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Nigeria:
Akpabio Wants Bakassi Buy-Back Deal
Daily Trust, 1 November 2012
Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio has expressed support for plans to approach Cameroun for a possible Bakassi peninsula buy-back deal. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - Going to ICJ Was a Mistake, Says Anyaoku
Daily Trust, 1 November 2012
Nigeria made a mistake by taking the Bakassi Peninsula dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for adjudication, former Commonwealth Secretary General Emeka Anyaoku,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - FG Urged to File Fresh Case
Vanguard, 1 November 2012
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 »
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Nigeria:
Green Tree Agreement - Bakassi Indigenes Head to Appeal Court
Vanguard, 25 October 2012
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 »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi Indigenes Appeal Court's Decision
Daily Trust, 25 October 2012
Indigenes of Bakassi have appealed against the dismissal of a suit they filed before an Abuja Federal High Court over ownership of the Peninsula. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Court Throws Out Bakassi Indigenes Suit
This Day, 25 October 2012
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday struck out the suit filed by ïndigenes of Bakassi in Cross Rivers State seeking an order voiding the Green Tree Agreement (GTA) that… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Mark Meets Cameroonian MPs Over Bakassi
Daily Trust, 24 October 2012
Senate President David Mark has held discussions with members of the Cameroonian parliament on the protection of rights of Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula. Read more »
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Nigeria:
National Assembly to Reopen Talks With Cameroun On Bakassi
This Day, 24 October 2012
The National Assembly Tuesday unfolded plans by Nigeria to ensure the protection of the rights and safety of the people of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, which was ceded to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi People Sue FG
Vanguard, 17 October 2012
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 »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - Tension As Boundary Demarcation Begins - Territory Can Still Be Retrieved
Vanguard, 16 October 2012
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 »
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Nigeria:
How FG Ignored New Evidence On Bakassi
This Day, 16 October 2012
Contrary to the claims by the Federal Government that there were no new facts on which it could base its request for a review of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Push for Self-Rule in Disputed Peninsula
This Day, 13 October 2012
Following the failure of the federal government to seek a review of the 2002 judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Bakassi Peninsula, there are indications that… Read more »
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Nigeria:
2,500 Displaced Bakassi Fishermen Protest in Calabar
Vanguard, 13 October 2012
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 »
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Nigeria:
Bakassi - ACN Accuses Jonathan of Double Standard
Vanguard, 12 October 2012
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 »
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Nigeria:
Cameroun, Nigerian Border Communities to Form Republic of Ambazonia
This Day, 12 October 2012
Nigerian border communities have resolved to join forces with their counterparts in Cameroun to form the Republic of Ambazonia to spite Federal Government's refusal to appeal the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Jonathan Has Saved Nation From Another Humiliation - Ozekhome, Oyetibo
Daily Trust, 12 October 2012
Legal experts have said that President Goodluck Jonathan has saved the country from the second humiliation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by not filing an appeal… Read more »