ECOWAS
Coup attempt: ECOWAS military force to return to Guinea Bissau
By Paul Ejime ECOWAS leaders ended their extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, ordering the return of a regional...
BREAKING: Coup: ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso, dispatches two delegations to dialogue with military govt.
By Paul Ejime The ECOWAS emergency virtual summit ended on Friday with the suspension of Burkina Faso’s membership over Monday’s military coup that...
Mali’s military regime calls ECOWAS bluff, rejects sanctions
Barely 12 hours after ECOWAS slammed some sanctions on Mali, the Col Assimi Goita-led interim authority has rejected the sanctions, describing them...
Coup: ECOWAS Tightens Noose on Mali Interim Govt. to Return to Constitutional Order
ECOWAS, the regional bloc, on Sunday announced further sanctions against Mali’s military-dominated interim authority including financial squeeze, border blockage and withdrawal of...
Just in: Vice-President Osinbajo departs Abuja for ECOWAS summit in Ghana
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has left Abuja for Accra, Ghana to attend the 2nd extraordinary summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads...
Breaking: Twitter: Buhari, Lai Mohammed, others get ECOWAS Court restraining order, slammed for inference with human rights
“FG, its agents restrained from imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media...
Herdsmen killings: ECOWAS Court reserves judgment in SERAP’s suit against Buhari administration
The suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government for its failure to prevent, account for...
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice braces for greater achievements
By Anslem Okolo The headquarters of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on 10 Dares Salaam Street, Wuse 2, Abuja, set up in...
Buhari may reopen land borders soon
An indication emerged on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon receive a report of a Presidential Committee on the reopening...
Evacuate us NOW, embattled Nigerian traders in Ghana send SOS to FG
Nigerian traders in Ghana under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) and the National Association of...
Senegalese President in Abuja, hails Nigeria’s war on terrorism at Lake Chad Basin
President Macky Sall of Senegal has commended Nigeria‘s coordinated war against insurgency and terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin areas. Speaking...
Buhari meets Jonathan, applauds ECOWAS successes in Mali situation
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received updates on the Mali situation from the Special Envoy/Mediator to the West African country, former President Goodluck...
Nigeria will defend, consolidate democracy in ECOWAS countries, says Buhari
As one of the biggest democracy in Africa, Nigeria will do its best to consolidate democractic process in the West African sub-region. President Muhammadu...
Buhari to sit-tight African leaders: Shun tenure elongation, lures of office
Miffed by the crave by some African leaders to perpetuate themselves in power, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged leaders of the member-states...
Buhari presents COVID-19 report at 57th ECOWAS summit in Niamey on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday leave Abuja for Niamey, Niger Republic, to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS...
