By Ogar Monday Listen To The Report A Non-Governmental Organization, Rainforest Resource, and Developmental Center, RRDC, has asked the Cross River State Government to furnish it with a detailed report of a fallen trailer in Ikom, laden with suspected illegal timber. In the letter signed by Mr. Odey Oyama, the Executive Director of RRDC, and
Listen To The Article When we talk about climate change, it simply means the global phenomenon of climate transformation which are changes in the usual climate of the planet regarding temperature, and the wind among others, that are especially caused by human activities or inactivity. Though global warming is a term often used interchangeably with
By Jonathan Ugbal Following weeks of outcry by the concerned public over the activities of loggers in forests across the State, Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade on Thursday vowed to deal decisively with them. This is the second time in 10 months Mr. Ayade is making such vows after a similar one by him and
By Sylvia Akpan The Calabar South Local Government has donated an office space to the Earth Environment and Climate Care Ambassador (EECCA) in its bid to contribute in combating climate change. The EECCA was established in 2016 and is committed to the ideas of collective efforts to promoting environmental friendliness, climate safety, social justice, human
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Education, University of Calabar (UNICAL) joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2021 World Environment Day with the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”. The Deputy Vice Chancellor in her address enjoined participants not just to plant trees but also note
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
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has presented cash prizes totaling USD50,000 (NGN18,000,000 GBP36,997) and a brand new Ford Escape SUV to the winners of the 2017 Miss Africa pageant. Motswana, Gaseangwe Balopi had emerged winner and was handed USD35,000 cash with the key to the SUV by the Chief
By Ushang Ewa The 25 finalists for the 2017 edition of the Miss Africa beauty pageant will begin arriving Calabar, the Cross River State capital today (Saturday) a statement from the organizers says. This follows the conclusion of the auditions which held in several places across the African continent with reigning queen; Angola’s Neurite Mended