By Victoria Effiong Cross River State Civil Society Network (CCSN) major stakeholders and others joins the global community to mark World Environment Day 2021 with the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”. The world environment Day (WED) is an annual celebration slated for June 5 by the United Nation as a way to increase awareness and action by
By Maxwell Effiong Over thirty (30) pupils of Saint Peter’s Catholic Primary School Esuk Mbat, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State have been given new pair of school uniform, exercise books, pen, and pencil each by an NGO, Atycare Initiative. The NGO which is registered with the CAC to alleviate the plight of the
By Patrick Obia Rainforest Resource and Development Centre, RRDC, has sent SOS to 100 Boki Local Government Council (Cross River State) sons and daughters well placed in the society to rescue their God-given resources. The group in a letter signed by its Executive Director, Mr. Odey Oyama and addressed to the Boki stakeholders revealed that it had
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The protest by civil servants engaged by the Cross River State in 2017 and 2018 continued on Wednesday at the Governor’s office complex in Calabar over the non payment of salaries despite working over the years. The protests began on Tuesday, with the leader of the civil servants Mr. David disclosing that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Dozens of civil servants engaged in different Ministries, Departments, Agencies and parastatals of the Cross River State Government are currently protesting the non payment of salaries since they were engaged in 2017 and 2018. The civil servants who are carrying placards and banners are currently demonstrating in front of the Governor’s office
By Deji Lambo, Punch Newspaper A NGO, Legal Assistance and Citizens Rights Initiative (LACRI) has demanded a probe into the alleged shooting of a trader, Akaniyene Ezekiel, by a soldier of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Cross River State capital. In a petition addressed to the Nigerian Army and signed by the LACRI Director of
By Jonathan Ugbal The sleepy and serene community of Umodia, Mpam, Ekwereazu in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State came alive amidst heavy sighs and reflections from family, friends, comrades and colleagues of Innocent Chukwuma gathered to commit him to mother earth. Innocent passed away on April 3, 2021 leaving behind four Amazons
By Arinze Chijioke, International Policy Digest Arinze Chijioke traveled to Opuama, a community in Nigeria’s Delta State, to report on the impact of an oil spill that had devastated many local families. The time was 10 am in late March. Over 60 women, old and young, gathered outside the house of 90-year-old Julius Loboh, the