Economic Community of West African States

Following the coup d’etat in Niger Republic, a high-powered delegation by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have arrived the country’s capital Niamey for mediation. President Tinubu, who was weeks ago, elected chairman of the Economic Community…

The Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, on Wednesday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Speaking at the Economic…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament to tackle all forms of insecurity arising from acts of terrorism, ethnic conflicts and trans-border crime within the…

Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament/Community, Hon. Sidie Mohamed Tunis, has written a letter to the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court, in London, United Kingdom, to temper…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Tuesday, received a letter from Nigerian youths asking it to prevail on the Federal Government to nullify the February 25 Presidential election. The youth group had stormed the…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has denied report of a alleged irregularities in its recruitment by some Nigerian lawmakers. Leader of the Liberian Delegation, Sen. Edwin Snowe, who is also Vice Chairman…

A new report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa has disclosed that Nigeria and 10 other Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries are currently in debt distress based on…

Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has filed a $1 million suit against Republic of Benin before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as cost of…

Member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have withdrawn all its ambassadors from Mali and close land and air borders between member-countries and Mali. This resolution was conveyed in a communiqué issued…

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja, on Saturday, for Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 12th African Union (AU) High-Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa. Dr. Jonathan…