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...
Talks between a delegation of West African envoys and the military officers who overthrew Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita aimed at resolving the political situation in...
The ECOWAS Commission on Saturday donated about 4,000 tonnes of food items to the Nigerian government for distribution to vulnerable households, to mitigate the effects of...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delegation led by former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday, met with Mali’s military junta and the...
Leaders of the West African sub region on Saturday arrived in Mali, following the military coup that ousted the civilian leadership of that country. The ECOWAS...
Nigeria provides between 60 to 70 per cent of products under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Trade Liberalisation Scheme, the Nigerian government has...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will Thursday hold an Extraordinary Summit on the current situation in Mali. A group of mutinous soldiers on...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said on Monday the Federal Government may approach the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court for a...
Fire on Tuesday night destroyed a section of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Secretariat in the Asokoro District of Abuja. The inferno affected...
The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, has approved the appointment of a new cabinet towards a government of national unity in a bid to resolve...
The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday insisted that the Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, would not step aside as demanded...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday returned to Nigeria from Mali after the peace summit in the troubled West African country ended in deadlock. President Buhari and...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has returned to Mali to continue his assignment for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The former Nigerian President was...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, during the meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, briefed him about the crisis in Mali. The former...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as a special envoy to lead its mediation mission in Mali. The ex-president’s...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has destroyed 10,000 kilograms of cannabis valued at over N1 billion in Lagos. Olugboyega Peters, the Comptroller I of the Western...
