Every community prays for access roads to attract development and ease livelihood. In 2016, the Enugu State government constructed a nine-kilometer road network from Obechara, Ugwuechara down to Ikenga Hotels junction. Ben Aron, The Whistler, in this report, portrays how this celebrated road has endangered Umuwalugwu village in Umakashi community of Nsukka LGA. The Genesis
Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State was invaded in December 2022 by alleged herders. The attacks continued, resulting in the displacement of many inhabitants, death of scores and burning of houses and farmlands. Ben Aroh of The Whistler examines its implications for the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Voting Strength Of Eha-Amufu
By Anietie Akpan, Guardian Newspaper Cross River community has protested against the perceived poor quality of work done as the World Bank ends its multi-billion-naira erosion control projects in 19 States of the country. The bank had, in an effort to check Erosion in the country, carried out projects in Cross River and 18 other
By Asare Asare, Daily Post Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has issued strong caution to residents of erosion-prone areas in Calabar, and other towns in Cross River State to desist from blocking drainages. The Project Coordinator who doubles as the Commissioner for International Development Cooperation in the State, Dr. Inyang Asibong said clogging
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Years of coal mining in some communities in Enugu State and attendant negligence of those mining sites are now leading to dangerous environmental degradation that threatens those communities. In this report, Ben Aroh, who visited Enugu North, Udi and Ezeagu local government areas of Enugu State where the mines are
By Jonathan Ugbal No fewer than two thousand homes may in the long run lose their homes if the threats on Akpaven Integrated Services, the contractor handling the four fingers of the Ikot Nkebre gully erosion project for the Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) are not curbed. CrossRiverWatch visited the community last week
By Our Reporter Calls to the Cross River State government to intervene in the worsening erosion situation around the Parliamentary extension in Calabar have refused to receive government attention with several homes caving in daily and residents left stranded. In a several reports done by CrossRiverWatch, residents of several locations in Calabar have cried for
By Ushang Ewa A huge ravine caused by erosion is threatening residents in Parliamentary and Akai Effa axis of Calabar with a resident decrying the rapid pace of expansion of the ravine and the danger it poses. In a post titled “OUR RAVINE IS MOVING TO THE PERMANENT SITE” on Facebook, UD Ofem, a resident