The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ketil Karlson, has advocated an end to gender-based violence in Nigeria. He urged relevant stakeholders and authorities to engage in aggressive campaign and measures to put a stop to the menace, stressing that it was committed to ensuring that…

Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central) said the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance forbids President Muhammadu Buhari from signing the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill.

Former Deputy Executive Secretary, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Sola Afolabi, has described the trade liberalisation as critical to boosting the economy of member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Afolabi, who delivered a paper titled: “The Trajectory of Intra-West Africa Trade and Travel 1975 till date,” at the inaugural lecture to mark…

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Ketil Karlson has expressed the body’s commitment to eradicating gender-based...

The EU and ECOWAS have commended Nigeria and the sub-regional body in the progress made in the fight against Boko Haram in the North East.

The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will from today, November 15 to Friday, December 14, 2018, begin its second ordinary session for the year in Abuja. The parliament, in collaboration with development partners such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNICEF and a host…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted of alleged advanced rigging plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to manipulate the elections in 2019. National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, who disclosed this yesterday while hosting the election team of the Economic Community of West…

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi-Brou, has called for increased cooperation with the United States to ensure political stability, peace, security and economic development in the sub-region. He made the call while receiving the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, and the U.S. Ambassador…

Stakeholders have called for the review of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol on free movement of persons, goods and animals. The call was made yesterday during the consultative security meeting on herders/farmers crisis at the multipurpose hall of the Nigeria Union of Teachers....

With the latest signing of Radisson Blu Niamey in Niger Republic, Radisson Hospitality AB, publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Sweden and part of Radisson Hotel Group, is set to enter a new African market, with Niger at target. Radisson Hotel Group today has 90 hotels and 18,000+ rooms in operation and under development across 31…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) fact-finding mission to Nigeria on the 2019 general elections has visited the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris.

The need for the government to build a strong revenue base for sustainable development formed the thrust of the roundtable discussion at the just concluded Economic Summit in Abuja.