Tag: ECOWAS

By Lukman Amusa President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined other West African leaders to discuss the military coup in Mali that ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The meeting, which was…

Nigerian traders operating in Ghana, on Wednesday, visited the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja to protest the locking up of their shops in Ghana. The protesters, who carried placards with…

By Moses Godonu   Nigeria as a country in the forefront of ECOWAS fight against coronavirus pandemic, the country is now set to give aid to other member states in…

Moses Godonu   The Accounts and Finance department of the Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) secretariat was on Tuesday engulfed with fire. The fire was said to…

Moses Godonu   President Muhammadu Buhari has on Monday joined his West African counterparts in an extraordinary peace mediation meeting over the political crisis in Mali. Monday’s meeting is sequel…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country. Buhari’s arrival was confirmed in a tweet…

By Lukman Amusa The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would be departing Abuja for…

As its Second Extra-Ordinary Session openes via video conferencing, ECOWAS Parliament has commiserated with families of more than 1,600 community citizens claimed by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Speaker of the…

By Olamilekan Alani The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said the plan for single currency, Eco, could be in serious jeopardy,” unless member states complied with agreed…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorses the candidature of former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the top job of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).…