The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has departed Abuja for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said […]
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The Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS on Friday suspended Burkina Faso following a military coup, but will not impose other sanctions for the time being, a participant at a virtual summit said. ECOWAS is also calling for the new junta to release ousted president Roch Marc Christian Kabore and other officials detained during […]
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Negotiation between West African mediators and Mali’s military junta has ended without any decision on the make-up of a transitional government. A delegation dispatched by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and led by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Mali on Saturday to negotiate the release of President Ibrahim Keita and the restoration […]
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has posthumously honoured Kofi Annan, a former Secretary General of the United Nations; and Ameyo Adadevoh, the doctor who averted the widespread of Ebola in Nigeria, with the 2018 ECOWAS Prize of Excellence. The awards were given to relatives of the honourees’ families during the 55th summit […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS). He was elected at the 53rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Lome, Togo. A diplomatic source had said at a dinner on Monday night, some of the West African […]
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ECOWAS Parliament has appealed to Nigeria to put measures in place to address the issue that surround insurgency in the Northeast. Mr Ibrahim Sadiq, Chairman, ECOWAS Parliament delegation to Northeast Nigeria, made the appeal when he presented the report on the fact finding mission to the region. At the plenary on Friday in Abuja, he […]
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The President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean Brou, has called for collaborative efforts among member states, to address issues bordering on regional peace and security. Brou made the call in Abuja during his presentation of the report on implementation of the community work programme at the First Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament. He decried terrorists attacks […]
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ECOWAS has inaugurated a. Regional Centre for Disease Control in Abuja to strengthen regional disease surveillance and outbreak response programmes. The Togolese Minister of Health, Prof. Mustapha Mijinyawa, while declaring the centre open on Wednesday, said the facility would help the ECOWAS region in its efforts at curbing diseases. The minister noted that ECOWAS member […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated regional mechanism for evacuation, resettlement and empowerment of stranded ECOWAS citizens abroad. The President made the call at the opening of the 52nd ordinary session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Abuja on Saturday. He said the mechanism, when functional, would assist in addressing the […]
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ECOWAS is set to increase excise duties on tobacco and other unhealthy products to increase revenue and reduce consumption of such products in the sub-region. The decision was part of the aims of the meeting of ECOWAS Financial Council of Ministers in Abuja on Friday. An excise duty is a type of tax charged on […]
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