By Jonathan Ugbal In what seemed to be against the run of play in Cross River politics, the people of Kakwe village in Beebo community of Boki Local Government Area on Sunday rolled out their drums, masquerades and celebrated federal lawmaker, Hon. Peter Akpanke who is representing another constituency. Beebo is one of over one
By Jonathan Ugbal and Maxwell Effiong Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade penultimate weekend donated NGN10 million as his support to the Beebo/Bumaji self help road construction project. Beebo/Bumaji communities which hosts over 54,000 people are remotely located in Eastern Boki, accessible only by a lone rugged 10.2 km road from Bateriko whose difficult terrain makes
By Jonathan Ugbal and Maxwell Effiong Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Mali, Soni Abang last weekend called for drastic action from communities over the massive logging going on in Eastern Boki local government area of central Cross River State. Abang, a former two-term Chairman of the People Democratic Party in Cross River State said the level
Saturday 8 December, 2018 would go down history as one of the most important days in the history of Boki local government and Cross River State at large as warring communities, Okwabang and Beebo whose clashes have left many dead and properties worth millions of Naira destroyed, were united to present the Vice Chancellor of
By Andy Ukweni The Police in Cross River State have confirmed the death of three in the Okwabang and Beebo crisis. CrossRiverWatch had reported that at least two died when both communities clashed over a piece of farmland in the eastern Boki communities. And, the Cross River Police Command on Monday, in a statement signed
By Jonathan Ugbal Information reaching CrossRiverWatch suggests that two Boki east communities; Okwabang and Beebo are currently at war. Boki is located in central Cross River State and hosts a vast amount of the state’s rainforest reserve. And, despite the presence of the Police and officials of the Nigerian Army, two have been killed in