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Nigeria:
Bakassi - Final Showdown
Vanguard, 17 August 2012
With days running out for Nigeria to initiate a possible reversal of its surrender of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, aggrieved indigenes of the former Bakassi have commenced a… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - House Probes Reports On Human Rights Violations
This Day, 14 August 2012
The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into various cases of sexual abuse, organised killings and disruption of commercial activities, which it said the people of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - Why I Don't Want to See Imoke - Monarch
Vanguard, 14 August 2012
PARAMOUNT Ruler of the displaced Bakassi Peninsula, HRM Etinyin Okon-Edet, has said that he deliberately refused to see Cross River State governor, Mr. Liyel Imoke, to avoid… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi Group Declares Independence
This Day, 12 August 2012
Despite the alleged declaration of independence, hoisting of flag and coat of arms by the Bakassi people in Cross River State, the federal government appears unperturbed, keeping… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi Declaration - Civil Rights Groups Want Govt to Dialogue With People
Leadership, 11 August 2012
Civil Rights groups in the country have urged the Federal Government to dialogue with the Bakassi people over their recent declaration of self independence. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi Front Hoists National Flag, Sets Up Radio Station
Vanguard, 10 August 2012
A group of displaced Bakassi youths has threatened to form its own nation following alleged abandonment by the Federal Government and the ceding of their ancestral land to the… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Bakassi Group Launches Bid for Self-Rule
This Day, 10 August 2012
Bakassi Self-determination Front, one of the groups leading the agitation for an independent Bakassi state has hoisted the national flag of the proposed country in the oil-rich… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Bakassi People Seek Negotiated Settlement
This Day, 5 August 2012
Ahead of the October 10 expiration of the Green Tree Agreement on Bakassi peninsula, the people of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State have called for negotiation on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi Killings - Rep Wants UN to Call Cameroon to Order
Daily Trust, 3 August 2012
A House of Representatives member from Cross River State, Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, has raised alarm that Nigerians eking out a living are being killed and maimed in the disputed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Presidential Committee Meets Bakassi Monarch
Daily Trust, 2 August 2012
A presidential committee has met with the paramount ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Dr Etim Okon Edet, over the threat by Bakassi youths to unleash… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Senate Hasn't Started Discussion On Bakassi - Senator Enang
Daily Trust, 31 July 2012
A senator from Akwa Ibom State, Senator Ita Solomon Enang, yesterday said the senate has not commenced discussing the Bakassi issue because it has not received any formal… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - Thank God We Are All Now On the Same Page
Vanguard, 26 July 2012
IN the last 15 years I have assumed the position of Political Leader of the people of Bakassi. On the account of my advocacy for the creation of the Bakassi Local Government, I was… Read more »