ECOWAS: Election of new leadership underway as 67th ordinary summit holds in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu, in his capacity as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is currently hosting his counterparts at the 67th...
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US visa restrictions on ECOWAS, threat to regional growth — Nigeria’s foreign minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, Yusuf Tuggar, has decried proposed United States visa restrictions on Wes...
Member states’ exit must not harm citizens — ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that the ongoing withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from the regional bloc must not aff...
Akpabio urges ECOWAS Parliament to renew pledge to build United West Africa
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio has urged the Parliamentarians of the West African regional block ECOWAS to renew their pledge to build a...
Food security: ECOWAS Commission trains youths on ecological organic agriculture
In a bid to tackle the challenges of climate change, food insecurity and unemployment in West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Comm...
ECOWAS crumbling over failed leadership – Bala Mohammed
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, has warned that the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is in danger due to poor leadership, lack o...
Lagos Chief Judge, Alogba decries difficulty in enforcing ECOWAS judgements
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has expressed concern over the difficulty of enforcing judgements issued by the ECOWAS Court of Justice w...
ECOWAS convenes meeting in Ghana over withdrawal of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Council of Ministers will be meeting in Accra, Ghana, to deliberate on the withdrawal of Niger, Mali, and...
Rivers Emergency Rule: Lawyers ask ECOWAS to impose sanctions on Tinubu, NASS
Nigerian legislative lawyers, under the aegis of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, have asked the Community Court of J...
ECOWAS court: Kano govt defends blasphemy laws
Against a verdict by the ECOWAS Court of Justice, asserting the constitutional right to uphold religious sanctity within its jurisdiction, the Kano State Govern...
Minister calls for immediate release of Niger’s ousted president, Bazoum
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called for the immediate release of Niger Republic’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum,...
State of emergency in Rivers: Activists warn of threat to democracy, petition ECOWAS
A Nigerian pro-democracy coalition, Concerned Nigerians in Defence of Democratic Governance, has petitioned the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWA...