ECOWAS

The Federal Government has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening democratic governance and sustaining regional stability within the Economic Community of West African States, emphasizing the country’s enduring leadership role in…

The Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu PhD, has called for an urgent shift from what he described as “paper integration” to “functional integration” in the implementation of the African…

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD has approved the 2025 budget performance of the NEPAD Agency, following extensive scrutiny of its financial records and implementation claims. …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for the reactivation of the regional standby force that would leverage the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in Abuja, which serves as an intelligence and kinetic fusion unit.       This was…

The African Union (AU), the Economic Committee of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Elders Forum have condemned the coup d’etat in the Guinea Bissau saying that the situation was “setback” to constitutional democracy in the…

The business community in the south east geopolitical zone will on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 converge in Enugu for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) workshop. The ETLS is a…

Nigeria and the Republic of Benin have commenced the process of operationalizing the economic cooperation agreement they signed during the recently held West Africa Economic Summit (WAES). Both countries had at the maiden…

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has appealed for calm as some Ghanaians demanded the deportation of Nigerians from their country. The minister who spoke at a joint press briefing with…

The newly refurbished Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja (formerly International Conference Centre, Abuja) hosts its first major event, the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES)  hosted by President Bola Tinubu. …

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu has said that the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), would usher in new vistas for the regional body. …