By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The 10th Cross River State House of Assembly has pledged to tackle flood headlong in the State after Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) forecast. In a plenary held on Tuesday 18 July 2023, the member representing Yakurr 1 State Constituency, Honorable Cyril James Omini, proposed a motion calling on
By Premium Times Going by official tallies, Nigeria is currently experiencing one of its worst flood disasters, which has resulted in the death of hundreds of its citizens. Houses have been destroyed, farmland ruined, roads and bridges washed off. This nature’s rage, aggravated by the incompetence of public officials, has sparked humanitarian tragedies and fears
By Shola Oshunkeye, The Crest Listen To The Report Over 463 houses in three Local Government Areas in Cross River have been destroyed by windstorms, out of the 1,326 households worst affected by the effects of the windstorm. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the affected Local Government Areas were; Obudu, Yala, and
By Daniel Bernard, HumAngle Trademore estate in Lugbe, a suburb in Abuja, North-Central Nigeria has experienced devastating floods for years with no end in sight despite government knowledge. The negligence of government officials and some residents of Trademore estate located at Lugbe, a suburb in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has caused repeated flooding; claiming
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) over the weekend distributed relief materials to 1,112 households devastated by a windstorm that swept through four communities in Ikom Local Government of Cross River State. Ogomogom, Akorofono, Nkarasi and Abinti communities in Ikom Local Council bore the brunt of the windstorm, which pulled off roofs,
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Fire incident has destroyed economic crops worth millions of naira in Cross River communities of Agba, Bansan, and Obubra in Boki Local Government Areas of the State. The mysterious fire incident, destroyed economic crops such as cocoa, plantain, banana, oil palm trees, bush mango and avocado peer, in an area span of
By Efa Sunday A young Cross Riverian, identified as Mr. Olyma Bill Ogbeche has accused the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of politicking with the disbursement of relief materials to displaced persons across the country and Cross River State in particular. Ogbeche made this accusation via his twitter handle @Olymzo, while commenting on a statement of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin CrossRiverWatch has obtained pictures of the trail of destruction following the communal war between Estong and Befre in Busi village of Obanliku local government area of Cross River State. As earlier reported by CrossRiverWatch, the State Emergency Management Agency and the zonal office of the National Emergency Management Agency have visited