Buhari Embarks On Peace Mission To Mali
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…
ECOWAS Parliament Mourns 1,600 Victims Of COVID-19
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…
Eco:Single Currency Could Be In Serious Jeopardy -Buhari
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…
ECOWAS Approves Okonjo-Iweala For WTO Job
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).…
Chad Begs Nigeria For Power Supply
The government of Chad Republic has formally requested the Nigerian government to connect the country to the Nigerian electricity grid. The request was presented by the Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria,…
292,141 Nigeria Refugees Seek Asylum In Niger, Cameroon, Chad – UNHRC
United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Representative to Nigeria Ms. Chansa Kapaya has said that 292,141 Nigerian refugees have sought asylum in Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. Ms. Kapaya made this known at…
We Can’t Subsidise UN Mandate With AU Peace Fund — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says the African Union Peace Fund should be structured for the internal support arrangements within the continent and not as resources to subsidize the mandate of the…
ECOWAS Leaders Approve Committee On Nigeria’s Land Border Closure
The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, to study and make a full report…
ECOWAS: Leaders Hold Bilateral Talks In Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, held a bilateral meeting with some West African leaders in Abuja. The details or purpose for the talks were yet to be gathered as at…
Africans Can Come To Nigeria Without Visa From 2020
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says the Federal Government have approved that all Africans could come to Nigeria without Visa from January 2020. The Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede,…
