Nigeria:   76 Oil Wells - Our Position, by Akwa Ibom State

Vanguard, 22 July 2012

About two weeks after the Supreme Court confirmed Akwa Ibom as the rightful owner of the 76 disputed oil wells, fresh facts that emerged indicate that Cross River State ought not… Read more »

Nigeria:   76 Oil Wells - Cross River Ignored Political Solution - A/Ibom Attorney-Gen

Leadership, 23 July 2012

Government of Akwa Ibom yesterday explained how its sister state of Cross River declined all brotherly efforts and solutions offered to settle the dispute over the ownership of the… Read more »

Nigeria:   76 Oil Wells - Akwa Ibom Allays Fear of Tension With Cross River

This Day, 12 July 2012

Following Tuesday's landmark ruling by the Supreme Court which declared that Cross River State is a non-littoral state, the Akwa Ibom State Government Wednesday debunked… Read more »

Nigeria:   Bakassi Monarch Warns On Impending Crisis

Daily Trust, 23 July 2012

The paramount ruler of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Etim Okon Edet has said that he can no longer guarantee peace in his domain. Read more »

Nigeria:   Experts Fault House of Representatives On Bakassi

This Day, 22 July 2012

Experts in international law Saturday faulted the House of Representatives on its call on the federal government to commence a process for the review of the International Court of… Read more »

Nigeria:   Supreme Court - Oil Wells Belong to Akwa Ibom

This Day, 10 July 2012

The Supreme Court Tuesday said that Cross River State has ceased to be a littoral state and therefore was not entitled to 76 oil wells which lie offshore as they were no longer in… Read more »

Nigeria:   Supreme Court Confirms Akwa Ibom Ownership of 76 Offshore Oil Wells

Leadership, 10 July 2012

The Supreme Court in Abuja on Tuesday confirmed Akwa Ibom as the owner of the 76 offshore oil wells claimed by Cross River. Read more »

Nigeria:   76 Oil Wells - Akwa Ibom Wins At Supreme Court

Vanguard, 11 July 2012

Cross River State, yesterday, lost its bid to reclaim ownership of the 76 oil wells that had been subject of controversy between it and Akwa Ibom State. Read more »

Nigeria:   76 Oil Wells - 'Supreme Court's Verdict Capable of Causing Security Threat'

Vanguard, 10 July 2012

MIXED reactions have continued to trail the Supreme Court judgment which awarded the 76 disputed oil wells between Cross River and Akwa Ibom states to the latter just as the… Read more »

Nigeria:   PDP Endorses Supreme Court Ruling On Oil Wells

Daily Trust, 12 July 2012

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a meeting last night with an endorsement of the Supreme Court ruling which ceded the 76… Read more »

Nigeria:   Mixed Reactions Trail S'court Judgment On 76 Oil Wells

This Day, 11 July 2012

After years of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling Tuesday reinforced Cross River State's status as a non-littoral state, declaring therefore, that it was not… Read more »