By Magnus Effiong An advocacy group, ‘Think Cross River Initiative’ has given insight on why incessant communal clashes and killings, which had bedeviled the State for decades in many local government areas, reduced drastically within the past fifteen months. The initiator of the ‘Think Cross River Initiative’, Mr Edem Darlington, who made the disclosure in…
Participants from Ikot Ekong community, Akpabuyo LGAi n a group photograph after the training. By Anietie Akpan The Nkori Rural Women Development Initiative (NRWDI) has trained 120 women in some coastal communities of Cross River state on climate change impacts and the critical role of mangroves in mitigating these impacts. The capacity building training programme…
Hon Unyime Idem, (in white sutan) chatting with some members of the Gas Pipeline Leak communities at the site. By Anietie Akpan The Federal Lawmaker representing Ukanafun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency, Hon Unyime Idem, has lambasted Savannah Energy over gas pipeline leak ín Akwa Ibom state saying there is no surveillance. Idem showed his resentment at…
Large scale immature and under-girth sizes of Tropical High Forest Timber in the Chinese company logged illegally in the Okuni community forest, its environs, By Anietie Akpan A petition from the Rainforest Resource & Development Centre (RRDC) has caused the Cross River State House of Assembly. (CRHA) to set up a special committee to investigate…
By Itam Offor The State House of Assembly has set up a Special Committee to investigate alleged illegal wood processing in Okuni community by a Chinese company operating without due registration with relevant authorities. The Special Committee has; HON Egbe Abeng Chairman, while Hon Martins Achadu, Bette Philip Obi, Thomas Aruku, Eyo Bassey and Odey…
By Anietie Akpan Cross River state government has uncovered several illegal mining sites in the state and some culprits have been arrested. This huge catch is collaborative effort, comprising representatives from the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and the Cross River State Government, under the State Taskforce on Illegal Mining that conducted a…