ECOWAS

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presides over weekly Federal Executive Council Meeting at the State House, Abuja

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...

Restore democracy, release detained President, others, Buhari, ECOWAS leaders urge Mali junta

  President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders have called for the immediate release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, who was...

Breaking : Detained Malian President, Keita, resigns amid coup

  Trapped in the quicksand of month-long political turmoil and coup which ousted him, Malian President, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday indicating he was...

Mali crisis: Adhere to resolutions or  face sanctions, ECOWAS leaders warn

  The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States on Monday asked all warring factions...

ECOWAS virtual summit on Mali crisis holds July 27

  ECOWAS has called a virtual extraordinary Summit on Monday, 27 July on the crisis in Mali following inclusive talks held by five...