Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Tuesday  for Accra, Ghana, to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement said the vice president will represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit. Osinbajo will join other leaders […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The African Railway Roundtable, a rail advocacy society , has tasked President Nana Akuffo Ado of Ghana to use his chairmanship of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) to revive the moribund Trasn-West African Railway project. In a statement issued over the weekend and signed by its Director, Olawale Rasheed, […]

The mission of a West African peacekeeping force in Guinea-Bissau has come to an end after eight years in the country. They were deployed by regional bloc Ecowas in 2012 following a military coup against Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior after a disputed presidential election. The force of about 1,000 soldiers was mandated to protect […]

By Victoria Ojeme The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed on proposals on the need for joint and coordinated efforts in the reopening of international borders. ECOWAS at its Fifty-seventh Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government held on […]

By Onozure Dania The Expression Now Human Rights Initiative has filed a suit against the Nigerian Government before the ECOWAS Court over the provisions and enforcement of hate speech in the Nigerian Broadcasting Code 6th Edition and its amendments. The suit marked ECW/CCJ/APP/, was filed through the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)s’ counsel, Solomon Okedara. Okedarain the […]

By Bashir Bello The Economic and Community of West African States, ECOWAS on Monday said it has eliminated over 95% of trade barriers along borders for member states under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme, ETLS. This was as it said that Nigeria alone accounts for 60 to 70 per cent of products under the scheme. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The one-day summit, according to the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday will deliberate on the Special Report on COVID-19 […]

Mali must return to civilian rule immediately and hold elections within 12 months, West African countries demanded Friday in a virtual meeting attended by President Muhammadu Buhari, as they considered sanctions over a military coup that toppled the country’s president. The demands were spelt out after the new junta released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, urging the military junta in Mali to set an acceptable time table for the country’s return to democracy. The president, in virtual and third Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS on the socio-political crisis in Mali, said that Mali as a geo-political entity […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari Friday, charged the military junta in Mali to set an acceptable time table for return to democratic government, since the country cannot afford to stand alone in the sub-region. President Buhari, who joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments in a virtual meeting, said Nigeria believes that the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday participated in the second virtual extraordinary summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on the sociopolitical situation in Mali. All the presidents in the ECOWAS are present, alongside the ECOWAS President, Jean-Claude Kassi […]

Mali’s new military rulers said Thursday that former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was detained during the country’s coup on August 18, had been freed. The announcement came on the eve of a summit by Mali’s neighbours, who are to decide whether to ratchet up pressure on the fledgling junta. Keita’s ouster by rebel troops […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Ousted Malian President, Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, has turned down calls to be reinstated to power. ECOWAS Special Envoy and former President, Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this yesterday while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the political crisis in Mali at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Dr Jonathan, who brought the President up to speed on dialogue […]

The European Union Delegation to Nigeria as well as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced that 93 Nigerian students have been selected for this year’s Erasmus+ 2020 scholarship. Amb. Ketil Karlsen, Head of EU delegation said this on Tuesday at the virtual EU Erasmus scholarship orientation in Abuja. He said the […]

The International Human Rights Commission has decried the recent military coup in Mali, describing it as “unacceptable in the 21st century”. Mr Rotimi Benjamin, the Coordinator of IHRC, Nigerian Committee, spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that the rebel soldiers had on Aug. 18 […]