President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned that the ambition for Eco regional currency could be in ‘serious jeopardy,’ unless member states complied with agreed processes of reaching the collective goal. The President also expressed concern over the decision of francophone countries that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to replace the CFA ...

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is backing Nigeria’s candidate to head the World Trade Organization (WTO) and calls on other African countries to follow, a document showed on Monday, in a possible step towards uniting Africa behind her. “The ECOWAS authority of heads of state and government…calls on other African countries as well as ...

  Members of the Northern Governors Forum have resolved to engage local vigilantes, hunters, and community watch groups in the security architecture of the region, to enhance intelligence gathering, rapid response, and sustained surveillance. The governors in a teleconference on Thursday presided over by the Chairman of the Forum and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, ...

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel    Germany says it has granted Nigeria a debt relief worth €22.4 million (N8.9bn) as part of its contribution to the country’s COVID-19 fight. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday. Germany, which has Europe’s largest economy, said the debt relief comes in addition to its support of the pandemic ...

During Akinwumi Adesina’s tenure, the bank has seen its fortunes rise on several fronts, including the largest general capital increase in its history with a capital base of $208 billion dollars, writes LEWIS CHUKWUMA The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is Africa’s premier development finance institution. It comprises three distinct entities: the African Development Bank ...

President Muhammadu Buhari with President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on February 21, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari  said the issue of partial closure of Nigeria’s land border to goods from neighbouring countries will be determined by report of tripartite committee made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger ...

The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill for establishment of the Nigerian National Commission against proliferation of small arms and light weapons. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC Kogi). Adeyemi in his lead debate on the general principles of the bill noted that the bill was first read at ...

Given the impressive performance and achievements recorded by Nigerians across diverse fields, at home and abroad, it is evident that many of the country’s problems can be solved by Nigerians themselves without recourse to foreign aid, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the ...

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama   The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, to study and make a full report on Nigeria’s land border closure with her neighbours. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commended the renewed vigour by ECOWAS member countries to mobilise their own resources to combat terrorism. Malam Garba Shehu, a presidential spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said the President spoke at the High Level meeting of the African Union Peace and Security ...