November 29
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Nigeria: Why Gowon Ceded Bakassi to Cameroun - Ofonagoro
Former Minister of Information, Dr. Walter Ofonagoro, has revealed that one of the major reasons General Yakubu Gowon ceded Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun was to block food and arms... Read more »
November 23
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Nigeria: Bakassi - UN Suspends Nigeria, Cameroon Maritime Boundary Demarcation
Following protests embarked upon by the displaced people of Bakassi on Wednesday and Thursday, the Joint Technical Team, comprising the United Nations, Nigerian and Cameroonian... Read more »
November 17
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Nigeria: Bakassi - the Case for a Fresh Suit
DISTURBED by the maltreatment, violence and rape of Bakassi people by Cameroonian gendarmes and the failure of Cameroon to observe the Green tree agreement (GTA) Bakassi indigenes,... Read more »
November 7
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Nigeria: Bakassi Group Flays Jonathan Over Biya's Delegation to Abuja
President Goodluck Jonathan might have unwittingly incurred the wrath of Bakassi indigenes for openly welcoming a delegation sent by President Paul Biya of Cameroun to thank him... Read more »
November 2
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Nigeria: Bakassi - Biya's Delegation Meets Jonathan
A special delegation from the Camerounian President, Paul Biya yesterday visited President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja where issues of bilateral relations between the two countries... Read more »
November 1
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Nigeria: Bakassi - FG Urged to File Fresh Case
TWENTY-ONE days after Nigeria lost the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, indigenes of the area, lawmakers and some eminent Nigerians, yesterday, said Nigeria could recover the... Read more »
October 30
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Nigeria/Cameroon: Falcons Fly Over Cameroon
The Super Falcons began the defence of their African Women Championship trophy with a hard-earned victory over arch-rivals Cameroon in the opening game of Group B in Bata. Read more »
October 28
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Nigeria: Bakassi Gone Forever (2) Actors in the Eye of History [opinion]
General Olusegun Obasanjo has often seen his role in Nigeria's political and military history from a messianic point of view. As the War Commander who received the instrument of... Read more »
October 25
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Nigeria: Green Tree Agreement - Bakassi Indigenes Head to Appeal Court
Indigenes of Bakassi in Cross River State, yesterday, went before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal to challenge the dismissal of the suit they filed with a view to voiding... Read more »
October 22
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Nigeria: Bakassi Demarcation Postponed to Next Month
The final field assessment of monuments and other landmarks for the demarcation of Bakassi based on the judgment of the International Court of Justice and the Green Tree Agreement... Read more »
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Nigeria: Now That Bakassi Is Gone [opinion]
SINCE we were involved in the failed campaign to retrieve Bakassi Peninsula from Cameroon, we might as well give it an appropriate post-mortem analysis now that it is gone for... Read more »
October 21
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Nigeria: Bakassi Gone for Good - the Actors in the Eye of History
Nigeria became the first country in history to cede its territory and willingly agreed to displace its own citizens, in their home land in peace time, to honour its war time... Read more »
October 17
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Nigeria: My Friend, Kwankwanso Doesn't Understand Constitution Making - Ekweremadu [interview]
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, SCCR between 2007 and 2011 led the National Assembly's... Read more »
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Nigeria: Bakassi People Sue FG
Efforts by the National Boundary Commission, NBC, to demarcate the maritime boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon have run into a legal storm as leaders of Bakassi have taken legal... Read more »
October 16
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Nigeria: Bakassi - Tension As Boundary Demarcation Begins - Territory Can Still Be Retrieved
Another round of tension is building in the Bakassi Peninsula and Cross River State, following the decision by the Joint Technical Team on Bakassi Demarcation in conjunction with... Read more »
October 15
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Nigeria/Senegal: Cameroon, Senegal Crash Out
Certainly, these are hard days for the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, as the former African champions were knocked of the African Cup of Nations by Cape Verde Islands, a country of... Read more »
October 14
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Nigeria: Bakassi - the Last Days of Betrayal of Hope [analysis]
...A chronology of the events leading to the loss of Nigeria's territory Read more »
October 13
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Nigeria: 2,500 Displaced Bakassi Fishermen Protest in Calabar
NO fewer than 2,500 Nigerian fishermen displaced at the ceded Bakassi Peninsula Friday protested over alleged rape of their women, homelessness, harassment and inability to have... Read more »
October 12
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Nigeria: Bakassi - ACN Accuses Jonathan of Double Standard
REACTIONS are still trailing the refusal of the Federal Government to appeal against the International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling against the ceding of Bakassi, as Cross River... Read more »
October 11
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Nigeria: UN Secretary-General Commends Nigeria, Cameroon On Bakassi
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has commended the commitment of the governments of Nigeria and Cameroon to honour the obligations of the ruling of International... Read more »
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Nigeria: Bakassi - NBA Dissociates Self From FG's Position
As Nigeria finally forfeited its right to formally appeal against the controversial judgment of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, which in 2002, ceded the oil-rich Bakassi... Read more »
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Nigeria: Efik, S-Cameroon to Form Republic
...we'll Pursue the Course Till It's Redressed Imoke Calabar -THE Obong of Calabar and grand patriarch of Efik Kingdom, His Eminence Ekpo Abasi Otu, has said that the Efik were... Read more »
October 10
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Nigeria: Call for the Resignation and Trial of Adoke
Meanwhile some members of the Cross River State House of Assembly yesterday called for the resignation of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Bello... Read more »
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Nigeria: Bakassi - Cross River Challenges Adoke, Says 'We Presented New Facts'
The Cross River State Government, yesterday challenged the Federal Government over claims that there were no fresh evidence to challenge the International Court of Justice, ICJ,... Read more »
October 9
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Nigeria: Bakassi - Confusion As Jonathan Addresses Nation Today
BARELY 24 hours to the expiration of the window for Nigeria to seek a review of the 2002 International Court of Justice ruling on Bakassi Peninsula, Nigeria appears lost over what... Read more »
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