Tag: ECOWAS

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…

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…

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…

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,…

No fewer than 1,044 Nigerians were stopped by the Federal Government from departing the country in 2018, The reason for the decision by the government could not be ascertained, but…

The Federal Government on Monday said seizures made by security agents at the country’s land borders indicated that  the republics of  Benin and Niger were not addressing issues that led…

Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, SAN has warned that if nothing was done to address impunity in the electoral system, Nigeria would continue to witness decreasing rate of voters turnout…

The Federal Government is presently meeting with delegations from Niger and Republic of Benin over the closure of land borders by Nigeria since August. The Tripartite Committee Meeting by the…

Several weeks since Nigeria closed its land borders with its West African neighbours, the Federal Government last week unfolded conditions that ECOWAS member states must adhere to before it reopens…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has departed the country for the Niger Republic. He will be attending an Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States to discuss the…