By Emma Una, Vanguard Newspaper Two widows, Mrs. Martina Osom and Mrs. Rose Akon, were tortured to death by youths in Ebbaken community, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State over witchcraft allegations on Saturday. An eye witness, a son-in-law to one of the widows, told Vanguard that both women were returning from
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper A 19-year-old Senior Secondary School student, Stella Ndoma, has cried out over the murder of her father, Chief Mbayin Ndoma a.k.a. Otisco, in his hometown in Cross River State, and is seeking justice. Stella called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, and the Cross River State Police Commissioner, Aminu
By Kehinde Ogunyale Climate Tracker traveled to a southern community in Nigeria and spoke to farmers who considered wildlife migration and conservation a threat to their farming businesses.Having spent his entire life surrounded by forest, Kyrien Ojong (52) considered no other business as good as farming in Bamba community, located in southern Nigeria. All of
By Eyo Charles, Daily Trust Newspaper Listen To The Report Militants of Ambazonia, a separatist group in South West Cameroon, have killed at least 20 people in a community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. Chief Cletus Obun, a former member of Cross River House of Assembly and an aspirant for House
By Kehinde Ogunyale Listen To The Report “With a N20,000 bribe, an external buyer can influence the youth in host communities in Cross River State, to cut down trees from the forest illegally.” Traveling into the Cross River forest as a researcher – let alone a reporter – to investigate the increasing impact of deforestation
By Eyo Charles, Daily Trust Listen To The Report Women group in Bunyia community of Boki LGA of Cross River State has embarked on the project of planting turmeric. The purpose is for the group, with membership running close to 50, to pull their resources together and boost their incomes as individuals and groups. The
By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report Some members of the Okwango community, in Boki Local Government Area, a host community of the Cross River State National Park, and the World Conservation Society, WCS, program have bemoaned the organization and the Government for abandoning them and letting them suffer despite an existing ban on illegal
By Cornelius Umoh The Abo Bonabe community of Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State says it needs of NGN6 million to complete a self-help access bridge project. The project requires over NGN8 million and about NGN2 million has been raised following concerted efforts led by the Councillor representing Abo ward, Pius Osang, the