ECOWAS

ECOWAS Court of Justice has complained about the poor application of community law by the national courts of member states. The court stated that this impacts negatively on the growth…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved for the NNPC to enter into an agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline. Minister of State for Petroleum…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said that Nigeria now has 3.3 million people displaced by various crisies rocking the country. Speaking at the opening ceremony of…

The Chief of Division, Small Arms in the Organised Crime West African Response to Trafficking (OCWAR-T), Mr Nanan Ahoba has said the lack of adherence to the guidelines on small…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) to amend Section 24 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act of 2015. The court said the…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Lagos on Friday for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s…

The ECOWAS Court has rejected an application by the Federal Republic of Nigeria seeking to dismiss a consolidated suit before the court challenging the decision of the Nigerian government to…

The Nigerian government is to pay N30 million as compensation for the killing of a 35-year-old man, Solomon Andy, the Economic Community of West African States Court sitting in Abuja…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) remains opposed to military takeovers. The VP insisted the only way of changing government, acceptable…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is heading to Ghana for an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The regional bloc will discuss the political situation…

Worried by the latest overthrow of power in Burkina Faso, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, has resolved to dispatch a…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari government over “secrecy in the spending of loans so far obtained, the unsustainable level of…

The political crisis plaguing Mali, a West African Country, saw top officials of the government visiting Nigeria on Thursday to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari. At the meeting held behind…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is contemplating imposing sanctions, including suspension of member countries that flout rulings of the Community Court of Justice. The move,…

The Economic Community of West African States( (ECOWAS) and the European Union (EU) have trained a total of 50 former militants who surrendered their weapons to Akwa Ibom State government…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to embrace the global agenda on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The president described UHC…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is representing Nigeria at the ongoing third Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana. A statement on Sunday by…

The Katsina State Police Command has paraded before newsmen a 42-year-old woman for allegedly selling fake employment offer letters to unsuspecting job seekers in Nigeria. According to the Police Public…

The acting Director-General of National Taskforce, Baba Mohammed, said Nigeria must domesticate ECOWAS treaties and conventions because of the alarming proliferation of arms, and weapons into the country. Mohammed was…

Determined to ensure a prompt return of democratic rule to Guinea following the recent military coup, Nigeria has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to maintain…