Tag: Ecowas

Tinubu To Visit China, Hold Talks With Xi Jinping
August 28, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu To Visit China, Hold Talks With Xi Jinping

President Bola Tinubu will hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation Summit between September 4 and 6, 2024. Tinubu will visit China to represent the West African bloc ECOWAS at the Summit....
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Edun: ECOWAS Single Currency Will Boost W’African Economy
July 7, 2024 No Responses

Edun: ECOWAS Single Currency Will Boost W’African Economy

Nigeria is committed to the implementation of a single currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said. The minister said the single-currency ECO would foste...
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ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso
February 25, 2024 No Responses

ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday in Abuja lifted sanctions it imposed on Niger over the unconstitutional takeover of government in that country on July 26, 2023. The July 2023 military putsch was the fifth successful one...
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ECOMOF 2024: UBA Reiterates Support For African Economic Expansion Through Strategic Supports For Mining, Oil Sectors
February 25, 2024 No Responses

ECOMOF 2024: UBA Reiterates Support For African Economic Expansion Through Strategic Supports For Mining, Oil Sectors

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to spearhead economic growth across the continent through targeted policies aimed at maximizing the benefits derived from the mining and oil sectors.  To this end, the bank is poise...
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ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger
August 11, 2023 No Responses

ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved armed intervention in Niger Republic “as soon as possible”.  The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made this announcement while presenting the ECOWAS resolutio...
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Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic
August 11, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic

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 the Secretary General of the United Nations in...
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Niger Republic Shuts Airspace
August 7, 2023 No Responses

Niger Republic Shuts Airspace

Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger’s s...
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Nigeria, Benin Republic To Tackle Multiple Taxes On Transit Cargoes
July 25, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria, Benin Republic To Tackle Multiple Taxes On Transit Cargoes

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Benin Republic counterpart on Monday agreed to address the multiple taxes on transit cargoes along the ECOWAS corridor. They also agreed to harmonise the import prohibition policy to ensure that whatever was banned...
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Photo News
May 20, 2023 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor on Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Prof. Bolaji Aluko; Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji; Head, European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Samuela ISOPI; Chief Economic Adviser to the Go...
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Nigeria, EU Present Report On Maize Value Chain 
July 16, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria, EU Present Report On Maize Value Chain 

The Nigerian Government and the European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, on Friday, presented a report on the value chain analysis study on maize.  A statement issued on Friday explained that the collaboration was done between Nigeria’s Ministr...
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NIMASA GETS NEW MARITIME GUARD COMMANDER
March 2, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA GETS NEW MARITIME GUARD COMMANDER

The Nigerian Navy has appointed Commodore Aliyu Gaya as the new Maritime Guard Commander of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. Commodore Aliyu Gaya takes over from Commodore Ezekiel Nyako Lamiri, who has been redeployed to the Nige...
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Yakubu: Undemocratic Takeover Of Govt Poses Great Challenge To ECONEC
December 16, 2021 No Responses

Yakubu: Undemocratic Takeover Of Govt Poses Great Challenge To ECONEC

The undemocratic takeover of government in some West African countries has created a great challenge for Electoral Commissions in the sub-region, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Speaking at Wedn...
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Ecobank Pan African Centre Opens In Lagos
October 28, 2021 No Responses

Ecobank Pan African Centre Opens In Lagos

Ecobank Nigeria has concluded arrangements to commission its new head office building, the Ecobank Pan-African Centre (“EPAC”).  The ultra-modern edifice situated along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road on the highbrow Victoria Island, Lagos will be commissioned by...
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NEXIM Bank Urges Nigeria To Boost Regional Trade
June 17, 2021 No Responses

NEXIM Bank Urges Nigeria To Boost Regional Trade

The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) has advised the Federal Government to make effort to boost Nigeria’s trade in the ECOWAS and African continent.   Managing Director, NEXIM Bank, Mr Abba Bello, gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday, at t...
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