PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Accra, Ghana, highlighted the progress made so far by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the prevailing challenges of the region. A statement on Sunday by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s…
THE ECOWAS Court of Justice has nullified the dismissal of Mr Momodu Cham, a former staff of the Commission, saying it breached Article 69 of the ECOWAS staff regulations. Cham had filed the suit following his dismissal from his position…
THE President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the ECOWAS single currency if actualiseed, will facilitate free trade within the sub-region. Uwaleke, who is also the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University,…
THE Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Catherine Udeh and two others. The ruling, delivered on July 10, 2024,…
WEST Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has tasked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye with mediating talks with the three military junta-led states—Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso—that withdrew from the group earlier this year. The…
OGUN State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, said the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by his colleagues was an attestation of his sterling leadership qualities as the chairman of…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has been re-elected for another one-year tenure as chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu’s first tenure is to end on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. He was re-elected at the 65th Ordinary…
THE Court of Jurisdiction of the Economic Communities of West Africa States (ECOWAS), residing in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city, has set aside, 9th July, 2024 to hear a suit filed by hundreds of Edo agrarian communities, against the government…
NIGER’s military leader, speaking alongside the junta chiefs from Mali and Burkina Faso, has said they are “irrevocably” turning their backs on the wider West African bloc, ECOWAS. The three men are meeting together for the first time to…
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, says construction of the ECOWAS community institutions’ headquarters will not only stand as symbol of unity but serve as hub for collective endeavors. Tuggar disclosed this at the meeting of Ad-hoc Ministerial Committee…
