by Obono Obla The decision of the Senate yesterday directing the Federal Government of Nigeria to take steps to immediately to initiate the process to file an application at the International Court of Justice for a review of its judgment delivered on the 10/10/2002 concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Equatorial
by crossriverwatch STAFF of Nigerian Ports Authority in Cross River State were on Thursday evicted from their official residential apartments at Ekorinim, Calabar Municipal Council known as harbor village following a court ruling ordering NPA to vacate the property said to belong to a medical practitioner in the state, Dr. Sama Ekpo Sama. The eviction
story by crossriverwatch The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi and Chairman, Cross River State Council of Chiefs, His Royal Majesty, Etim Okon Edet declared today that if his people, due to the refusal of the federal government to appeal the International Court of Justice, ICJ, judgment that ceded their land to Cameroun, choose to declare war
by Premium Times Senate president David Mark is to send a letter to President Jonathan calling for urgent action. In a decision that may unnerve the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, the Senate on Wednesday approved a resolution urging an immediate appeal against the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroun, a day after President Goodluck Jonathan said the
by crossriverwatch admin. Any opportunity for an interview with the activist turned Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Cross River State, Mr. Mike Igini Esq. is always a delight. He is always ready with a deluge of facts to passionately buttress his points and he never leaves you with any dull moment. crossriverwatch asked him today
story by crossriverwatch admin Legal Defence and Assistance Project on Tuesday asked the Ecowas Court of Justice, Abuja to order the Federal Government to pay to each of Bakassi Peninsula indigenes N5m as “resettlement compensation or inconvenience allowance”. This came as literary icon, Dr. Elechi Amadi, said President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to challenge the judgment
It is a lie – PDP story crossriverwatch admin Four persons have been confirmed to have been shot dead in Calabar the Cross River State capital over the weekend following controversy that trailed the inauguration of the ward executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State. The PDP at the weekend inaugurated ward
story by crossriverwatch admin Obudu youths under the aegis of the Obudu Youths Vanguard Against Corruption (OYVAC), have petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the financial records of the Obudu Local Government Council alleging that the Chairman Hon. Emmanuel Ikwen has misappropriated in excess of N113m on phony