ECOWAS
AfDB, others to mobilize $15 billion for ECOWAS’ Lagos-Abidjan highway project – Akinwunmi Adeshina
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has confirmed that his institution, in collaboration with others, will mobilize $15 billion for the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan Highway project. Adesina made this announcement on Friday in Abuja during the 90th birthday celebration of former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon. The Lagos-Abidjan Highway […]
ECOWAS Court gets new leadership
The ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ) has elected Cape Verde’s Justice Ricardo Gonçalves as its new President. It also elected Sierra Leone’s Justice Sengu Koroma as new Vice President, both for non-renewable four-year tenure. They were elected by the court’s college of five judges, and subsequently inaugurated by Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Embalo. Embalo is the […]
Terrorism: Defence chiefs urge Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso to return to ECOWAS
The Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS) Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff has called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the regional body. They said the return of these countries to the regional body was crucial to defeating terrorism and other crimes in the West African sub-region and the entire […]
Lekki Tollgate: ECOWAS Court Rules Nigeria Violated Human Rights During #EndSARS Protest
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, found Nigeria in breach of several articles of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ […]
President Tinubu re-elected ECOWAS chairman
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, whose first tenure is to elapse on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at the […]
Tinubu, other African leaders grace Senegal president’s swearing-in today
President Bola Tinubu is set to depart from Abuja today (Tuesday) for Dakar, Senegal, where he will attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye. This information was disclosed in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect Bassirou Faye.’ […]
ECOWAS kicks as Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso moves to quit
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) says it is yet to receive a formal notification from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso about their intention to quit the regional bloc. It was reacting after the military juntas from the three Member-States withdrew from ECOWAS with immediate effect. The three countries, […]
ECOWAS Suspends Niger, Insists On Civil Rule
The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States has suspended the membership of the Republic of Niger until constitutional order is restored in the country. This was contained in a statement by the regional organisation, following the decisions taken at the summit of heads of state and government held on Sunday in Abuja. […]