Tag: Ecowas
I will step down 2023 – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his intention not to contest the 2023 presidential elections but determined to help strengthen the…
Scourge of terrorism dominates ECOWAS summit in Abuja
How to deal with the rampaging terrorists in West Africa dominated discussions by leaders at their summit, with hosts President…
FG lists conditions for reopening land borders
The Federal government has given conditions that ECOWAS Member States must adhere to before reopening its border, including that the…
EFCC docks ECOWAS staff Dangana over N587m fraud
A staff of the Economic Community of West African States, Muhammad Dangana was charged Friday with criminal diversion of funds,…
What Sanwo-Olu told ECOWAS CCJ
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday promised that his administration will uphold the principle of separation of powers…
Liberia’s Vice President seeks ECOWAS support for women in politics
Liberia’s Vice President Jewel Taylor has called on the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to support women in…
Buhari arrives Ouagadougou for ECOWAS Summit on Counter-Terrorism
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to attend the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on…
Devastation in Northeast, ECOWAS to the rescue
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, says the commission in collaboration with Nigerian Government will provide boreholes,…
ECOWAS single currency to be called ECO
The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Saturday adopted ECO as the name of the single currency…
Niger’s Issoufou new chairman of ECOWAS
ECOWAS member states have elected President of Niger Republic Mahamodou Issaofou as Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of…
ECOWAS honours Ameyo Adadevoh, Kofi Annan, Acogny, first of its type
The Economic Commission of West African States at its 55th Ordinary Session in Abuja took a historic step today to…
President Buhari’s remarks at 55th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS
STATEMENT BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, CHAIRMAN OF THE ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF…
Buhari seeks collective West African response to terrorism, banditry
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a joint strategic response by West African leaders to combat the menace of banditry…
MNEPP Embarks On ECOWAS Tour
Members of my Nigeria epassport project (MNEPP) are embarking on a tour of West African countries to promote peace and…
ECOWAS to have own currency by 2020 – Member state
Representative of a member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Aichatou Kane, from Niger Republic has…
ECOWAS sad over political situation in Benin
Members of the ECOWAS Parliament have expressed displeasure in the political situation in Benin following the presentation of the Country…
President’s aide partners ECOWAS Youth Council to tackle unemployment
Mrs Juliet Ibekau-Nwagwu, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reform Sector has pledged to cooperate with the Economic…
Human trafficking: IOM, ECOWAS, NAPTIP launch campaign
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday embarked on a cross-border roadshow to sensitise people in West African coasts…
Ghana seeks ECOWAS support to host AfCTA secretariat
Ghana has solicited the support of ECOWAS to host the secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) in…
Irregular migration: ECOWAS moves to increase job creation
ECOWAS is developing modalities to increase job creation to address illegal migration in the region, officials have said.
Forest protection project: Nigeria, 14 ECOWAS states to benefit
The FAO announced on Tuesday that Nigeria and 14 other ECOWAS members are to benefit from an eight-million-dollar five-year forest…
ECOWAS awards 790 scholarships – Buhari
No fewer than 790 scholarships are awarded to brilliant needy boys and girls by the 15 ECOWAS countries in the…
SERAP drags FG, States to ECOWAS Court over ‘attacks on journalists, bloggers’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government and State Governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice…
AfDB, ECOWAS sign agreement on 1,000km Abidjan-Lagos highway
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and ECOWAS, have signed an agreement for a study into a 1,000 km highway that…
Conflict prevention: ECOWAS seeks $100m
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is seeking about 100 million dollars for its conflict prevention framework aimed…
ECOWAS to host Diplomatic sports
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will host the 2019 Diplomatic Sports Competition in March, Francis Njoaguani, Director,…
ECOWAS calls for free, fair elections in Nigeria, Senegal
The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government have charged Nigeria and Senegal to leave no stone unturned in ensuring the…
Economy, insecurity, others major problems of ECOWAS
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday lamented that despite successes recorded by the Economic Community of West African State, ECOWAS, the…
Peace, devt: Buhari salutes ECOWAS leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday commended leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for their efforts in…
ECOWAS makes case for free movement
ECOWAS has called on member states to domesticate and effectively implement the protocol on the free movement of goods and…