Ecology-focused Civil Society Organizations have raised an alarm over the presence of licensed miners inside the Cross River State National Park, describing ...

The National Park in Oban, Cross River state is threatened with extinction following the license issued to two mining firms by the Federal Government to operate in the restricted...

Some concerned stakeholders have faulted the existing systems for administering flood-related humanitarian reliefs by the federal and state governments, insisting that “it is prone to corruption.”

Stakeholders on environment have decried the alarming rate of deforestation in Cross River state through illegal logging, saying the state government and other stakeholders must rise to the occasion.

Environmentalists from the Niger Delta region have called for conscious action from the federal government, multinationals and civil society organisations in addressing challenges to climate change on the region.

Stakeholders at a one-day conference have called on the Cross River State governor, Prince Bassey Otu, to disband the newly constituted task force on illegal logging in the state. The forum made up of community persons, traditional rulers, civil society organizations, representatives of MDAs, paramilitary agencies, and the academia, met in Calabar, the Cross River State…

A coalition of stakeholders in Cross River state has faulted the immediate past governor of the state, Prof Ben Ayade for failing to control the forests or sustain the status quo that his predecessors had instituted. The stakeholders stated this when they converged in Calabar, the Cross River capital for a multi-stakeholder conference on deforestation...

Stakeholders in forest conservation in Cross River State have faulted the recently constituted committee by the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu. The conference, which was the second in the series, was organised by a civil society organisation, We the People, spearheaded by renowned conservationist, Ken Henshaw, in partnership with...

Environmental experts and community leaders have urged Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State to immediately disband the anti-deforestation taskforce he appointed about a week ago.

In the eight years that Prof Benedict Ayade has governed, Cross River State has lost a minimum of $200million from the  United Nations Reducing  Emissions from Deforestation  and Forest Degradation programme.

Concerned about the increasing degradation of the Cross River State rain and mangrove forest, a group of environmentalists have urged the governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu to end the wave of deforestation.

A coalition of environment and ecology-focused civil society organizations under the aegis of ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ in Cross River State have called on the state’s incoming governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, to read the riot act to those destroying forests in the state.

Concerned about the increasing degradation of the Cross River State rain and mangrove forest, a group of environmentalists have urged the governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu to end the wave of deforestation.

A collective of environment and ecology- focused Civil Society Organizations in Cross River State have written an open letter to the incoming Governor of Cross River, Sen. Bassey Otu to go after illegal loggers and destroyers of the State’s forest.

A group of environmentalists operating under the aegis of “WE THE PEOPLE” has charged  the Cross River State governor-elect Senator Bassey Edet Otu not to hesitate to fix the escalating threat of deforestation once Inaugurated into office as state chief executive.

Loss and Damage is a climate change response framework adopted during COP27 in Egypt, which recognizes people and communities that have suffered the effect of climate change such as desertification, flooding, loss of livelihoods, heatwave, wildfires, amongst others, due to no fault of theirs.

A non-government al organisation, We the People, made the allegation at a press conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. Its Executive Director, Mr Ken Henshaw, claimed a recent international court judgement which ordered Shell Petroleum...

The oil and gas production in Nigeria is being severely impacted by the Western ESG strategies that are forcing IOCs to reconsider their upstream and downstream operations worldwide, resulting in major reshuffling and divestments of assets. Nigeria, one of OPEC's leading oil producers, has...

A Civil Society Organisation, ‘We the people’, has demanded that the Federal government of Nigeria to put in place a framework and a guide on how multi-national oil companies would disengage from areas where they have operated in the...

Oil companies touting divestment have been accused of abdicating their responsibilities in the Niger Delta after several years of poisoning the people and the environment through oil spills and gas...

A Non-Governmental Organisation under the aegis of We the People has faulted the rush by oil companies to divest their onshore oil and gas assets, describing it as a ‘criminal flight’ to abdicate responsibility for several years of poisoning the environment and the...

A Non-Governmental Organisation that works for ecological justice in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, We the People, has offered explanation into the motive behind the recent wave of divestment by international oil companies...

Civil Society Organizations in the Niger Delta have called for the amendment of the Petroleum Industry Act over claims that the Act was not drafted for the interest of the Niger Delta people...  

Activists in Rivers State have criticised the proposed Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), harmonise and registration bill currently before the  House of Assembly, describing it as attempt to stifle civic space...  

In a bid to expand civic space and enhance the fundamental human rights in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in relation to freedom of association, the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Rivers State have rejected in totality a Bill titled ‘A Bill to harmonise Rivers State CSOs registration, in relation to modernising such…

Twenty-three civil society organisations in Nigeria have kicked against a bill before the Rivers State House of Assembly, aimed at regulating their activities as well as sources of...  

Civil Society Organisations has called on the Rivers state government to Jettison a bill before the State House of Assembly, seeking to regulate their activities as well as sources of funding...  

They spoke in Calabar at a Multi-Stakeholders’ conference on deforestation in Cross River organised by ‘We The People’ in collaboration with other agencies.

Following the alarming deforestation and illegal logging of timber from the Cross River State rainforest, the Council Chairman of Boki Local Government Area, Pastor John Ewa has vowed to withdraw his support for the ruling All Progressives Council (APC) ahead of the 2023 election if the menace continues.

Disturbed by the high rate of destruction of the forest estates by “armed forest bandits”, critical stakeholders have blamed the Cross River State government and highly placed citizens of the state for deforestation.

Stakeholders have identified lack of political will, non-implementation of laws and policies as factors behind continued deforestation in Cross River State.

Stakeholders and deforestation activists in Cross River State have called on the electorates not to vote for any candidate not ready to protect the forests and other natural reserves. The admonition was from a one-day multi-stakeholder conference with a focus on ending deforestation in Cross River State, organized by We The People (WTP) in collaboration with…

The issues of deforestation and illegal logging in Cross River State can only be stopped if the Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade wants them to end.    

Port Harcourt — Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have vowed to carry out legal action against the ongoing onshore and shallow water divestment by multinational oil companies over the environmental contamination caused by oil and gas activities in the area. They said the international oil companies, IOCs, must first remediate the environment before the divestment.

A group, We The People (WTP) has insisted that before divestment offshore International Oil Companies (IOCs) must ensure the complete remediation and restoration of the Niger Delta environment, as well as reviving the destructed livelihood of the people for the region.

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta  have threatened to institute legal actions to halt the ongoing moves by multinational companies to divest their investments without righting their wrongs to the region.

PAN Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and a group, We The People (WTP), have decried alleged Federal Government‘s lack of commitment to the Niger Delta environmental situation, despite International Oil Companies (IOCs), which messed up the region, are leaving the area.

Participants at a One-Day Multi- Stakeholders Conference on Oil Company Divestments In the Niger Delta have recommended stiff resistance to the hurrying moves by International Oil Companies (IOCs) to move their investments in the oil and gas sector from the on-shore and shallow waters to deep offshore.