By Tina Ezin, Calabar In a significant move towards sustainable construction, Lafarge Africa Plc has introduced EcoCrete, Nigeria’s first low-carbon ready-mix concrete, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector and promote climate-friendly innovation. The new product, which debuts with a full conversion of the company’s Abuja Ready-Mix plant,…
Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika who represented the Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd). By Dianabasi Effiong The Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd) says his administration is working to mobilise resources for an improved flood management system in the State by establishing the Rivers State Emergency Management…
Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information, Mr Aniekan Umanahb. By Dianabasi Effiong The general public is hereby notified that the July 2025 edition of the statewide monthly environmental sanitation exercise will be held on July 26, the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Aniekan Umanahb, made this known on Friday in Uyo. According to him, the…
Stakeholders at the conference. By Kelvin Obambon The destruction of Cross River’s rainforest, the ‘largest’ remaining pristine forest in West Africa, is reaching a catastrophic level, prompting warning by stakeholders. They said without immediate action, the rainforests could vanish entirely within a few decades as it is estimated that from 2001 to date, Cross River…
Gov. Umo Eno. By Anietie Akpan The people Ekid Nation, comprising Eket and Esit Eket Local Government Areas (LGA) of Akwa Ibom, have dragged the State Government and its Commissioner for what they called, “the clandestine, unjust, and illegal transfer of 30,000 hectares of Ekid ancestral land to Tulcan Energy Company without notice, consultation, or…
