Kidnapped Schoolchildren: Rage over terrorists’ toxic demand
By Esther Onyegbula In homes scattered across Nigeria, telephones have become symbols of both hope and terror. Every ring sends hearts racing. Every unknown number triggers fear. Every silent night stretches endlessly for families whose loved ones remain in captivity. For parents whose children have disappeared into forests controlled by armed groups, for wives waiting […]
Rivers State: Flood disaster forces farmers into premature harvest
SHE simply gave her name as Madam Jane. She was seen struggling to harvest her cassava prematurely in the pool of water that almost got to her knee level in one of the communities in Joinkrama, JK, Ahoada West local government area of Rivers state.
BAKASSI: UN should organise a plebiscite
THE Nigerian legal team accepted Articles 1-17 of the Anglo-German Agreement of March 11, 1913, but rejected Article 20, which purportedly gave Bakassi to Cameroon. Nigeria and Cameroon even bound themselves before the court, to accept Articles 18-20 of the said Agreement, but neglected to bind themselves by Article 21, which sends the boundary left from the mouth of the Akwa Yafe River, thence to Rio del Rey River and the sea.
BAKASSI: Boundary law places Peninsula in Nigeria
THE BOUNDARY LAW No. 126 of 1954. Let us return briefly to the Boundary law No. 126 of 1954. That law referred to the Southern Boundary of Eastern Nigeria as the “Sea”.
Those who ceded Bakassi committed crimes against humanity – Paramount ruler
The Etinyin of Bakassi, Dr. Etim Okon Edet, is not only the paramount ruler of Bakassi but also chairman of the Cross River State Council of Chiefs.
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.
