By Jonathan Ugbal The Nigerian government has said there is no evidence that Cameroonian Gendarmes killed 97 Nigerians in Bakassi while fleeing to Ikang in Cross River State. Premium Times reports that Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Geoffery Onyeama said the 97 deaths reported is the accumulation of all the Nigerians that have been killed in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A former Chairman, Bakassi Local Government Area (2003-2007), Ani Esin, speaks on the fallout of alleged diversion of relief materials meant for the people of Bakassi, in this interview with MUDIAGA AFFE of Punch Newspaper In Calabar Before the allegation of diversion of relief materials, one would have thought that the Bakassi
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The plight of Bakassi indigenes has taken a turn for the worse as hundreds of them were chased out of Cameroon with many feared dead. Those of them who made it to Ikang in Cross Rivers State on Thursday arrived with tales of suffering and despair. They were among the Bakassi indigenes
By Charles Onunaiju The Bakassi people, Nigeria’s longest suffering political orphans, are sitting out in the cold, mediocre and squalid refugee camps for nearly two decades in a stretch and at best, what they get is official tears and emotionless stares from the rest of us. Their tragedy even preceded the mayhem of the North-East region,
By Jonathan Ugbal The internally displaced persons (IDPs) at Comprehensive Secondary School, Akwa Ikot Eyo Edem in Akpabuyo Local Council has called on the Federal Government to investigate the N38 billion that accrued to Cross River State following its loss of 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom in 2012. The Guardian reports that inmates also
By Ogar Monday In a twist of events relating to the diversion of relief materials meant for Internally Displaced Persons in Bakassi local government of southern Cross River State, a group; Coalition of Bakassi Indigenes, has accused Senator Florence Ita-Giwa of double standards. Ita-Giwa had last week accused members of the People’s Democratic Party of
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Some returnees from the ceded Bakassi Peninsula have lamented that their leaders have been hijacking relief materials meant for them. The returnees, who are resident at the Bakassi Resettlement Camp at Ekpri-Ikang in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, also insist there are no other camps for the Bakassi Internally
By Archibong Jeremiah