Tag: ECOWAS
Nigeria emerges Chair of ECOWAS Group at UN
Nigeria has emerged the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Group at the United Nations.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Atiku shares thoughts on ease of doing business, opportunities for economic...
Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku says Nigeria has always held enormous potential which is yet to be fulfilled despite being Africa’s largest economy and...
Tonto Dikeh’s ex-husband, Churchill, made face of ECOWAS youths
Former husband of Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, Olakunle Churchill, has been awarded the title of face of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)...
NAF airlifts Nigerian Army, Navy troops to support ECOWAS mission in...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it had airlifted Nigerian Army (NA) and Nigerian Navy (NN) contingents to the Gambia in pursuance of the...
Osinbajo pledges FG commitment to Lagos-Abidjan Highway realization
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to the realization of the Abidjan-Lagos corridor highway development and its completion...
Adama Barrow appoints vice president for The Gambia
President Adama Barrow is planning to return to The Gambia on Tuesday, as West African troops have secured the country, a spokesperson said on...
Disgraced Yahya Jammeh agrees to leave power
Gambia's defeated leader Yahya Jammeh announced early Saturday he has decided to relinquish power, after hours of last-ditch talks with regional leaders and the...
Last chance: ECOWAS gives Jammeh till Friday noon to resign
West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia.
Jammeh has been given until noon...
Military chiefs brief Buhari on Gambia operations
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, met behind closed doors with service chiefs, before his departure to London...
Troops enter Gambia to install President Adama Barrow
Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country's new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said.
It comes...