By Jonathan Ugbal Ferdinand Afor, a teenager was on Wednesday evening shot dead by a hunter in the forests of Wula in Boki Local Government Area of central Cross River State. Afor, 17, and his friends were said to have pitched a tent with some hunters to gather wild ukazi leaf (gnetum africanum) for sale
By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian House of Representatives at its plenary on Wednesday halted plans by the Joint Technical Team, JTT of the Cameroon-Nigerian Mixed Commission, CNMC to cede nearly 10,000 hectares of land in central Cross River State to the Republic of Cameroon as part of the October 10, 2002 ruling of the International
By News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Communities in Boki and Akamkpa Local Government Areas of Cross River State have said that stray gorillas and elephants are posing risk to them and their means of livelihood. They also expressed concern that the animals were beginning to pose threat to the lives of people in the communities,
By Francis Annagu, Florence Kekong and Farah Jolly In the Cross River State Rainforest, an average of 250 tons of timber is harvested daily; in 10 days, 2,500 tons are lost and within a year 91,250 tons of timber leave the State. As a result of deforestation, small trees and other forest products are destroyed.
By Patrick Obia “You are been raped and you are just helpless. I am a serving Chairman of APC, if I am not sure there is a guarantee that the next APC government will protect our forest, I have no business voting for them because this whole thing begins and ends on the desk of
By Patrick Obia Stakeholders and deforestation activists in Cross River State have called on the electorates not to vote for any candidate not ready to protect the forests and other natural reserves. The admonition was from a one-day multi-stakeholder conference with a focus on ending deforestation in Cross River State, organized by We The People
By Patrick Obia The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State capital has reaffirmed former Attorney-General of the State, Attah Ochinke Esq. as the authentic candidate of Ikom/Boki federal constituency for the 2023 elections under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A legal practitioner, Barrister First Baba Isa disclosed this on his Facebook handle stating
By Jonathan Ugbal The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday paraded a native of Irruan in Boki Local Government Area of central Cross River State, John Ewa and three others for kidnapping. Mr. Ewa, who also goes by the name of John Lyon was nabbed by operatives of Operation Puff Adder