worried by the continued detention and trial of journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo, in Calabar, Cross River State, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called on the state Governor, Ben Ayade, to drop all charges against him and restore his freedom.
18 Oct 2019
The trial of human rights activist and journalist, Agba Jalingo, has again been stalled at the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State.
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