Tag:Cross River State Government

Land Degradation

Cross River lawmakers ask govt to lift ban on logging

Cross River State lawmakers have called on the state government to, as a matter of urgency, lift the embargo on logging to usher in...

Michael Simire - July 5, 2023

Waste Management

Cross River warns against indiscriminate dumping of refuse

The Cross River Government has warned the public to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse as defaulters, no matter how highly placed, will be...

Michael Simire - June 30, 2023

Land Degradation

NEWMAP hands over six completed erosion sites to Cross River

The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has handed over six completed erosion sites to the Cross River State Government on behalf of...

Michael Simire - September 7, 2022

Waste Management

Joy in Calabar as state govt resumes waste evacuation

Residents of Calabar metropolis in Cross River State on Monday, June 13, 2022, expressed happiness as the government resumed evacuation of refuse at different...

Michael Simire - June 13, 2022

Health

Cross River targets 900,000 children for polio vaccination

No fewer than 900,000 children between the ages of 0-59 months in Cross River have been targeted for vaccination against poliomyelitis Type 2. Dr Janet...

admin - April 12, 2022

Conservation

Cross River, WCS sign 10-year MoU to protect gorillas, other endangered species

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Cross River State Government on December 20, 2021, signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to protect...

Michael Simire - January 25, 2022

Cover

Counting cost of Cross River’s ‘Super Highway’ project on rainforests, eco-biodiversity

Cross River State has over 2,000,000 hectares of rainforest originally found in the state and perhaps the primary rainforest remaining is only 729,000 hectares....

Michael Simire - January 16, 2022

Climate Change