Lagos helicopter crash, Osinbajo’s absence from APC caucus meeting, other top national news from last week
A lot of newsworthy events shaped July 30 to August 6. Here is a list of some selected top national ...
Tag: ECOWAS
Tinubu should learn from Niger Republic’s coup not start ‘intermittent’ war
A repeat of what we can now refer to as "norms" in Africa occurred on July 26, 2023. The Republic ...
ECOWAS Election: Experts, Senate Charge Tinubu on Security, Economic Integration
President Tinubu harped on coup detat in the sub-region Senate hailed the President Media experts gave reasons why he might ...
PROFILES: Meet Nigerian Presidents who did not chair ECOWAS (Photos)
Bola Tinubu as ECOWAS chairman Nigerian Presidents who never headed ECOWAS; Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Shehu Shagari and Ernest Shonekan On ...
Farmer-herder crisis: Malami advises FG to establish ‘pastoralism commission’
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has called for the setting-up of a commission for ...
Goodluck Jonathan briefs Buhari on Mali crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday received updates on the Mali situation from the Special Envoy/Mediator to the West African country, former ...
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS announced Tuesday that it was ending sanctions imposed against Mali after a military coup ...
Buhari, Jonathan meet over Mali crisis
The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) might be meeting soon over ...
MALI CRISIS: Designated interim president meets Jonathan on eve of swearing-in
A retired colonel, Bah Ndaw who was designated Mali's interim president after a successful coup which ousted a democratic President ...
PHOTOS: Rtd. Colonel Bah Ndaw sworn in as Mali transition President
Rtd. Colonel Bah Ndaw has been sworn in to head a transitional government in Mali. This is coming weeks after ...
MALI: Ex-Defence minister, N’Daou named transition President, coup leader, Goita, VP
Former Defence Minister in Mali, Ba N'Daou has been named as the President of the transition government while the coup ...
ECOWAS gives Mali junta ultimatum to name civilian transitional president
Leaders of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. ...
BREAKING: Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo elected new ECOWAS Chair
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has been elected the new Chairman of the Economic Community of ...
Buhari, ministers to depart Nigeria on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Abuja Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session ...
Again, President Buhari, ECOWAS leaders in emergency meeting over Mali crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari is presently at the presidential villa, Abuja, attending the second virtual extraordinary summit of the Authority of ...
Military junta, ECOWAS disagree on transitional government in Mali
Reports revealed that discussions between West African mediators and Mali's military junta ended in disagreement as there was no decision ...
Nigeria borrowed food from ECOWAS
Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba-Shehuri has disclosed on Monday that it borrowed over 5,000 metric ...
Colonel Goita-led military junta wants to rule Mali for three years
Days after military junta seized power in Mali, the junta has revealed that they want a three-year transitional body with ...
West African mediators jet to Mali seeking reversal of coup
Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that ...
Ex-president Jonathan to lead West African delegation to Mali to resolve crisis
The West African bloc ECOWAS will send envoys to Mali on Saturday, the new junta said, after it gave the ...