Cross River State
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Oct 23, 2026
Jake AllenHOST
Corporate and philanthropic capital followed.
Jake AllenHOST
Hershey put $2.5 million into deforestation-free cocoa in Cross River State, Nigeria.
Jake AllenHOST
ADM Cares extended its Concern Worldwide U.S. program to 17,500 farmers in Tana River County, Kenya.
Jake AllenHOST
On the private side, Breville and the Wave Group formed a joint venture for a 300,000-liter fermentation plant in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Let me explain.
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Hershey's, the maker of the chocolate treats Hershey's Kisses and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, has pledged two and a half million US dollars to a four-year rainforest project in the Cross River State in Nigeria's southeast.
Christy KidgerinaHOST
Its partner is the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Christy KidgerinaHOST
That's the conservation organization that runs New York's Bronx Zoo and Central Park Zoo and protects wildlife around the world.
Naomi OJHOST
No, no.
David OlaimekaHOST
A tweet made rounds on the internet and it says, imagine traveling 12 hours by road from Lagos to Cross River State only for your family to reject your fiancée because she chose to fly.
David OlaimekaHOST
A man traveled from Lagos to Ogodja, Cross River State to introduce his girlfriend to his family before they are caught wedding.
David OlaimekaHOST
He took a nice bus to Abakalike then boarded another bus to Ogodja.
David OlaimekaHOST
Despite the exhausting journey, he was happy that his family was finally going to meet the woman he intended to marry.
Vina PetersNARRATOR
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Esther Nwanko OselukweHOST
... that they made sure that POB got the votes from the south south, states like Akwa Ibom, Cross River, except for Rivers State, that he told them that no, they cannot do that in Rivers because of the issue Rivers had.
Esther Nwanko OselukweHOST
So he gave the votes of Rivers to the president.
Esther Nwanko OselukweHOST
So, so that it doesn't look like I'm the one saying this, let's play you first the video of him speaking, you know, about Edo State, and then I'm gonna play the one, you know, um, it, it's quite sad and it's painful to watch.
Nyesom WikeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So now it's no longer the same scenario.
Nyesom WikeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I can tell you authoritatively now.
Nyesom WikeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Let's take it in Cross River.
Nyesom WikeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In Cross River now, how will Obi win? In Akwa Ibom, how will he win? In Delta, how will he win? You see, those things, you see, when something happens-
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
by two will be ready by the middle of November.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the section 3A and 3B, which is 75 kilometer, ongoing, and we've done over 40% in Cross River and Ahuaibo.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's part of the Niger Delta.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And 4A and 4B, which is Ogun section, which is 65 kilometer, also ongoing between Ogun State and also Ondo State.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And so we also, just like at the Lagos Calabasas Highway, we are about to do the service lane.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So what we have done is to also seek for the approval of Mr.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
President to also add the 400 kilometer of East West Road, starting from a state you know down to uh in aqua boom and also to cross river don't forget that we have procured this way the lagos calabaco style way on the axis of caliber and also the axis of aqua bomb but this waste road still goes beyond you know where we have procured so it is for the entire integration of the 400-kilometer of East West Road, which was constructed below the flood level.
Dave UmahiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And you are aware that about three weeks back that some sections in Delta State, they were cut into a number of places.
BonnieHOST
[translation] I went to Cameroon map.
BonnieHOST
[translation] I looked for Benue, Cross River, East, and West.
BonnieHOST
The name did not exist.
BonnieHOST
[translation] [laughing] I called up and find pastor.
Kofi BartelsHOST
And I told him that the state governments are the ones who are meant to give their citizens, residents water.
Kofi BartelsHOST
I do remember when I was in school, a youngster, you know, university undergraduate at the time, I do remember in Cross River State where I did my schooling, part of my schooling anyway, that...
Kofi BartelsHOST
The people there used to fetch water every morning.
Kofi BartelsHOST
People on the road going to fetch water from Boho.
Kofi BartelsHOST
And then Donald Duke.
Kofi BartelsHOST
Donald Duke.
Kofi BartelsHOST
Donald Duke, who many of you will not want to vote for, brought pipe-borne water to Cross River State.
Kofi BartelsHOST
From scratch.