Tag: ECOWAS
GEJ Meets PMB: A Lesson For Bitter-Enders By Femi Adesina
In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, the country was divided right down the middle. On one side were the Jonathanians, who supported...
Common ECOWAS Currency: Buhari Urges Caution
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned that the ambition for Eco regional currency could be in ‘serious jeopardy,’ unless member states complied with agreed...
Dangote Cement Targets Four Million Tonnes As It Begins Clinker Exports
Dangote Cement Plc has announced that it has set the pace with the exportation of 27,800 metric tonnes of clinker to a neighbouring African...
COVID-19: We Never Endorsed Any Drug – ECOWAS
The ECOWAS Commission has dismissed reports that its health institution, West Africa Health Organisation had ordered medicine developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied...
Border Reopening: Nigeria To By Agreement Reached With Neighbors
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday expressed willingness of his administration to implement the decision of the tripartite committee, made up of Nigeria, Benin and...
Nigeria’s Land Border Closure: ECOWAS Leaders Set Up Committee
The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, to...
Buhari Says ECOWAS Is Mobilizing Own Resources To Fight Terrorism
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commended the renewed vigour by ECOWAS member countries to mobilize their own resources to combat terrorism.
The...
All Set For UBA Connect To Deepen Intra-African Trade
Customers Can Now Make Cash Withdrawals In Local Currencies
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the official launch...
Buhari In New Year Message Promises Nigerians, Says ‘I’ll Step Down...
President Muhammadu Buhari has, in his new year message to Nigerians, promised that  he will leave office in 2023 and won’t contest in any...
Irregular Migration, Border Corruption: Magu To Lead W/Africa’s Fight
Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been nominated to lead the charge by ECOWAS countries...