Nigeria: Bakassi Gone for Good - the Actors in the Eye of History
Posted by Amaka, 22 0ctober 2012
Nigeria: How FG Ignored New Evidence On Bakassi
By Tobi Soniyi
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 that ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroun, it has emerged that there was indeed new evidence that could have strengthened Nigeria's bid to reclaim the peninsula, but it was ignored.In announcing Nigeria's position on the matter, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bello Adoke, had said that Nigeria had not discovered a decisive fact that was unknown to it before the ICJ judgment, which could have helped its review. Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 17 October 2012
Nigeria - Cameroon: Bakassi self-determination mirrors Biafra war
By Konye Obaji Ori
After the Nigerian government's failure to appeal an October 9, 2002 ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that ceded the disputed oil-rich Bakassi Peninsular to neighboring Cameroon, the people of Bakassi who do not wish to be under that country's government could seek self determination.The people of Bakassi who have often protested the alleged ill-treatment they receive from Cameroonian security forces, and feeling of rejection by Nigeria, after The Green Tree Agreement ceded the area to Cameroon, have threatened to form a country of their own. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 15 October 2012
ECOWAS Court of Justice Begins New Legal Year On 27th September 2012 in Abuja
Abuja - Nigeria — The 2012/2013 Legal Year of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice opens on Thursday 27th September, 2012 at the seat of the Court in Abuja. The opening ceremony affords the Court the opportunity to brief stakeholders on its activities in the past year and to highlight its programme for the new legal year.The theme of this legal year is "The Community Court of Justice and the effectiveness of the implementation of ECOWAS Community Law." The Community Court of Justice plays a vital role in the implementation of the Community law by ensuring the observance of law and justice in the interpretation and application of ECOWAS Community texts. It is also saddled with the responsibility of settling disputes such as may be referred to it in accordance with the Revised Treaty and other Community texts. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 28 September 2012
Nigeria: Cameroon Had No Valid Claim to Bakassi - Ofonagoro
Prof. Walter Ofonagoro here asserts that the Agreements of April 29, 1885 and April 14, 1893 confirmed the Western bank of the Rio Del Rey Creek, which is the Eastern borderline of Bakassi Peninsula as the Boundary, on the Rio Del Rey, between Nigeria and Cameroons PROF. Ofonagoro's Comments: Let me now examine Cameroon's claims. By the end of this exercise, it must be obvious to everyone, that Cameroon had no valid claim to Bakassi, and that Nigeria merely went to the court to surrender Bakassi to Cameroon, and thereby legalize an action which she had already set in motion since August 1970,
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Posted by Amaka, 27 September 2012
Nigeria: Bakassi Peninsula - Legal Dimensions of Self Determination Threat
By Femi Falana San
Femi Falana, San, in This Piece Examines the Legal Dimensions of Bakassi Peninsula Residents Self Determination Threat.THE contemporary boundary problems that exist between Nigeria and Cameroon particularly over the ownership and control of Bakassi Peninsula can be traced primarily to colonialism, the scramble for African territories and the creation of artificial boundaries in Africa.In the scramble for Africa which started with the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 and was completed by the turn of the 20th century, the colonial masters arbitrarily created several latitudinal and longitudinal boundaries using physical borders such as rivers, Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 21 September 2012
Nigeria: Bakassi - Soon Gowon, Obasanjo May Be Tried for Treason - Anya
By Clifford Ndujihe
PROFESSOR Anya Oko Anya, 75, pioneer chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) and 1992 National Merit Award winner is sad over Nigeria's handling of the Bakassi Peninsula and insists that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would reverse its 2002 judgement ceding the territory to Cameroon if the Nigeria appeals the verdict with prevailing facts and documents.e wants former heads of state, retired Generals Yakubu Gowon and Olusegun Obasanjo, who signed off and ceded the territory respectively to Cameroon to take part in the recovery efforts because they might be charged with treason in future. Excerpts: Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 18 September 2012
SERAP Petitions Gambia’s Attorney-General Over Nigerians on Death Row
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have urged the Gambian Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lamin Jobarteh, to prevail on his country from going ahead with the planned execution of two Nigerians.According to the civil rights group, the two Nigerians, Micheal Ifunanya and Stanley Agbaeze, are condemned to death in The Gambia. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 17 September 2012
Newfoundland Oil Worker Taken Hostage in Nigeria Faces Long Legal Fight: Lawyer
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The legal fight facing a Newfoundland oil worker who was shot and taken hostage in Nigeria is a cautionary tale about the big risks that come with big money on overseas rigs, says his lawyer.Bob Croke of Torbay is suing along with his former American co-worker James (Butch) Johnson for compensation after both were shot when militants boarded their rig in Nigeria on Nov. 8, 2010.
Source:http://www.canadianbusiness.com
Posted by Amaka,17 September 2012
Bakassi Belongs to Nigeria – Fresh Facts Reveal
By Hugo Odiogor, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Dotun Ibiwoye, Nkiruka Nnorum & Kunle Kalejaiye
Fresh facts have emerged, showing that the disputed Bakassi peninsula which the International Court of Justice, ICJ, ceded to Cameroon, actually belongs to Nigeria.Vanguard gathered that the jurists at ICJ might have been misled by the legal teams of Cameroon and Nigeria, who did not show vital information that clearly placed Bakassi as a territory within the geographical, political and administrative jurisdiction and control of Nigeria, contrary to the October 10, 2002, verdict which awarded the sovereignty of the peninsula to Cameroon. Full story...
