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INVESTIGATION: Inside Cross River, Abandoned Projects Leave Communities In Grave Needs (Part 2)
Just like Odupkani, health centres in Akpabuyo local government in Cross River State have been abandoned after construction. Kehinde Ogunyale reports how this has affected the community’s healthcare. Every two months, Etim Ekpenyong, a businessman and farmer, earmarks N20,000 for the clinical and medical needs of his aged father. The father, Etinyin Ekpenyong, 93, is…
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Investigation: Cross River Communities Battle With Water Scarcity In The Midst Of Failed Water Projects (Part 1)
The Ifako Okoyong community, like several others in Cross River State, is littered with water scheme projects but the people are unable to access potable water for years.. Kehinde Ogunyale reports. Mary Ekpang goes through frustration in search of water every day. She treks several kilometers to a local stream for drinking and cooking water.…
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Elephants Are Devouring South Nigerian Farms
Having spent his entire life surrounded by forest, Kyrien Ojong (52) considered no other business as good as farming in Bamba community, located in southern Nigeria. All of a sudden, elephants started eating all of his crops. “When the gorillas entered my farm, they ate all my cocoa; both the ripe and unripe ones. They…
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How Deforestation, Landslide And Wildfire Are Affecting Farmers In Cross River Communities
THE devastating effect of deforestation, landslide and wildfire is affecting the harvest of farmers in Cross River State in the southern part of Nigeria. Kehinde Ogunyale takes a look at this with special emphasis on women farmers. At 7 am, Regina Aboh is out of the house, with her cutlass and hoe, a big basket…
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“Fire immediately spreads”: Extreme Wildfires Become New Threat In This African Village
Climate Tracker visited the Olum community in South-South Nigeria to report how extreme wildfires are changing indigenous villages, forcing them to enact a law to control the flames. For Martins Abang (37) growing up in Olum village, an indigenous town located in Southern Nigeria’s Cross-River State, during the 1980s was a happy upbringing, surrounded by…
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Hospitals of Horror: Despite Funds, Ogun Health Centres In Shambles, As Women Go Through Agony, Pains To Give Birth
In July 2019, Tayo Adeoti was in pain. She was about to give birth but the trado-medical doctors in the Ode-Omi area of Ogun waterside in Ogun State, could not help her to be delivered of the baby. The maternity centre in the community was in a bad state. So, she had to be rushed…
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“We depend on the forest”: Logging Worsens Climate Impacts For Indigenous People In Nigeria
Despite providing habitation and means of survival for indigenous people in host communities, deforestation in Southern Nigeria is gradually pushing several forest kinds of wood indigenes into extinction. Micheal Otu (47) farms cassava and plantain in the indigenous community of Okonde Boki Local Government, in Nigeria’s southeastern Cross River state. Over 20 years, he has…
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Inside The Illegal Trading Of Forest Woods In Cross River Community
Travelling into the Cross River forest as a researcher – let alone a reporter- to investigate the increasing impact of deforestation in host communities is considered deadly; as illegal loggers possess harmful weapons and are ready to kill anyone who questions their operations. These loggers, majorly youths in the host communities, negotiate with foreign buyers…
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Nigeria’s Second Class Athletes
We take a glimpse into the lives and struggles of athletes living in Nigeria and what makes them so different from their Nigerian counterparts living and training outside the shores of Nigeria. 60 athletes represented Nigeria at the just concluded Tokyo 2020. 75% of the selected athletes live and train outside Nigeria. Nigeria’s first medal…
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How Journalists Accessed COVID-19 Vaccination In Nigeria
This story is a result of Orodata’s Micro-Grant support to journalists to produce in-depth investigative and data-driven stories on thematic areas like Development, Healthcare, Covid-19, and Covid-19 Vaccine. After registering online for the COVID-19 vaccination in March 2021 as directed by the Lagos State Government, the Deputy Editor of NewDawn Newspaper, Charles Okogene waited to…