Breaking: ECOWAS Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s reliefs against FG
ABUJA---The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, filed against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, alleging that he was tortured, assaulted and subjected to inhuman treatment by security operatives when he was arrested in 2015.
ECOWAS trade policies may transform economies across Africa, boost AfCFTA – Commissioner
The African Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) could be a landmark achievement for economies of African states, the African Union’s Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail Chergui, said on Wednesday.
EFCC docks ECOWAS staff over alleged N587.7m fraud
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned one Muhammad Dangana, a staff of the ECOWAS Commission, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on a 15-count money laundering charge. Dangana, who was identified as an Executive Assistant to the Financial Controller, ECOWAS Commission Secretariat, Abuja, was alleged to have […]
ECOWAS Court now admits individual lawsuits against human rights violations
The Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says it has expanded the responsibilities of the court to allow individuals to bring complaints of human rights violations by member states. A judge of the court, Justice Dupe Atoki disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference as part of activities to […]
Nigeria, Ghana meet to resolve trade issues caused by border closure
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and his Ghanaian counterpart, Mrs Shirley Botchwey, said that both countries had agreed on modalities to resolve the trade challenges arising from the recent border closure. Both Ministers disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja after a closed-door meeting. Botchwey, who was accompanied by the Ghanaian Trade […]
Magu rallies Africa against corruption
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, called on all heads of anti-corruption agencies in Africa to join hands in confronting and defeating corruption through collective action. Magu, who stated this at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Secretariat in Abuja, while […]
