Safi River News Today

Gunmen have abducted the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikom local government area of Cross River State, Mr Mathew Egomo and his son.

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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ikom LGA in Cross River State, Matthew Egomo, who was kidnapped with his son on 19 November, has not

Where southeastern Nigeria abuts western Cameroon, dense rainforest still shelters iconic, threatened megafauna like critically endangered African forest elephants (Lloxodonta cyclotis) and Cross River gorillas (Gorilla gorilla diehli), as well as endangered drill monkeys (Mandrillus leucophaeus) and Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti). But as human incursions cut apart habitat, wildlife is increasingly straying into farmland and […]

IKOM, Nigeria — When 57-year-old Linus Otu was a child, each dawn arrived with the chatter of monkeys and occasional belches of gorillas from the mountain that overlooks his small bungalow home in the village of Kanyang II in southeastern Nigeria’s Cross River state. He recalled peering up at the foggy, forested mountains, uncertain what […]

Disneys Animal Kingdom welcomes healthy hippo and gorilla born a day apart Published  LAKE MARY, Fla. - Disneys Animal Kingdom welcomed not one but two newborn animals this week. On Monday, the park celebrated the arrival of a healthy Nile hippopotamus calf, and just one day later, there was more excitement with the birth of a healthy western lowland gorilla. The hippopotamus calf made a splashy debut Monday in the Safi River on Kilimanjaro Safaris, joining nine other hippos in the family,...