Flooding : Edo, ECOWAS re-strategise on disaster management
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state is partnering with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Early Warning Mechanism for Nigeria to strengthen strategies for effective flood management and other related disasters.
ECOWAS: 31 of 35 Nigerian MPs absent for their country report
Only four out of 35 Nigerian representatives to the ECOWAS Parliament were on Wednesday present at the presentation of the Nigerian Country Report at the First Session of the Parliament.
19 of 35 Nigerian lawmakers absent as ECOWAS Parliament opens
Nineteen out of the 35 Nigerian representatives were on Thursday, absent as the 2018 First Ordinary Session of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened in Abuja.
Herdsmen/farmers crisis: ECOWAS set to review regulations
ECOWAS member states are set to review regional regulations on transhumance to curb herdsmen and farmers’ crisis in the region.
Stakeholders decry reduction of judges at ECOWAS Court
Rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN; President of ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Jerome Traore; Chairman, Nigeria Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Mr. Chinonye Obiagwu; President, Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators, ICMC, Mr Emeka Obegolu and a cross section of civil society organisations, have decried the reduction of judges of ECOWAS Court of Justice from seven to five.
The partnership of sardines and sharks
The EPA negotiation process itself is unfair; while the 28 European countries negotiate as a single entity or bloc, the EU sliced Africa into five different negotiation partners; Central Africa, East and Central Africa, the East African Community, the Southern African Development Community, SADEC, and ECOWAS
