Nigeria: FG Under Fire Over Bakassi

Daily Trust, 10 October 2012

The Federal Government came under criticism yesterday over its decision not to seek a review of the world court ruling that ceded the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, with members of… Read more »

President Paul Biya (left) of Cameroon and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria (right), and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre)

Nigeria: Lawmakers, Cross River, Others Protest FG's Decision On Bakassi

This Day, 10 October 2012

Protests and subdued anger characterised reactions Tuesday to the Federal Government's decision not to seek a review of the October 2002 judgment of the International Court of… Read more »
Nigeria: Bakassi - Senate Keeps Mum, Southern Senators Kick

Leadership, 10 October 2012

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 »
Nigeria: Bakassi - Cross River Challenges Adoke, Says 'We Presented New Facts'

Vanguard, 10 October 2012

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

Leadership, 10 October 2012

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 Ceded Because It Belongs to Minority - Erokoro

Daily Trust, 10 October 2012

If the Bakassi peninsula had been part of the Hausa-Fulani or Yoruba land, and not a minority, the Federal Government would not have been careless with it, Senior Advocate of… Read more »
Nigeria: Don Says Ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon Is Hasty

Daily Trust, 10 October 2012

Dr Funsho Adesola, head of International Relations Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has described the ceding of Bakassi to Cameroon as hasty. Read more »

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Nigeria, Cameroon to meet Over Bakassi

A special delegation from President Paul Biya of Cameroun is scheduled to meet President Goodluck Jonathan to in an attempt to find a diplomatic means of resolving the the problems ... Read more »
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Nigeria: Bakassi Gone to Cameroon - We Won't Appeal ICJ's Judgment - FG

Vanguard, 9 October 2012

THE Federal government yesterday sealed Nigeria's hope of recovering the Bakassi Peninsula, by saying that the government will not appeal the International Court of Justice, (ICJ)… Read more »
Nigeria: Bakassi - Confusion As Jonathan Addresses Nation Today

Vanguard, 9 October 2012

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 »
Nigeria: Bakassi - President to Address Nation Today

Daily Trust, 9 October 2012

President Goodluck Jonathan will address the nation at 7 am today, a statement by his spokesman ReubanAbati said yesterday. Read more »
Nigeria: UN Wanted Nigeria to Administer Bakassi Peninsula for 20 Years - Reports

Leadership, 8 October 2012

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 »
Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula - Case Closed!

Leadership, 9 October 2012

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 »

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Nigerians Want Government to Seek Bakassi Review

Bakassi indigenes are seeking to convince the government to take necessary steps to review the International Court of Justice ruling that ceded the oil-rich area to Cameroon 10 ... Read more »
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Who Owns Bakassi - Cameroon or Nigeria?

Ahead of the October deadline to appeal the verdict that handed sovereignty over Bakassi to Cameroon, experts say they have fresh facts to prove that the disputed peninsula ... Read more »
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Nigeria: Cameroon Moves to Take Possession of Bakassi Peninsula With Heavy Security

Vanguard, 9 October 2012

BARELY 24 hours to the expiration of the window of opportunity to appeal against the International court of Justice, ICJ, ruling that ceded the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to… Read more »

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Cameroon: Bakassi Group Wants Independence

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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