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BAKASSI: Peninsula not in 26 districts plebiscite of southern Cameroun

BAKASSI: Peninsula not in 26 districts plebiscite of southern Cameroun

THE Milner/Simone Declaration which showed the partition of Cameroon between Britain and France was not the work of the League. The British and French powers partitioned Cameroons to their satisfaction before they presented it to the League for the Mandate Signature.

BAKASSI: 1922 – 39 maps had Rio del Rey as eastern end of peninsula

BAKASSI: 1922 – 39 maps had Rio del Rey as eastern end of peninsula

PROFESSOR J.C. Anene confirms in his book, International Boundaries of Nigeria, that this portion of the boundary from the sea, at Bakassi, to the Cross River “Rapids”, had been settled by 1913, and were not nullified by the 1913 Agreements: “In the final settlement, the “rapids” of the provisional boundary became the thalweg of the Cross River at the bend of the river about two and a half miles upstream from Obokun.

Nigeria is a country, not  a nation – Akinjide

Nigeria is a country, not a nation – Akinjide

Nigeria is just two years away from becoming a 100years post amalgamation.Yet, when the United States of America, USA, celebrated her second centenary in 1976, the escapist wisdom dominant in

Healthcare: Lot of motion, little  movement

Healthcare: Lot of motion, little movement

From one of the richest and most promising 50 countries in the late1960s and early 1970s, Nigeria is today among the 20 countries in the world with the widest gap between the rich and the poor.

The gains, losses and hopes of a Nation

The gains, losses and hopes of a Nation

IN just two years, it will be 100 years since Nigeria was created as a single amalgamated political entity by the British colonial adventurers.