Tag: Bakassi
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Cross River assembly condemns petition seeking Bakassi’s delisting from LGAs
The Cross River State House of Assembly has strongly condemned a petition sent to President Bola Tinubu by a group identified as the Indigenous Displaced People of Bakassi, urging the federal government to delist Bakassi from Nigeria’s 774 local government areas.
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Work on Superhighway, Bakassi Deep seaport on course, says Ayade
Cross River state governor, Sir Ben Ayade has expressed happiness at the pace of work on the 270 kilometre Superhighway linking the state with Northern Nigeria. Ayade however, renewed his call for federal government’s support for the project, lamenting that the state was left to shoulder such a gigantic project alone. The governor enumerated the…
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Oshiomhole attacks Obasanjo for ceding Bakassi to Cameroon
The national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday lashed out at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for ceding Bakassi to Cameroon. He spoke at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, the Cross River State capital, after handing over the governorship flag to Senator John Owan-Enoh. According to the party chair, the country…
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Bakassi : S’Court set aside judgment compelling INEC to conduct election in 10 new wards
The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal, Calabar which compelled INEC to conduct elections in the 10 wards of Ikang, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State. Delivering the judgment, Justice John Okoro held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral body to create electoral…