The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has partnered Milk Value Chain Foundation to tackle youth unemployment in pastoral communities in Chikun and Kubau local government areas of Kaduna state. The partnership, according to the Chief Executive Officer, Milk Value Chain Foundation, Dr. Ishaq Bello, was to implement the enhancement of youth employment project in a bid to address Read More
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has announced its new cybersecurity advancement platform. The commission revealed it will unveil the Joint Platform for Advancing Cybersecurity in West Africa on Tuesday in Abuja. In a tweet via it’s official X account, the initiative is dedicated to strengthening regional cyber diplomacy, protecting critical infrastructure, combating cybercrime, and ensuring data sovereignty. Read More
25,OOO years ago one of the greatest Chinese strategists Sun Tsu defined the art of war in a way that helps us understand the dangers of military confrontation/aggression (war). In recent history we can remember how military intervention in parts of the world ended in devastation. The damage done to the social, economic and political structures of these countries could Read More
Is ECOWAS ready to go to war with our closest ally (Niger Republic) to protect “democracy”? Is ECOWAS prepared to face the armed forces of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic backed and trained by Russia’s Wagner? The military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso warned of an armed intervention in Niger and will counter with force. Guinea also Read More
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, condemned the rigging of Presidential election in Zimbabwe by the ruling ZANU-PF party. Frank in a statement in Abuja, also accused the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union and indeed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of eerie silence Read More
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has not declared war on the people of Niger Republic nor is there any plan to invade the country. The president of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, said this Friday in Abuja while interacting with journalists. He, however, described as “unacceptable,” the 36-month transition plan announced by the Brig.-Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani-led Read More
Former governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, devised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic. Recall that the ECOWAS bloc had resolved to use force as a last option if the coup leaders in Niger do not relinquish power to ousted President Mohamed Bazoum. In a tweet on Tuesday, el-Rufai said a war within Read More
Coup d’état is a bad omen to any country, no matter the situation. It means the destiny of a nation and its people is placed squarely in the hands of regimented armed personalities who, more often than not, suspend the nation’s constitution and severe the democratic structure with alacrity. They do and undo, make and unmake as they please without Read More
There is no doubt that the Northern region, especially the people of Fulani ethnic stock share filial, cultural and religious affiliations with the Republic of Niger. The Hausa and Kanuri people also have strong ties with Niger. The attempt by some religious and political leaders from the North and their counterparts such as Afenifere and Ohaneze Ndigbo from the South Read More
Criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s option for a military action to restore democracy in Niger Republic came fast and furious. Some elements in the north try to cast a possible war with Niger Republic as a war against northern Nigeria, as if the president ever contemplated it. Such misplaced emotional reactions are sterile indulgences that contribute nothing helpful to the Read More
The chairperson of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has resolved to engage the actors in the Niger coup. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who revealed this on Thursday during ECOWAS second extraordinary session on the situation in Niger Republic, said the body will engage the military leaders. “More so, in reaffirming our relentless commitment to democracy, human rights, Read More
President Bola Tinubu has hosted other leaders of the West African state to the second extra ordinary meeting over the lingering coup in Niger. Read his full speech. Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government; Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission;Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission;The Special Representative of Read More
The Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD) has called on leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take urgent measures to address challenges to democracy principles and good governance in the region in order to stem the scourge of unconstitutional takeover of governments now afflicting some of its member countries. In a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja, Read More
An International Civil Right Group, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA) has dragged the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) to the bloc’s court over the proposed military intervention in Niger. The group prayed the court to invoke ECOWAS protocols to stop the planned military action against Niger. The suit was instituted on its behalf by a Nigerian lawyer, Kayode Ajulo. Read More
Following the coup plot which ousted the democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held an emergency meeting whose outcome condemned the situation and announced measures to be taken by the regional bloc to restore democracy in the country. At the summit, chaired by Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, immediate sanctions were announced Read More
Niger on Monday awaits a response from the West African regional bloc after coup leaders ignored a deadline to reinstate the ousted president a move the bloc warned could lead to military intervention. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it will issue a statement on its next steps, responding to the junta’s refusal to stand down Read More
Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as a deadline approaches for the release the country’s ousted president. One of the coup leaders General Salifou Mody made the request while visiting neighbouring Mali. Niger’s junta faces a August 6 deadline set by the regional bloc known as ECOWAS to release and reinstate the Read More
The member of House of Representatives representing Ideato North/ Ideato South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has advocated for a military action to sack the coupists in Niger and restore the democratically elected in the West Africa country. Ugochinyere, who made the call at a press briefing, in Abuja, on Sunday, commended the chairman of the Economic Community Read More
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced no flight zone in Niger Republic. This agreement was reached during its extraordinary meeting of the heads of states in Abuja on Sunday. The body also issued a seven-day ultimatum to the military coupists in Niger Republic to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum as a democratically elected President or face a Read More
The chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will host a special meeting of the regional leaders Sunday in Abuja. This followed the coup in Republic of Niger that had upended the constitutional political leadership in the West Africa country. Tinubu, in a statement he personally signed, condemned the current political situation in Read More
Former Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai has urged the global community to see coup de tat as organised crime that needed to be stringently resisted by the people especially in Africa. Speaking at a one day workshop organised in Abuja on Tuesday by the Igbinedion University in partnership with the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, General Buratai Read More
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday fly out to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, to participate in the 5th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs) and the African Union Member States. A press statement by Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy, Dele Read More
The Nigerian Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, John James Usanga, has hailed the emergence of President Ahmed Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu on Sunday succeeded Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. In a statement made Read More
A non-partisan advocacy organisation, National Security Assessment Group (NSAG) has lauded the Nigerian military for its gallantry in bringing peace and stability in Africa and various parts of the world. NSAG said reports from various countries where Nigerian troops are engaged in peacekeeping indicated that they have conducted themselves in a professional manner by being discipline, loyal and submissive to Read More
Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi state, Monday, called on heads of state from West Africa countries to join hands with President Bola Tinubu in combating undemocratic leadership in the region. Blueprint reports that President Bola Tinubu was elected as the 63rd Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In a congratulatory message signed by the Chief Press Read More
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