By Victoria Ojeme The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared this year an election year partly because of the general elections coming up in Nigeria this year and similar elections in three other West African countries. The Speaker of the ECOWAS parliament, Sidie Mohammed Tunis, speaking at the opening of the fifth […]

Nigeria: ECOWAS declares 2023 “Elections Year”

By Victoria Ojeme Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Parliament Ad-hoc Committee investigating allegations of marginalisation against Nigerian candidates in the botched recruitment attempt at the sub-regional parliament has assured of protecting Nigeria’s interest. Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Sidie Mohammed Tunis had […]

By Victoria Ojeme Bissau: The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has urged governments of the ECOWAS countries to give policy priority to programmes that will promote pro-growth economic policies and enhance institutions to enable economic growth. The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis in an address at the closing of […]

By Victoria Ojeme Bissau: The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr. Sidie Tunis called for more political commitment towards the adoption of the ECOWAS common currency while blaming inflation in the region on the use of United States dollars in trade. “We should be able to trade […]

By Victoria Ojeme Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted a resolution demanding two permanent seats for Africa in the United Nations Security Council. This was part of the resolutions contained in a communiqué released at the end of the 62nd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State […]

By Victoria Ojeme Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to quickly harmonize and ratify the ECOWAS protocol on good governance to check the incidences of coups in the region. President Buhari made the call during the 62nd Ordinary Session of the Summit of […]

Ahead of the 2023 general polls, the ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission for the Elections said that it is important to the African continent and beyond, stressing the need for free, fair and credible polls in Nigeria.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has reiterated its commitment towards strengthening regional economic relations with the rest of the world, particularly Europe.

Employment scandal: Nigerian lawmakers filibustering to win 2023 elections – ECOWAS

HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, yesterday, urged Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African  States, ECOWAS,  to adopt the proposed amendment to the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.

By Godfrey Bivebere and Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Nigeria Customs Service migrated from the old version of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (2017- 2021) to the new version (2022- 2026). A statement signed by Public Relations Officer, Timi Bomodi, for Comptroller-General of Customs, said that the migration was in-line with the World Customs Organisation, WCO five […]

By Victoria Ojeme, and Ezra Ukanwa, Abuja The Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS, has received Information Technology, IT, equipment from tge European Union, EU, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German government’s foreign aid agency, to ensure effective service delivery at the West African regional body. This was, therefore, part […]

The ECOWAS Court has dismissed the application by the Federal Government seeking to stop the judgment in the Twitter ban case.

A man, Mr Hassane Nouhou, has dragged the Nigerien Government before the ECOWAS Court of Justice for allegedly tolerating serfdom in spite of signing international instruments against the practice. Nouhou filed the petition on behalf of 260 families living in the village of Danki. He alleged that they have been suffering from the inaction of […]