Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu says his administration removed petrol subsidy to put Nigeria on the path of economic growth. Tinubu highlighted this during a high-level panel...
The President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, has deployed an Election Observation Mission of 40 observers to Togo...
The President of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has deployed an Election Observation Mission of 40 observers...
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Ambassador Musa Nuhu, has called for a unified response to the security threats in Africa. Amb Nuhu, who is the Chair,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has allocated the sum of 25 million dollars to fight terrorism in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it has released $9 million for humanitarian activities within the region in 2024. At a press conference...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has allocated 25 million dollars in 2024 to fight terrorism in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. ECOWAS...
Following the emerging security and economic threats in West African African nations, the member representing the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, Senator Aniekan Bassey has called...
The 1st Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Right Honourable, Barau Jibrin, has called on members of parliament to join forces together for the peace and...
Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has been appointed as the acting Speaker of the Sixth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament....
He urged members to reject forces bent on causing division within the community. The president stated this while speaking at the inauguration of the Sixth Legislature...
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Jibrin Barau, emerged on Thursday as acting Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament. He emerged at the inaugural session of the...
The parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is made up of 115 representatives from the 15 member countries. Lawmakers from Nigeria, Benin...
President Bola Tinubu has called on ECOWAS member states to come together, strengthen ties and reject forces bent on causing division within the community. Speaking at...
President Bola Tinubu at ECOWAS meeting On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu expressed his support for a proposal to directly elect members into the parliament of the...
President Bola Tinubu has vowed to back a proposal for the direct election of members into the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)....
The recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) diminishes Nigeria’s influence in the region and could...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said the electricity access rate in West African rural areas is standing at only 10 per cent...
The Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (FMHAPA), Abel Enitan, has said an estimated 64.5 million individuals require assistance and protection in...
Niger Republic has reopened its border with Nigeria in the regions of Diffa, Tahoua, Maradi, and Dosso. Naija News reports that the land border between the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it received the news of the killing of 16 Nigerian military men in Delta State with...
Nigeria and other countries under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have failed to obey a total of 150 judgements passed by the bloc...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against...
ECOWAS Commission’s Director of Customs, Union and Taxation, Salifou Tiemtore, has lamented that West African countries are not producing enough palm oil to meet members’ needs....
The aspirations of the West African Monetary Zones (WAMZ) to adopt a single currency across member states have encountered significant hurdles, with the timeline for realization...
There are strong indications that the quest for a single currency by the West African Monetary Zones (WAMZ) would take much longer time to achieve as...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it is involving third parties to resolve its differences with three “important members” – Mali, Burkina-Faso...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is making peaceful overtures to return Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali into...
Elder statesman and former Minister Information Chief Edwin Clark has expressed hope of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s return to the Economic Community of West African...
The resolutions following the Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the recently concluded summit of...
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has reacted to the decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lift sanctions earlier imposed...
Dr Omar Alieu Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, on Wednesday, said the regional bloc spent over a million dollars to support the conduct of Nigeria’s...
The Regional Citizens Dialogue Programme (RCDP), an initiative for preventing and responding to Unconstitutional Change of Government (UCG) in West Africa, opens in Abuja today. Already,...
More Podcasts Download Here After Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced that they would permanently withdraw from the alliance and formed a...
The Regional Citizen’s Dialogue Programme (RCDP), an initiative for preventing and responding to Unconstitutional Changes of Government (UCG) in West Africa, opens in Abuja today. Already,...
Former presidential aide Chief Okoi Obono-Obla has faulted the leadership of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, for lifting sanctions against Mali, Niger and...
In a significant development for West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last week officially lifted economic sanctions on Niger, Mali, and Burkina-Faso....
Nigeriens on Sunday welcomed the lifting of some of the sanctions that were imposed on the country by West Africa’s regional bloc following last year’s coup....
The Northern Senators Forum has commended the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for lifting sanctions imposed on Niger Republic following the...
The Northern Senators Forum (NSF), representing the nineteen Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has extended its gratitude and admiration to the leaders of...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need...
ECOWAS has officially lifted the sanctions on Niger for the unconstitutional takeover of their government on July 26, 2023. The July 2023 military putsch was the...
1. It is with great pleasure and honour that I welcome you, once again to Abuja, on behalf of the Government and people of the Federal...
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has removed the economic sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The decision was taken...
During the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) focused on the political, peace, and security situation in the sub-region, President Bola...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted various economic sanctions slammed on Niger Republic, Burkina Faso and Mali. The regional bloc, however, said...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to suspend economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso,...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is currently holding its Extraordinary Summit at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. As the chair of the...
Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, is currently hosting an Extraordinary Summit at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, focusing on the political, peace, and security situation in...
ECOWAS leaders are currently meeting in Abuja to discuss political and economic issues concerning the sub-region. The leaders would examine ways to address the pulling out...
The Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS, leaders are currently meeting in Abuja to discuss political and economic issues concerning the sub-region.The leaders would examine...
A pioneer President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has called on the bloc’s leaders to lift the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been directed by the Federal High Court in Abuja to compensate Martin Gegenheimer, a German national, with the amounts...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,...
Former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has urged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Authority of Heads of State and Government, to...
Former Head of State of Nigeria, Yakubu Gowon, has recommended that the sanctions against Burkina Faso, the Niger Republic, and Mali be lifted by the regional bloc...
Former Nigerian Head of State and one of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Yakubu Gowon, has advised the regional...
Former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Gen. Dr. Yakubu Gowon GCFR, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
Former Nigerian Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has denied rejecting an invitation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to speak on issues affecting...
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has asked West African leaders to use justice and equity to build a prosperous region. The CJN said...