by crossriverwatch admin The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN President, Comrade Yakubu Shendam has exclusively informed CrossRiverWatch that he had a clash with Senator Florence, Ita Giwa over her attitude towards the Bakassi struggle in the just concluded national conference. This was made known in a phone conversation with our reporter, he said: “I
by crossriverwatch admin The Paramount Ruler of Calabar South and Muri Munene of the Efuts has prayed that it shall not be well with those who sold out the Bakassi Peninsula under the guise of respecting the judgment of the International Court of Justice, ICJ. The Monarch who was speaking at the 2nd Year Anniversary
by crossriverwatch admin The plight of the people of Bakassi is not just the unjust fate of dispossession of their ancestral land by the whims of international politics, even the road to the community is a telling tale of a people who have been earmarked abject neglect if not extinction. These are pictures taken by
by crossriverwatch admin The blatant ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon and the display of insensitivity and refusal to right the wrong done to the people has been described as a time bomb that is ticking away, awaiting a generation that may get back their right by non peaceful means. Chairman, Board of Niger Delta
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
by crossriverwatch admin Large crowds of Bakassi returnees who are settled at Ikot Effiom and Obutong in Bakassi Local Government Area this morning trooped to Senator Liyel Imoke’s office to protest the nonpayment of their monthly stipends. The placard carrying protesters claimed they have not been paid their monthly stipend called conditional cash transfer of
by Leadership Senate leader Victor Ndoma-Egba has assured Nigerians that the controversial Bakassi Peninsula which was allegedly ceded to Cameroon some years ago still remains a part of Nigeria. The Senator bared his mind on Saturday in Calabar while registering his condolence message upon the death of Thisday newspaper correspondent in Cross River State, Mr.
by crossriverwatch admin Efik Ebrutu Royal family has given notice of plans by the Efik nation to pull out from Nigeria following prolonged acts of injustice and oppression meted out to the Efiks who are currently part of Cross River State to form their own nation. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Ernest Etim Bassey