Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has provided fresh details on the return of former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to his country, describing the development as the successful conclusion of a diplomatic process led by Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States...
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Ojukwu, has held high-level bilateral talks with Cabo Verde’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence, H.E. Manuel Augusto Lima Amante de Rosa, aimed at expanding cooperation in trade, transportation, tourism and regional integration. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 26th...
University hospital physician and public health specialist, Professor Palokinam T. PITCHE, has assumes office as the new Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in charge of health issues,. Professor PITCHE who formally assumed office today,...
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ushered in a new leadership as General Birame Diop officially assumed office as President of the ECOWAS Commission, pledging to deepen regional integration and strengthen peace and security across West Africa. General Diop, who previously served as Senegal’s Minister of Defence...
The Force Headquarters, ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (FHQ ESSMGB), on Saturday 22 August 2026, organised a monthly route march in Bissau, as part of efforts to promote physical fitness, foster teamwork and enhance operational efficiency among personnel. Speaking after the exercise, the Force Commander ESSMGB, Brigadier General...
Force Commander of the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), Brigadier General Danjuma Dantani, has urged Ghanaian troops serving with Ghana Company 5 (GHANCOY 5) to remain alert, disciplined and ready to respond to their responsibilities under the regional peace mission. Dantani gave the charge on Wednesday, August...
Force Commander of the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), Brigadier General Danjuma Ribah Dantani, has charged Nigerian troops serving in the mission to remain disciplined, professional and focused on their mandate, warning against conduct capable of undermining the mission or tarnishing Nigeria’s image. Dantani gave the charge...
Federal Republic of Nigeria on Saturday joined the Government and good people of the Republic of Benin to commemorate the country’s 66th Independence Anniversary, reaffirming the long standing bonds of friendship, regional cooperation and shared commitment to peace and security between the two neighbouring nations. Assistant Director Army Public...
Bauchi State has secured a $91.6 million financing package from the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) to fund the construction of 24 strategic roads and bridges across the state. Governor Bala Mohammed disclosed this while addressing journalists after returning from the formal signing of the Bauchi State...
Nigerian Army has deployed another contingent of troops to the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), reaffirming Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to regional peace, security and stability, as well as its longstanding leadership in peace support operations across West Africa. The Army in a post via its verified X...
By VICTOR CHIAHEMEN, Abuja The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a three-day regional workshop in Abuja to strengthen Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) systems across West Africa, reinforcing the region’s preparedness and response to public health emergencies amid growing health, environmental and socio-economic threats....
..Says health crises do not wait To better address public health emergencies, West Africa must immediately strengthen its prevention and response mechanisms through more robust and resilient health systems. The Executive Director of the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC), Dr. Mamadou Diarrassouba, made this call...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has launched a renewed regional initiative to strengthen health knowledge management and promote seamless information sharing across ECOWAS Member States, marking a significant step towards building stronger, evidence-based health systems in West Africa. As part of the initiative, WAHO...
Vice President Kashim Shettima and other West African leaders have arrived the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre in Lungi, Sierra Leone, for the 69th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. The Vice President is representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, at...
In addition to the obnoxious apartheid system practised by the White minority population in South Africa, xenophobic attacks or what many call Afrophobia, have also earned the Rainbow Nation international notoriety. The attacks by largely ill-informed South African Blacks against foreigners, especially citizens from countries that midwifed South Africa’s...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the opening of the new headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja will renew the commitment to regional integration, peace, industrialisation and shared prosperity across West Africa. He called the new building a symbol of renewal, of resilience,...
For years, Africa has been called a continent of untapped potential. Potential doesn’t build roads. Potential doesn’t feed people. Potential hasn’t made Africa the global powerhouse it is meant to be. Despite having over 60% of the world’s usable arable land left untilled and miles upon miles of the...
Nigerian contingent serving under the ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) has a new commander following the formal handover of leadership from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Agada to Lieutenant Colonel Yahaya Mohammed Abdullahi. The change of command ceremony, held on Monday, June 29, marked the end of Lt Col Agada’s...
Nigerian Army (NA), acting on the directive of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellecy, Bola Ahmed Tinubu deployed a company of troops to the Republic of Benin in April 2026 as part of proactive measures to safeguard democratic stability and...
Nigerian Army troops have been deployed in strategic locations across Cotonou, Republic of Benin, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Romuald Wadagni scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. Security sources according to a report by ZagaZola Makama, disclosed that the Nigerian Army Troops were deployed in the...