The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it allocated 25 million dollars in 2024 to fight terrorism in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Prof. Fatou Sarr, ECOWAS Commissioner, Human Development and Social Affairs, disclosed this during a…
President Bola Tinubu has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider electing its members directly through universal suffrage, instead of doing so through national parliaments. The President made this known at the inauguration of the…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday in Abuja dismissed a petition filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA), an NGO, seeking to compel the Nigerian government to pay N10 million reparation each to the families of 11 deceased journalists. MRA…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security. Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission said this at…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to implement a regional 30 by 30 plan aimed at securing at least 30 per cent of the planet by 2030. Dr Iziaq Salako, Minister of State for Environment, disclosed…
In a move that took the West Africa sub-region unawares, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger which are under military rule on Jan. 28, announced their withdrawal from the sub-regional politico-economic bloc, ECOWAS. Whereas Mali and Burkina Faso officially notified ECOWAS…
…Nigerians risk a further hike in price of rice, oil, millet, others By Moses Adeniyi Nigeria’s foreign trade value may further suffer within the West African region particularly, with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, as the three military regimes of…
ECOWAS says it has not received formal notification of withdrawal from the bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. ECOWAS is a sub-regional political and economic union of 15 West African countries. It stated on Sunday in Abuja that its…
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO) has officially suspended the Republic of Niger by all sub-regional bodies, until constitutional order is restored in the country. This is contained in a statement by the regional organisation,…
The Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Mr Sidie Tunis, says the sanctions on Niger Republic will be lifted if the junta releases President Mohamed Bazoum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Speaker gave the assurance when a 19-man…
