The oil-rich Bakassi is now controlled by Cameroon following the transfer of sovereignty from Nigeria as a result of a judgment by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2002. The ruling forced ...

The vociferous calls, especially in recent times, for the revision of the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the land and maritime dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria in respect ...

The group said the demands should be quickly handled to avert destructive attacks on oil and gas infrastructure in the country. A militant group identified as Niger Delta 'Rothweliers of Bakassi ...

CALABAR, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria relinquished control of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to its neighbor Cameroon on Thursday despite fears the handover will provoke attacks from local armed groups ...

The people of Bakassi who have often protested the alleged ill-treatment they receive from Cameroonian security forces, and feeling of rejection by Nigeria, after The Green Tree Agreement ceded the ...

Trade and maritime traffic between Cameroon and Nigeria nosedived this week after a Cameroonian state governor ordered a temporary trade ban Wednesday in the Bakassi Peninsula, in response to the ...

The Paramount Ruler of Bakassi in Cross River State, Etim Okon-Edet, has accused the federal government of abandoning indigenes of the community. He also appealed to the Federal Government to ensure ...

The 10th anniversary of the judgment of the International Court of Justice on October 10, 2012 is a watershed in Nigeria’s loss of the Peninsula to Cameroon. The song of nunc dimitis echoed in Cross ...

Nigeria relinquished control of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to its neighbour Cameroon today despite fears the handover will provoke attacks from local armed groups opposed to the change. "We are ...

All 10 hostages abducted from a Bourbon Offshore supply vessel operating in the Rio del Rey basin off the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula have been released unharmed, writes Barry Morgan. Seven French ...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nigeria will hand over the long-disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday. Here are some key facts about the Bakassi peninsula and the border dispute between Cameroon and ...

Nigeria will finally hand over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, putting an end to a decades-old dispute that brought the two countries to the brink of war. Security is expected ...