November 1

• Nigeria: Bakassi - Nigeria Made Mistake By Going to ICJ - Anyaoku

  Nigeria made a big mistake by allowing the crisis over the ownership of the Bakassi Peninsula to be taken to the International Court of Justice, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a former... Read more »

October 15

• Nigeria: Buy Back As Only Option to Reclaim Bakassi Peninsula [analysis]

  Though the window of appeal available to the federal government to seek a review of the 10-year-old verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which ceded Bakassi... Read more »

October 11

• Nigeria: New Twist in Tussle Over Disputed Peninsula

  A new twist has emerged in the Bakassi struggle as Efik Kingdom is said to be making plans to join forces with Southern Cameroon to form an independent nation. Read more »

October 10

• Nigeria: Bakassi - Cross River Lawmakers Protest FG's Failure to Appeal ICJ Judgement

  Twenty-five members of the Cross River State House of Assembly, yesterday, took to the streets to protest the failure of the federal government to appeal the judgement of the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Bakassi - Senate Keeps Mum, Southern Senators Kick

  The senate is yet to react to yesterday early morning broadcast by President Goodluck Jonathan during which he put a final seal on the ceding of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun... Read more »

October 9

• Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula - Case Closed!

  With less than 24 hours available to Nigeria to ask for review of the controversial 10-year-old judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which ceded the oil-rich... Read more »

• Nigeria: UN Wanted Nigeria to Administer Bakassi Peninsula for 20 Years - Reports

  There are indications that the United Nations once pursued a plan that would have seen Nigeria administer the disputed Bakassi Peninsula for not more than 20 years before handing... Read more »

October 8

• Nigeria: Bakassi Appeal - FG Silent On Composition of Lawyers

  As the October 10 deadline for the Federal Government to seek for the review of the 2002 verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the disputed Bakassi Peninsula... Read more »

October 5

• Nigeria: Bakassi - Jonathan Sets Up Committee to Review ICJ Judgement

  President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a committee to look into the option of appealing the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Bakassi peninsula. Read more »

October 1

• Nigeria: Bakassi - of ICJ Judgment and Obasanjo's Haste

  The Senate upped the ante last week with litrarily a marching order on President Goodluck Jonathan to appeal the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ceded... Read more »

September 27

• Nigeria: We Must Reverse ICJ Judgement On Bakassi - Mark

  The Presidency and the National Assembly are headed to a major showdown as an emotion-laden Senate yesterday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to appeal the judgement of... Read more »

• Nigeria: Don't Blame Gowon Over Ceding of Bakassi - Akinjide

  Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), a former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, on Wednesday said retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon should not be blamed over the ceding of the Bakassi... Read more »

September 19

• Nigeria: Cameroon Dam Flood Displaces 12,000 in Cross River

  The Director-General, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr Vincent Aquah, yesterday disclosed that water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon has displaced more than 12,... Read more »

September 16

• Nigeria: Lagdo Dam Deluge - Cameroun Gave 24-Hour Notice - NEMA

  The flood disaster that hit some riverine communities in Adamawa State recently, after the Camerounian authorities discharged water from the Lagdo Dam, could not be avoided because... Read more »

September 8

• Nigeria: Igbos in U.S. Back Bar Association Call to Review ICJ Judgment On Bakassi

  The World Igbo Congress (WIC) says it will support the Nigeria Bar Association's (NBA) call for appeal of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment on the Bakassi... Read more »

• Nigeria: Appeal Judgement on Bakassi [editorial]

  If the federal government fails to appeal the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the ownership of the Bakassi peninsula before the October 9, 2012, deadline,... Read more »

September 6

• Nigeria: FG Disburses N2 Billion Resettlement Package to Bakassi Indigenes - Minister

  Attorney-General of the Federation Mohammed Adoke said that the Federal Government had disbursed more than N2 billion to communities affected in the border dispute in the Bakassi... Read more »

September 3

• Nigeria: Bakassi - Apply for Revision of ICJ Judgement, NBA Tells FG

  The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the federal government to apply for the revision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgement which ceded Bakassi Penisula... Read more »

• Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula - A Nigeria-Cameroun Kashimir in the Making? [analysis]

  The renewed agitation for reclamation of Bakassi Peninsula by prominent Nigerians and lawmakers and the controversies generated by the moves put a question mark on the nation's... Read more »

August 29

• Nigeria: Flood Disasater - Adamawa State Assembly Constitutes Committee

  Following the flooding of many communities in Adamawa, the state House of Assembly has constituted a committee to ensure adequate attention to the displaced people. Read more »

August 28

• Nigeria: Arik Air Adds Lagos-Douala to Route Network

  Arik Air has said it would begin scheduled commercial flights between Lagos, Nigeria and Douala, Cameroon. The first commercial flight on the new route will begin on Thursday,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Flood - Adamawa Blames Cameroun

  As the death toll from the Adamawa flood disaster said to be the worst in over 50 years rose to 15 yesterday, the Camerounian authorities have been blamed for alerting the Adamawa... Read more »

August 27

• Nigeria: FG Directs Bakassi Residents to Obey Cameroonian Laws

  The federal government has told the people of Bakassi who have been threatening secession from Nigeria and Cameroon to obey the laws of their new government, Cameroon. Read more »

• Nigeria: Cameroun Dam Floods Adamawa

  The deluge of floods ravaging several areas in the country has been worsened by the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in northern Cameroun at the weekend submerging several... Read more »

August 24

• Nigeria: Bakassi Crisis - Akinyemi, AGF, Others Brainstorm On Solutions

  Former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, Governor of Cross River, Senator Liyel... Read more »