President Bola Tinubu By Anietie Akpan The Environmental Defenders Network (EDEN) is calling on the Federal Government and all relevant agencies to address critical concerns before any resumption of oil operations in Ogoniland, as currently proposed by the Federal Government. In a statement made available to some newsmen in Calabar on Monday,the Executive Director of…
By: Sylvia Okoi The Cross River State Government is taking bold steps to transform Calabar, the state capital, into a world-class tourism hub. As part of this effort, the Government has commenced a post-environmental sanitation exercise, led by Commissioner for Environment Hon. Moses Osogi to sustainably keep Calabar clean and green. During the January…
By Anietie Akpan January 25, 2025, between the hours of 7am and 10am is yet another monthly sanitation day in Cross River State. In Calabar, residents turned out in large number to keep the city clean. The Commissioner for Environment Hon. Moses Osogi as usual embarked on a monitoring and supervision of the Environmental sanitation…
Gov. Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar Civil SocietyOrganizations have called for the immediate release of an Environmental Activist Odey Oyama, saying his arrest is and detention by the Nigerian Police signifies a rising trend of abuse and repression. On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, environmental activist and director of the Rainforest Resource and Development Centre…
Governor Bassey Otu. By Anietie Akpan, Calabar The Cross River state government will commence the implementation of its comprehensive action plan on environment this year. The State Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses Osogi, announced this at an enlarged Environment cluster meeting of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of environment related issues…
