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 CrossRiverWatch Admin The Gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2019 general election in Cross River, Eyo Ekpo has expressed fears that the recent call to action by Boki council boss, John Ewa to checkmate the activities of loggers may not achieve meaningful success due to the nature of the business, Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chairman of the Boki Local Government Council, John Ewa has issued a 3-week ultimatum to illegal loggers operating in the council area. CrossRiverWatch has in recent times shared videos and published materials about the massive logging going on in that Local Government Area. And, in what seemed more like a call
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 A combined team of Police and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday (Sunday) arrested a half loaded truck containing wood suspected to be gotten from illegal logging at Rabana roundabout in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The truck is said to have disguised the wood and
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has posited in several fora that the state will effectively manage her forest reserves. But are his aides and family members hiding under the pretext of anti – logging task forces to monopolize the market? Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that there may be some shady dealings
By Jonathan Ugbal A specie of tree known as ‘Madrid’ which produces hard wood that does not rot has been massively logged successfully in Obudu and Obanliku local government areas of northern Cross River State investigations by CrossRiverWatch reveal. Madrid as it is referred to; is known as ‘Unanu’ in Bette which is the dialect