The Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government to come before it today to justify the continued detention of the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd.

ABUJA—The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is now to allocate foreign exchange to end-users, with priority given to matured Letters of Credit, importation of petroleum products, raw materials and machinery. This is in a bid to effectively manage the nation’s depleted foreign reserves.

The Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) has said that its sub-regional radio and television channels will come on stream in 2017.

The European Union (EU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have announced an investment of N5.5 billion to support the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in its fight against human trafficking.

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, under the auspices of Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN), has decried its inability to participate at 2013 Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS trade fair, held in Togo, blaming it on finance. Recall that the association was selected by the Nigeria Export Promotion Council, NEPC to represent the country. Speaking at a business forum/ inauguration of AMEN Cooperative, President AMEN, Prince Saviour Iche, described the ongoing submission of business proposals to the Bank of Industry (BOI) through SMEDAN as a welcome development, saying, “ but our members may not be able to access the fund due to stringent requirements and conditions attached to it. We are proposing to meet the management for the way forward.