By Okwo Kerry/Ogar Monday PZ Wilmar: Biase Plantations Limited has awarded educational scholarship to 39 students of the host communities studying in various tertiary institutions across the country. According to a release by the company, the students who were selected scholarship had to undergo rigorous screening conducted by a panel of officials from the Cross
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has disclosed that Wilmar International Limited, a Singaporean firm that established a 50, 000 hectare of palm oil plantation in the state (Ibiae Palm Estate) with an investment of 400 million dollars is withdrawing its investment. The governor made the disclosure while addressing youths
by crossriverwatch admin Wilmer, the Malaysian company that rented the CALARO Oil Palm Estate in Mbarakom, Akamkpa Local Government Area says it has planted palm trees in 1,750 hectres of the 5,555 hectres it leased from the Cross River State Government. Mr Henry Dosumin, the Senior Estate Manager who told newsmen in Mbarakom on Tuesday
by crossriverwatch admin A private agriculture firm, Biase Plantations Limited, and the Cross River State government have issued cheques worth over N57 million to landlords in Uwet in Akamkpa Local Government Area and those of Atan Odot and Ikot Eyidok in Odukpani local government areas as compensation for loss of their lands which are now
by crossriverwatch admin A group of civil society organisations CSOs and non-governmental organizations NGOs, in Cross River State have accused Wilmer Nigeria Ltd., the Singaporean company that launched the Ibiae Palm Plantations last Monday of commencing land development activities on the estate before relevant Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, RSPO procedures are finalized. In a