As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is still battling with teething problems of its age long pet project of single currency, the Africa Union (AU) may have seized the initiative to launch common monetary policy and single currency to accelerate economic integration of African countries. According to Ms Naglaa Nozahie, a Special […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the federal government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over “the frequent and repressive application of the Cybercrime Act to harass, intimidate, arbitrarily arrest, detain, and unfairly prosecute anyone found publishing views or facts perceived to be critical of the government at […]
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The ECOWAS Head of Election Observer Mission, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Monday returned to her country following the postponement of the February 16 general elections. Mr Jonathan Bara-Hart of the Directorate of Communications, ECOWAS Commission, in a telephone interview, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf […]
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The Economic Community of West African States has requested funding support from the World Bank for the construction of the 1,080km six-lane Abidjan-Lagos Highway. It stated that the $22.72 million mobilised by the European Union and African Development Bank was inadequate for the project which was expected to gulp $2bn. Making the request in Abuja […]
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The Chairman of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama says achieving the ECOWAS Single Currency by 2020 will be a challenge. Onyeama said this while responding to questions from newsmen at the end of the 54th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS of Heads of State and Government in Abuja on Saturday. The chairman, […]
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United Nations and Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, said they have received assurances from President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the nation’s security agencies of a free, fair and credible general election next year, 2019. This was disclosed by a delegation from the Joint Mission of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, […]
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The Seme Border Command of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has said that the newly-commissioned Joint Border Post by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the Seme border will enhance border security and facilitate seamless legitimate trade, in tandem with the executive order on the ease of doing business. The border facility […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari was Tuesday in Lome elected the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The President’s election was one of the high points of the 53rd Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS which held […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against implementing the planned currency integration in the sub-region by the year 2020. President Buhari, who was represented by the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, spoke yesterday during the fifth meeting of the Presidential Task Force […]
Read More President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday opened the 52nd ordinary session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja. He advocated regional mechanism for evacuation, resettlement and empowerment of stranded ECOWAS citizens abroad. The President made the call at the opening of the 52nd ordinary session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State […]
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Heads of state within the Economic Communities of West African States have called for more investment in air transport to boost regional growth, as Med-View Airline begins flight services to Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire; Conakry, Guinea; and Dakar, Senegal. Med-view commenced flight services into Francophone West Africa with its Boeing 737-500 as part of its […]
Read More President, Muhamadu Buhari on Tuesday in Niamey, Republic of Niger, urged member countries of the Economic Community of West African States to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency for the sub-region by 2020. He cited the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same goal to buttress his position. According to […]
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