Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is exploring the possibility of relocating its institutions from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic
ECOWAS met in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday and Wednesday...
The meeting brings together representatives from ECOWAS member states to discuss the modalities and implications of the trio’s departure, which was officially announced in January.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has convened a two-day meeting in...
The Economic Community of West African States is set to hold a meeting later this month to address the 0.5 per cent import levy recently imposed by the Alliance of Sahel States on goods from ECOWAS member nations.
The Head...
Heads of state of Mali's Assimi Goita, Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore pose for photographs during the first ordinary summit of heads of state.
A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours...
The German army will end operations at its airbase in Niger by August 31 following the breakdown of talks with the Sahel country’s ruling junta, Germany’s defense ministry said Saturday.
All Bundeswehr soldiers stationed at the base will be withdrawn by August...
The Malanville border crossing in northern Benin is one of the busiest in West Africa. Trucks with food, humanitarian aid and industrial materials usually flow freely into neighbouring Niger, one of the world›s poorest countries.
Today it is at a...
The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday ordered its standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic.
The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray made the declaration while reading the resolution of the ECOWAS on the military...
Concerned about what might be the consequences of the proposed military intervention in Niger Republic, the Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA) has urged the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to restrain from...
The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi has put officers and men of the service manning the Benin Republic, Cameron and other borders on a red alert following the Nigeria-Niger border closure.
Adeniyi said implementation of the...
Niger’s army command on Thursday declared support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying its priority was to avoid destabilising the country.
In a statement signed by the army chief of staff, it...
French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron
Ten people went on trial in Paris Monday accused of the online harassment of French first...
The Dangote Refinery has announced the expansion of the facility from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million bpd.
The President of the Dangote Group,...
Pretty Mike
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside...
