By Our Correspondent Reports reaching CrossRiverWatch suggest that over 3,000 people have been displaced in the most recent communal clash in Cross River State involving communities in Busi, Obanliku local government area of northern Cross River. Findings by CrossRiverWatch reveal that the internally displaced people (IDPs) are natives of Busi 4 and fled their community
by crossriverwatch admin The NEMA Zonal Coordinator, South South, Mr Umesi Emenike has said that the climate change phenomenon would continue to induce natural disasters such as windstorm, rain storm, droughts, landslide and flooding. Mr. Emenike has therefore advised that Nigerians must remain committed in all programs aimed at mitigating such disasters. The zonal coordinator
by crossriverwatch admin Buanchor, a village in Boki Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State, where entire villages were almost washed off by landslide has been said to be the worst disaster in the South south in 2012. South-South zonal coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mr. Emenike Umesi said this during a regional
by Punch The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, has urged the National Boundary Commission, to find a lasting solution to the communal clashes between Amagu community in Ebonyi and Adadama community in Cross River. In a statement in Calabar on Sunday, Ndoma-Egba urged the commission to demarcate the boundary between the two communities. He said that
by crossriverwatch admin No fewer than thirteen persons have lost their lives while 34 suffered different degrees of injuries as a result of the recent flood that ravaged Cross River State. The Director- General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mohammed Sani Sidi, disclosed this while presenting some relief materials to the people in