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…
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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…
Lack of small arms control increasing insecurity in Nigeria, ECOWAS – OCWAR-T chief
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…
BREAKING: ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to amend cybercrime law targeting journalists, social media users
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…
Twitter ban: ECOWAS Court rejects Nigerian govt’s latest request
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…
ECOWAS court orders FG to pay N30m to family of man killed by Nigerian Army
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…
Osinbajo leaves Nigeria for ECOWAS talks on Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali coups
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…
SERAP takes Buhari govt to ECOWAS court over secrecy in spending of loans, others
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…
Buhari to intervene in Mali’s political crisis, warns country to respect ECOWAS tenets
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…
ECOWAS considers suspension of countries disregarding regional court’s ruling
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,…
ECOWAS, EU train 50 ex-militants in Akwa Ibom, give starter packs
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…
Again, Osinbajo jets out to Accra for ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit
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…
Job scam: Woman arrested for selling fake ECOWAS employment worth over N47m
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…
Proliferation of arms: Why Nigeria must domesticate ECOWAS treaties urgently – NATFORCE DG
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…
Guinea coup: Osinbajo restates Nigeria’s position, makes demand to ECOWAS
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…