Residents struggle with cows for drinking water from the same stream – Monarch It takes farmers three days to transport produce to LG headquarters for sale. No potable water, travelable road, electricity, or health facility. By Ike Uchechukwu, Vanguard Newspaper Residents of the Akwarinyi-Abu community, comprising 15 villages in Bekwarra Local Government Area, Cross River
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has announced plans to again flag off the construction of the Yahe-Wanihem-Benue Border road in Northern Cross River. The Governor, represented by his Deputy, Prof. Ivara Esu had in 2017 flagged off the construction of the road, promising that “the 36km road project is
By Ogar Monday Claim: A Twitter user posted a tweet with a picture of a bedridden man in a wheelchair, claiming it is former Nigerian goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, and suggesting that he is now sick. Verdict: False. The tweet claiming that Peter Rufai is sick and bedridden is misleading. The image used in the narrative
TOPIC Achieving Governance Agenda For An Inclusive Nigeria And Climate Change. INTRODUCTION Governance is the process of interaction through the laws, norms, power, or language of an organized society over a social system which includes family, tribe, formal or informal organization, territory, or across territories. Governance is delivered by the government of a state, or
By Patrick Obia Some traders at the Ika Ika Oqua (Marian) market of Calabar Municipal Local Government Area, Cross River State are currently counting losses as shops and goods worth millions of Naira have been razed down by fire. The fire, according to eyewitnesses, started in the early hours of Saturday 21 January 2023 at
By Patrick Obia The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has flagged off its three-year forest conservation program in eight communities in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Southern Cross River State. The program which is all about securing important forest resources for nature conservation, eco-tourism, sustainable natural forest resource management as well as maximizing forest potential and
By Our Reporter Policy Alert, a non-governmental organization working to promote economic and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, has announced that the US Consul General (Nigeria) Will Stevens will attend the first in a series of OpenGov Town Halls this Friday in Asaba, Delta State. The event is being organized under the auspices of
By Archibong Jeremiah Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade has appointed Commissioners for the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture and Natural Resources after the CrossRiverWatch investigation exposing the soya beans farm project contract award scandal. The two ministries had stayed without Commissioners for months before the CrossRiverWatch investigation revealed that the contract envisaged to