The European Union and Economic Communities of West Africa in conjunction with the Leadership Initiative for Transformation and Empowerment (LITE-Africa) and the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) have graduated 58 trainees in the second batch of the EU-ECOWAS Small Arms Action Project, held in Abuja. Dr Joseph Bisina, Executive Director, LITE-AFRICA, […]

Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami,SAN, on Tuesday welcomed an ECOWAS Court judgment dismissing a case filed by the trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government. Malami, in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, said the judgment has saved Nigeria from payment […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and twenty-four concerned Nigerians have sued the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over “the arbitrary use of the NBC Act and broadcasting code to target, harass, sanction, and fine independent television and radio stations in […]

By Victoria Ojeme The Women, Peace and Security, WPS, Guidelines of the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) of the ECOWAS Commission has been rolled out in Abuja for continuous gender mainstreaming of peace and security operations. As practical tools for continuous gender mainstreaming, the guidelines are billed to facilitate the advancement of […]

As West African countries continue to dilly-dally on the adoption of a common currency, a former diplomat has advised the Nigerian government to strengthen the Naira and shun the Eco currency.

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Government of Cote d’Ivoire to immediately release its citizen, Kodjo Claude, who had been in pre-trial detention since June 2018. The court handed down the judgment after finding the government guilty of violation of his rights to liberty and presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a […]

By Victoria Ojeme The United States Embassy in Nigeria, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, and the Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), condemned the attacks in separate statements on their Twitter handles. “The Embassy of the United States condemns the recent attack […]

By Victoria Ojeme Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis has disclosed that border extortion has been a challenge within member states. Tunis made this known during a visit to Gbahjakeh Community in Bomi County, Liberia during an oversight visit to some communities across County on entering into Liberia through the Sierra Leonean/Liberian border. In […]

The Head of Agriculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Mr Ernest Aubee, has said that Nigeria was leading in the promotion of Organic Agriculture in the West Africa region.

By Victor Ajihromanus African Bar Association has expressed satisfaction with the judgment of the ECOWAS Community Court delivered on March 15, 2021, in which the Court ordered the immediate release of and payment of compensation to Mr. Alex Saab a Venezuelan Diplomat illegally detained by the Government of Cape Verde. In a statement after the […]

By Victor Ajihromanus African Bar Association has expressed satisfaction with the judgment of the ECOWAS Community Court delivered on March 15, 2021, in which the Court ordered the immediate release of and payment of compensation to Mr. Alex Saab a Venezuelan Diplomat illegally detained by the Government of Cape Verde. In a statement after the […]

By Victoria Ojeme Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Mohamed Tunis has disclosed that the 0.5 percent levy which was imposed on goods from non-ECOWAS member states, was intended to cater for about 80 percent of the community’s budget revenue. He also  said that plans are on the way in addressing the low remittance of […]

BY: Victoria Ojeme The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Rt Hon Sidie Mohamed has appealed to the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Julius Madda Bio to champion the campaign for direct universal suffrage at the level of the authorities of Heads of States. The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Rt Hon Sidie Mohamed Tunis made this appeal […]

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), European Union (EU) and Akwa Ibom State Government have teamed up on ‘Small Arms and Light Weapons(SALW) Control, a disarmament programme initiated to train repentant militant youths in various skills.

The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) is to train 150 ex-militants who surrendered their weapons in 2018 in Calabar for training on various skills acquisition programmes. Mr Dickson Orji, Programme Coordinator of PRESCOM, who supervised the ex militants on Tuesday in Calabar, said they were going to be trained on alternative […]