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 scrabble for African territories and the creation of artificial boundaries in Africa.

THE judgment of the International Court of Justice, which purported to award the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun, is to all intents and purposes outrageous, blatantly unjust and patently unsupportable.

AGAINST the backdrop of numerous dangers street trading pose to lives as well as the unhygienic attitude of most Lagos residents, the State Government outlawed all forms of street trading. Those who run foul of the law, are liable to pay an unspecified amount of money as fines or go to jail as the case may be.

THE rainy season is a period most travellers on the East- West road in the Niger Delta region wish should never be. This is due to the nightmare and bitter experience they go through on the road during the rainy season . For many years now, the road has been in a very deplorable state and the situation becomes worse for travellers whenever the rains set in.

NIGERIANS have called on the Federal Government to assemble experts with legal, diplomatic and historial expertise to study the fresh facts that have emerged showing that International Court of Justice (ICJ) was misled into ceding the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroun when vital informations that clearly placed Bakassi as a territory within the geographical, political and administrative jurisdiction and control of Nigeria, were concealed to the jurists of the World Court.