#June12Protest: Police Arrest Popular Activist, Others In Cross River

#June12Protest

Jalingo was first arrested on Friday over a petition that he was into gun running. Activist and publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo has been arrested by the police in Calabar, Cross River State, over the #June12Protest in the city. Jalingo was reportedly arrested at about noon in front of the online newspaper’s office … Read more

Trial Of Journalist, Agba Jalingo For March 1

Agba Jalingo

Jalingo is facing four counts of treasonable felony, terrorism, cultism, and an attempt to overthrow the Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River and President Muhammadu Buhari. Jalingo had been arrested on the orders of the governor on August 22, 2019, after he raised questions on the whereabouts of N500 million meant for the establishment of … Read more

Agba Jalingo Says He Won’t Stop Challenging Governor Ben Ayade

Nigerian Journalist, Agba Jalingo, has come out to narrate his ordeal in prison. Jalingo, who is the publisher of Cross River Watch,  was arrested on  August 22, 2019 and charged for treason by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. Speaking during an interview on TVC programme, Fire Works,  Jalingo refuted claims that were made … Read more

Group Gives Gov. Ayade Fourteen Days Ultimatum To Release Agba Jalingo

Ayade

The Igbo National Council has issued a 14-day ultimatum to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to release detained journalist, Agba Jalingo. The group’s President, Chilos Godsent, made this known at a press conference in Owerri, the Imo State capital. He warned that INC would storm Calabar, the Cross River capital in protest to … Read more