by crossriverwatch admin The decision of President Jonathan that Nigeria will apply to the International Court of Justice to revise its judgment in the case of Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Equatorial Guinea Intervening) delivered on the 10th October, 2002 which awarded the sovereignty of the Bakassi Peninsula on the Republic of
by Ayodele Akinkuotu Why are we this way? We had all of 10 years to appeal the judgement of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, on the Bakassi Peninsula. We did not. The impression was given by the federal government that nothing could be done about The Hague judgement. Thus we were ready to abide
by Vanguard The spontaneous excitement that trailed the announcement of the formation of a team by President Goodluck Jonathan to work towards the review of the International Court of Justice ruling on the Bakassi peninsula is being cut short following alleged frantic attempt by a top government functionary to stall the work of the committee.
The Government connection and the police cover ups by Obono Obla There are numerous gangs’ across the Cross River State formed and financed by politicians. These gangs operate under all sorts of weird names. Calabar South Local Government Area is one of the hottest beds of gangsterism in the state. In Calabar South Local Government
Lawyers Express Hope by crossriverwatch admin Today, the 5th October, 2012 the Chief Judge of Cross River State of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Dorothy Eyamba-Idem is bowing out as she attains the mandatory age of 65 years old which is the constitutionally prescribed age of retirement for Judicial Officers in the High Court of the 36
by crossriverwatch admin President Jonathan this evening bowed to public pressure and ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN, to immediately commence the process of appealing the International Court of Justice ICJ, decision that ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. It will be recalled that the President while addressing the
by crossriverwatch admin Calabar, Nigeria; October 4, 2012: Nigeria’s Leading mobile operator, Airtel Networks Limited, has been commended by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, for adopting a rural primary school in the state. The governor, who was speaking, when a team of Airtel executives led by the Managing
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has read the riot act to his commissioners and special advisers over complacency to duty. Crossriverwatch gathered that the governor expressed his displeasure with the attitude of his political aides to official public functions in the state at the last state executive council meeting