By Asare Asare, Daily Post Chairman of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Iyadim Amboni has called on the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to beware as there are fake certificates of origin of the local government in circulation. Speaking when he visited the Comptroller of Immigration Service in Calabar, the State capital, Chris
By Ushang Ewa The end of the plight of returnees of the Bakassi peninsula and the historic judgment of the International Court of Justice which ceded the peninsula to the Cameroons is not near in sight as the Director General of the Nigerian Boundary Commission (NBC), Adamu Adaji says the final demarcation will happen by
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the Cross River Traditional Ruler’s Council, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet has said the monarchs will change the face of politics in the State. Etinyin Etim, who is also the Paramount Ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area said that the monarchs were changing the
By Anietie Akpan, The Guardian All hope of returning Bakassi Peninsula to Nigeria may not have been lost yet, as the National Assembly has hinted that it will withhold the ratification of its treaty. Chairman, Cross River State caucus of the National Assembly, Senator Gershom Bassey, who spoke with newsmen in Calabar, yesterday, said the Bakassi
Bakassi has so many things in abundance. That is why Bakassi became a global bone of contention in the first place. Apart from the often talked about oil deposits, Bakassi is rich in other mineral resources. Rich in aquatic resources. Rich in popularity. Rich in diversity. Rich in international politics. Rich in pain and sorrow.
By Jonathan Ugbal The long squabble between the Cross River State Government and the Nigerian Navy over lands in two choice locations in Calabar may have been settled on Thursday when the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo visited Governor Ben Ayade and disclosed that the Navy is set to establish an
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper Scores of gangsters have been killed in a renewed cult war in the Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of Cross River State. It was gathered that three suspected gangs dominant in the area include Skylo, Mafia and Black Scorpion. They were said to have been attacking one another since
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2019 general election in Cross River, Eyo Ekpo has expressed fears that the recent call to action by Boki council boss, John Ewa to checkmate the activities of loggers may not achieve meaningful success due to the nature of the business, Mr.