West African leaders Thursday tapped President Muhammadu Buhari to lead the battle against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the sub-region. The Special Adviser to...
The Federal Government is currently buying more time ahead of the formal launching of the proposed West African common currency, Eco anticipated to take effect later...
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the African Union Peace Fund should be structured for the internal support arrangements within the continent and...
Many mouths were left agape in surprise when President Muhammadu Buhari was recently quoted to have said that citizens must resist the urge to travel abroad...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed- doors with the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, said on Saturday terrorism attacks increased by 80 percent in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with the Presidents of other West African nations in Abuja. The meeting took place on the sidelines...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday resolved to conduct an investigation into the alleged closure of over 600 Nigerian shops and businesses by Ghanaian authorities. The Senate,...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday explained why the upper legislative chamber has yet to set up a committee on the review of the...
Nigeria has been ranked as one of five West Africa Countries topping the energy access status in the ECOWAS region with their population having access to...
A bureau de change operator, Adedeji Adelabu on Thursday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how an official of the Economic Community of West...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday denied that the closure of Nigeria’s borders will end on January 31, 2020 as contained in a leaked memo....
Nigeria recently partially closed its border with Benin in an effort to stem the smuggling of rice. It then went on to close its land borders...
Hello, it’s Sunday again. And, Business Wrap is upon us. Remember this serving is a featured post highlighting some of the major events that unfolded during...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday backed the Federal Government’s decision to close Nigeria’s borders with some neighbouring countries over illegal trade. The Comptroller-General of...
The Nigerian government has been asked to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of the January 2018 mass killings and destructions in some communities in Benue State. This...
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama on Tuesday said Nigeria would take advantage of its position in the Forum of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged his counterparts in West African countries to unite and end the reign of terrorists in the region. Addressing Economic Community...
The Nigerian Government has been asked to sever diplomatic ties with South Africa over unwarranted attacks on Nigerians in the country. The immediate past deputy senate...
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Wednesday distanced himself from an alleged ploy by some governors in Progressives Governors Forum to oust the National chairman...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday announced that it has commenced e-registration of all migrants in all the 18 local government areas of Cross River...
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the current ECOWAS Chairman, has called on Heads of State and Government in the West African sub-region to tackle insecurity head-on....
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has promised speedy electoral reforms as the House commences its legislative duties. According to the Speaker, who...
Nigerians were either in their various homes, stadia, shopping malls, amusement centres or other places of their choice, because the federal government declared Wednesday, June 12,...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf on Monday expressed his readiness to take legal action against the speaker of the ECOWA parliament,...
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has allocated 59 hectares of land in his state to resettlement of Cameroonian refugees at Ikyogen Cattle Ranch in...
Nigerians have been urged to accept “in good faith” the outcome of the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections staged on Saturday across the country....
The Head of ECOWAS Election Observer Mission to Nigeria, Mrs Ellen Jonhson Sirleaf, is supervising a delegation of election monitors to 8 polling centres and Durumi...
Ellen Johnson SirLeaf, head of ECOWAS observation mission, says Nigeria has to get it right in the February 16 presidential and legislative elections because West Africa...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has made a pledge to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2019. He made the comment on Saturday during his...
With the National Assembly threatening to veto President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the controversy seems to be growing. President Buhari insists that...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will not allow Nigeria to be “big for nothing”. The president’s statement was in regard to Nigeria’s financial commitments...
Foremost human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the new electoral act amendment bill into law. He said the bill...
The upcoming handover of a $4.5 billion Seme border facility to Nigeria and the Republic of Benin has increased hopes of smoother trade across West Africa...
By Kolawole Olaniyan…. President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 after emphasising his track record of tackling corruption, and his pledge to stop public officials from...
For not giving her access to justice, the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay...
Two years after the mega joint-border project by the European Union (EU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been completed at Seme border...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja gave reasons why he was not inclined towards signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) among ECOWAS countries. According to...
By Reuben Abati… I was in Morocco recently, about 20 years after I last visited Timbuktu, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat and Laayoune. I was quite impressed to...
Gambian President Adama Barrow Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari was key to the ouster of Yahya Jammeh, former president of the country, during the political crisis...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans for sub-regional development projects worth 29.66 billion dollars from 2018 to 2022. President of the...
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has emerged the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID). She...
There are strong indications that the renewed insecurity in parts of Nigeria may prevent the country from accessing the European Union (EU) €26 billion aid for...
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians to shun divisive acts and work with the government to banish poverty from the country. Speaking on...
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, called on leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to resist ongoing manipulation of its...
Following complaints from some ECOWAS-member countries that their citizens for intra border trades were being denied free entry, against free border entry protocol agreement, the organisation...
Despite efforts by the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) to ensure that a common and affordable roaming tariff is achievable within member states, there...
President-elect, Adama Barrow is set to return to Gambia on Thursday as he seeks to take hold of power after the 22-year reign of exiled former...
By Reuben Abati… I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid am two-day...
The deal which led to an agreement that convinced Gambia’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh to flee into exile is not inclusive of immunity, so says leaders...
