by crossriverwatch admin Abuja chapter of National Association of Seadogs (Pirates Confraternity) has said it will embark on a peaceful protest tomorrow in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to raise awareness on the current plight of indigenes of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula. President of NAS, Abuja Chapter, Chief Ogbuehi Dike, said in a statement, yesterday,
by crossriverwatch admin Wikileaks reveals that former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen Theophilus Y. Danjuma told the former American Ambassador to Nigeria, Howard Franklin Jeter that the Nigeria’s acquisition of military hardware at the heat of its dispute with Cameron over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula were in response to the arming of Cameroon by France, according
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