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Bakassi People Decry Cameroonian Border Raids – Aljazeera

by crossriverwatch admin Bakassi people living near border with Cameroon say they fled their region due to attacks by Cameroonian forces. It took Cameroon and Nigeria decades to settle their territorial dispute over the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula. An agreement was reached in 2008, but it still has not brought security for the people who live

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WMRA Lists Obudu Mountain Race As One Of Season’s Major Events

by crossriverwatch admin The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) has listed the 2014 Obudu International Mountain Race and the African Running Championship as one of this year’s major events. The Obudu race, which is slated for November in the serene hilly town in Cross River State, is the world’s highest paying mountain running event, with

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Cross River, World Bank Disburse N497.2m for Erosion Control

By Bassey Inyang The Cross State Government yesterday presented cheques worth N 497.28 million 8,129.84 through the state Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (CRS NEWMAP) to four contractors for erosion intervention within Calabar Municipality as a partnership between it and the World Bank. Speaking before the presentation of cheques at the official launch of

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AFCON: Congo Shock Eagles, Breaks Calabar Invincibility

by crossriverwatch admin Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles were anything but super today, Saturday as they crashed to a shocking 2-3 home loss to the Red Devils of Congo in their first match of the qualification series for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations billed to take place in Morocco. The Super Eagles, who

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Shan George Battles British Promoters Over Son’s New Song

by crossriverwatch admin Information reaching us is that the song EDO BOY by Producer/Actress Shan George’s second son JAGA is already playing on Kenyan radio stations across Kenya, just one week after the release of the song. The song which caused the star actress Shan George to have a grand misunderstanding with JAGA’s British music

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Ebola: CAF Clears Calabar For Congo Clash

by crossriverwatch admin The appeal by Congolese football officials that their September 6 match against the Super Eagles be relocated from Nigeria owing to fears concerning the outbreak of the dreaded Ebola Virus has been turned down by the Africa football ruling body, CAF. CAF in statement on its official website said it has not

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The Bakassi Debacle, A Postscript – BY PROF. AKIN OYEBODE

by crossriverwatch admin Being the paper delivered by the Guest Lecturer, Professor Akin Oyebode, Head Department of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos, Akoka at the 2nd Year Anniversary Lecture of CrossRiverWatch at the Transcorp Hotel in Calabar on August, 27 2014. Introduction: The struggle over the Bakassi Peninsula by Nigeria and Cameroon is

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Obudu International Mountain Race Holds November 8

by crossriverwatch admin The 10th edition of the famous Obudu Mountain Race has been slated for 8 November, 2014 in its usual venue, the Obudu mountains of Cross River State. According to the Local Organizing Committee for the event, this year’s edition shall be tagged “Mountain Race of the Stars; 6th African Mountain Running Championship”.

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