Source:http://www.osundefender.orgPosted by Amaka, 17 September 2012
Nigeria: Why Nigeria Should Ask ICJ to Review Bakassi Verdict (3)
Mallam Abdullahi U. Maiyaki, a senior research fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Lagos in this third edition of the Vanguard Media series on rethinking the judgment of ICJ and options before the Federal Government where the executive seems to be alone in conceding Bakassi provides fresh insights on options before President Goodluck Jonathan.JUDGE Al Khasaweh fur ther challenged the ICJ where he opined that "no support can be found to the Court conclusion by reference to the Western Sahara or the Island of Palmas decisions." Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 14 September 2012
Gambia: NGO Takes Fight Stop Execution of Nigerians in Gambia to ECOWAS Court
Lagos, Nigeria - A Nigerian NGO, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, in an effort to stop the plan by the Gambian government to execute two Nigerians who are on death row. The Nigerians, Michael Ifunanya and Stanley Agbaeze, joined SERAP to file the case at the court on Tuesday.They are demanding an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant and or its agents from carrying out the public threat to secretly execute the Nigerians and other persons on death row in The Gambia.
Source:http://www.afriquejet.comPosted by Amaka, 13 September 2012
Nigeria: Bakasski Peninsula - Why Nigeria Should Ask ICJ to Review Verdict (II)
Mallam Abdullahi U. Maiyaki, a senior research fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Lagos in this second edition of the Vanguard Newspaper series on rethinking the judgment of ICJ and options before the Federal Government where the executive seems to be alone in conceding Bakassi provides fresh insights on options before President Goodluck Jonathan. Full story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 13 September 2012
‘Why Law Cannot Resolve The Bakassi Crisis’
By Abiodun Fanoro
NOW that the ceding of the Bakassi Peninsula has again re-surfaced and is in the international domain, a lot of people have started to ask questions. They want to know why the various agreements entered into by Nigeria and Cameroun as well as the 2005 judgment of the International Court of Justice, (ICJ) at The Hague have failed to resolve the problem, stop the restiveness and the increasing agitation by the people of Bakassi. This renewed agitation is indeed posing a serious threat to the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Cameroon, as well as international peace and security.
Source:http://www.ngrguardiannews.com
Posted by Amaka, 11 September 2012
Nigeria: A Tale of Unvalued Treasures
A negotiated settlement is the best solution to the looted artefacts imbroglio, a Lagos-based collector tells Okechukwu Uwaezuoke. A veil of mystery shrouds a recent incident in the US. Dutiful American officials, who had apprehended a cache of Nok sculptures, returned them to the Nigerian Consul-General in New York on July 27. With all certainty, the consul-general declared that these artefacts were stolen from the National Museum in Lagos. But a denial from the National Museum and Monuments contradicted his assertion. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 10 September 2012
French Court Fines Safran For Nigerian Bribes
PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - French aeronautics and defence group Safran was fined 500,000 euros ($630,000) on Wednesday by a Paris court for bribing public officials in Nigeria to win a contract in 2000/03.Investigating magistrates found that the bribes had helped Safran win a 170 million euro contract to make more than 70 million identity cards.
Source:http://af.reuters.com
Posted by Amaka, 6 September 2012
Homeless Bakassi Indigenes Still Nursing The Pain of Ceding
The political leader of Bakassi indigenes and former Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, in this interview with Assistant Editor, Soji Ajibola, bares her mind on the travails of the Bakassi indigenes and other related matters.WHEN did Bakassi Peninsula become an international issue?
At the tail end of the General Ibrahim Babangida’s presidency, the Cameroonian gendarmes, who had co-habited with us for many years, suddenly effected a change of name of our ancestral villages.Full story...
Source:http://tribune.com.ng
Posted by Amaka, 6 September 2012
Nigeria: In 40 Days, Bakassi May Be Lost Forever!
BY HUGO ODIOGOR
When the United Nations endorsed a referendum in Sudan to end the intractable civil war in the North African country, it was obvious that "the wild oats sown in your younger days had made an awful harvest in our autumn of life."Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 3 September 2012
Nigeria: Bakassi - 45 Days to Sunset On the Peninsula
The House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution asking the Federal Government to initiate the process of reviewing the judgement of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ceding the Bakassi Peninsular to the Republic of Cameroun. More than four weeks later, the government is yet to take action on the issue. Onwuka Nzeshi revisits the demand of the Bakassi peopleFull story...
Source:http://allafrica.com
Posted by Amaka, 27 August 2012
Bakasi - Why Behave Like a Big Blind Nation?
BY LOUIS OKECHUKWU, 10 JULY 2012DOES the Green Tree agreement between Nigeria and Cameroon which ceded the Bakassi Peninsula to the to the latter have the force of law if it has not been ratified by the National Assembly as stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution?If this question is answered in the negative, it implies that Bakassi legally remains a part of Nigeria despite the treaty that was signed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This is because Section 12 of the amended 1999 Constitution stipulates that: "No treaty between the Federation and any other country shall have the force of law to the extent to which any such treaty has been enacted into law by the National Assembly.Full story
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Posted by Amaka, 11 July 2012