Tag: Ecowas
Jonathan hosts ECOWAS leaders to discuss regional security
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday in Abuja host the 46th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of…
Signing Anti-Stigma Bill Into Law
Despite the massive public enlightenment, it is distressing that HIV/AIDS victims are still being stigmatised in the country. It thus,…
Jonathan, others arrive Burkina Faso for crisis talks
President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, for talks aimed at quickening the resolution of…
ECOWAS advises INEC on 2015 elections
The ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to be complacent about its…
LASG, FG Set For Dialogue On Lagos-Badagry Expressway
Lagos State Government says it is ready to dialogue with the Federal Government on the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Badagry…
EU, UN Unite Against Drug Trafficking In Nigeria
Simon Ateba The European Union, EU, and the United Nations, UN, will continue to support the fight against drug trafficking…
Ebola: UNICEF makes case for Liberia, Sierra-Leone, others
Mrs Jane Giogh, United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) representative in Nigeria, has appealed to countries with adequate human resources…
US, ECOWAS sign pact on security in Abuja
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed agreement on countering…
The Infantryman And The War Against Terrorism
By Akido Agenro The situation in the north eastern part of Nigeria is steadily deteriorating into a major internal conflict…
ECOWAS defence chiefs to meet in Ghana
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) will hold its 34th Ordinary Session from 9 to 11 September…
Anxiety Over 60 Ebola Contacts In Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There are fears in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, following government’s inability to track down 60 persons said…
Ebola Scare In Port Harcourt Hospitals
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Patients admitted in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, have hurriedly left the hospital after…
New ECOWAS brown card to be operational in Jan 2015
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) on Tuesday said the implementation of the new Brown Card for Economic Community of West…
Police Affairs minister blasts FG’s critics
The Minister of Police Affairs, Abdul Adesiyan, has described people accusing the Federal Government of not doing enough to address…
Boko Haram: Jonathan, 6 ECOWAS Leaders Meet
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and his counterparts in six other countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…