Miss Abuja representative, Oluchi Madubuike emerged as the winner of the 2021 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) competition on Saturday, September 18. The MBGN competition...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has imposed sanctions including a travel ban and asset freeze on Mali and Guinea’s Army rulers. The decision...
Democracy must be restored in Guinea immediately in the wake of the recent coup that has threatened to destroy the country, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said....
The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is scheduled to represent Nigeria at the 2nd Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Governments on...
Two groups known as Global Rights and the African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) have decried the poor regulation of artisanal and illegal mining activities in...
The Federal Government has implored the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take proactive steps aimed at preventing coups in the sub-region. This was...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday decided to suspend the membership of Guinea and called for the immediate restoration of civil rule...
Weak demand for Nigerian products increased the trade balance deficit to N1.87 trillion in the second quarter of 2021. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of ousted Guinean President Alpha Condé and other detained persons....
The ECOWAS Court has announced July 9 as the date for the hearing of the coalition of applications against the Twitter Ban instituted by the Federal...
In the wake of widespread criticism over the attempt to muzzle the media, the Presidency on Wednesday refuted claims that President Muhammadu Buhari spearheaded the campaign....
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to respect the ruling of the ECOWAS Court banning the prosecution of Nigerians...
Nigerians on social media are celebrating the recent ruling by the Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) concerning Twitter ban in...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in a landmark ruling on Tuesday, restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from imposing sanctions...
Five non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and four journalists have filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of...
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed to postpone the debut of its single currency, the “eco,” until 2027. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday pledged to continue to sustain democracy and democratic tenets among member-countries via the conduct of free,...
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana, on Saturday to attend the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament on Thursday adopted a draft resolution on the macro-economic convergence and stability pact. The move is aimed...
Nigeria’s growing appetite for made-in-China products resulted in the country spending N2.009 trillion on imports from the Asian nation in the first three months of this...
The African Union has announced the suspension of Mali and threatened the country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The coup had...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali after a constitutional court in the landlocked country declared the leader of military junta, Assimi...
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba has disclosed that the establishment of the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) will address security threats, transnational...
The European Union (EU) has said it invested €10 million in Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (A-TIPSOM) Project in Nigeria. According to...
Mr. Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights crusader, has written to the United States government over the continued detention of his client,...
The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a case filed by trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government of Nigeria. SERAP through...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and twenty-four concerned Nigerians have sued the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the ECOWAS...
Following the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, especially in the North East, the European Union (EU) has advised the Federal Government to look beyond the military...
The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) has revealed its mandate to train 150 ex-militants who surrendered their weapons in 2018 in Calabar...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said the inclusion of more women in the Parliament and at all levels of government will foster...
Nigeria, along with other 14 countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to benefit from the $320,000 funding from the African Development...
The costs of imported vehicles will rise sharply beginning from 2021 once the Fuel Grade and Vehicle Emission Standards Regulations of the Economic Community of West...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced a lifting of sanctions placed on Mail in the wake of the recent coup in that country....
Mali’s transitional President, Bah Ndaw, has appointed a 25-member government in which senior military personnel have been given several key posts in a move that may...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Special Envoy to Mali, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the political situation in...
Mali’s Interim President Bah N’Daou has named a new civilian prime minister, the state television announced on Sunday. The new prime minister appointed by N’Daou is...
Troubled West Africa country, Mali, will swear in its interim president, Bah N’Daou into office on Friday, five weeks after the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar...
West African bloc, ECOWAS has hinted that it may lift the sanctions imposed on Mali following last month’s coup which witnessed the ousting of President Ibrahim...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that Nigeria would always support elections in ECOWAS countries to ensure that things go smoothly. He assured Nigeria within the...
Mali, a poor west-African country, is notorious for anti-constitutional change of government at the centre. Coup d’etat often happened with grave socio-economic political consequencies for the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday postponed the launch of its planned single currency, Eco. In a communiqué issued at the end...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over its recent decision stipulating N5 million...
The leaders of Mali’s military coup which witnessed the ousting of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta have been given until 15 September to appoint a civilian leader to...
The Ghanaian President, Prof. Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Akufo-Addo was elected at...
President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned West African leaders against elongating their tenure in office, saying that the development was becoming a source of trouble. The Nigerian...
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave for Niamey, Niger Republic on Monday to attend the 57th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged the military junta in Mali to set an acceptable time table for the country’s return to democracy. The president, in...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold another Extraordinary Summit on the socio-political situation in Mali Friday. The ECOWAS Commission, which disclosed this...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the situation in Mali. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi...
Weighing Buhari’s achievements On August 21, the Presidency triggered a conversation around its second-term achievements by publishing via its Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, a list of 35...
