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May 28, 2025 No Responses

ECOWAS Lauds Nigeria’s Customs Boss On B’Odogwu, Revenue

The Regional Trade Facilitation Committee (RTFC) of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has commended the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi for embracing innovation to initiate the Unified Customs Managem...

December 9, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Congratulates Ghana’s Mahama

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Ghana’s President-elect John Dramani Mahama on his victory in the December 7, 2024 general election. In a telephone call to Mahama, Tinubu hoped that Mahama’s ascension to power for the second time would further brin...

November 6, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria, Morocco, ECOWAS Advance $26b African Gas Pipeline Talks

The Nigerian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to go on with the $26 billion African Atlantic Gas Pipeline project in collaboration with Morocco, Mauritania, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Representatives of Nigeria ex...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

May 20, 2023 No Responses

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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...

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...