Shortly before 1pm last Thursday, the Nigerian national anthem sounded at the Perigrino Hall inside the Cross Rives state Government House, Calabar to signal the conclusion of the Green tree Agreement between Nigeria and...
Posted to the web 16 August 2008 Damilola Oyedele and Ernest Chinwo in CalabarAbuja The government of the United Kingdom yesterday sent a congratulatory message to the Nigerian government over the successful handover of the...
Until the early hours of yesterday, the venue of the handover of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon in fulfilment of the Green Tree Agreement (GTA) of 2006 was a highly guarded secret because of security concerns.
After fifteen years of political debate and periodic violence, the Nigerian government officially handed over the potentially oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, in a ceremony overseen by senior politicians,...
Posted to the web 14 August 2008 Ernest Chinwo Calabar Fear, anger, uncertainty and hopelessness aptly describe the mood of the people in the adjoining areas of Bakassi last night, on the eve of the handover of the remaining...
Posted to the web 13 August 2008 Ernest Chinwo Calabar Chief Judge of Cross River State, Justice Dorothy Eyamba- Idem, has ordered that the case filed by Edidem Etubom Bassey 11 over the selection of the Obong of Calabar must...
Recent developments and programmes that have been launched in some states, and in some parastatals in the Federal Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation are no doubt programmes carefully thought out by the new...
Posted to the web 7 August 2008 Ernest Chinwo Calabar Judges in Cross River State have said they are wary of handling the case instituted by the Etubom Traditional Council over the choice of the Obong of Calabar. Yesterday, the...
Students of the Federal School of Nursing, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Branch, have protested against a directive by the management of the hospital ordering them to proceed on an indefinite semester break with...
Posted to the web 4 August 2008 Tashikalmah Hallah & Muideen Olaniyi Ten days to the handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon, Nigerians are relocating from the disputed area to Calabar and Ikang area of Cross River State,...