Tag: agba jalingo
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Court remands journalist Jalingo over publication ‘insulting’ Ayade’s in-law
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Justice Zainab Abubakar has remanded a journalist and publisher of an online medium, CrossRiverWatch, Agba Jalingo, at the Medium Security Custodial Center in Kuje, for allegedly publishing an article that was deemed ‘insulting’ to Mrs Elizabeth Ayade. Mrs Elizabeth Ayade is wife to the younger…
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Photos: Agba Jalingo regains freedom six months after arrest
Six months after he was detained, Publisher of Cross River Watch, Agba Jalingo, has been released from prison custody. He was released after meeting his bail condition. Jalingo, who was detained for allegedly writing articles criticizing Cross Rivers Governor Ben Ayade, was granted a N10m bail term last week. He was first arrested by the…
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Agba Jalingo granted N10m bail
A Federal High court in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Sule Shuaibu has admitted journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo to bail. Justice Shuaibu sat over the case for the first time after taking over from Justice Simon Amobeda who rescuse himself from the case following condemnations that trailed refusals to grant…
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SERAP drags Buhari, Ayade to ECOWAS Court over Agba Jalingo
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria and Cross River State Government to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over what it termed “the prolonged, arbitrary detention, unfair prosecution, persecution, and sham trial of journalist Agba Jalingo.” SERAP said Jalingo, who is the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on…