Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $31.6 million grant with the Government of China for the development of the proposed new Commission of the Economic Community of West African States

Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Mustapha Cisse Lo, has congratulated Nigeria and Senegal for conducting successful elections.Lo congratulated the two countries at the opening of the extra-ordinary session of the ECOWAS ....

Community Court of Justice (CCJ) and staff of ECOWAS court in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday, 6th March 2019 began a two-day training workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Abuja. IHL is also called the law of war or the law of armed conflict. The workshop is…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered Nigeria to investigate the 2016 mass killings and destruction of property in Agatu Community of Benue State.

The United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have urged Nigerians to remain calm until the final results of the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections are announced.

Advocates of AfCFTA believe that the trade deal will help to address Africa’s economic challenges and allow for the greater, prosperous flow of trade within the continent.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejected the results of the presidential election collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja yesterday .

The Head of ECOWAS Election Observer Mission to Nigeria, Madam Ellen Jonhson Sirleaf, is leading a delegation of ECOWAS election monitors to some polling centres in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sirleaf led her team to the Durumi II Primary School polling centre with eight voting…

To prevent expatriates from picking jobs meant for Nigerians, the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said those working without permits would not only be stopped in the coming days, but also deported. According to him, companies handling contracts for his ministry are being audited for legality. Speaking yesterday at the second…

At the prompting of former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, frontline presidential candidates in the Saturday election, President Muhammadu Buhari...

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have reiterated their commitment to promote health through improved integration as well as harmonised medicine registration in West Africa. They made the commitment at the just concluded 5th Steering Committee…

ECOWAS and the African Development Bank (AfDB), on Monday signed a 22 million dollar agreement for the technical design to develop the Abidjan-Lagos highway.