NIGERIA RE-ELECTED INTO THE AUPSC
Feb. 5, 2022 Nigeria has been re-elected into the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) for another three (3) year mandate (2022-2025), to represent the West African region. In…
LASG SAYS OPEN FOR MORE BUSINESS AS SWEDEN INAUGURATES HONORARY CONSULATE
Feb. 4, 2022 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday joined the Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria, Ghana and ECOWAS region, Ambassador Carl-Michael Grans and Honorary Consul of Swedish Government,…
FG LAUNCHES NIGERIA INTEGRATED ENERGY PLANNING TOOL, RESTATES COMMITMENT TO RELIABLE ENERGY ACCESS
Feb. 4, 2022 The Federal Government says providing clean, sustainable and reliable energy access is tied to almost all of Nigeria’s development goals. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this at…
West Africa bloc chairman says Mali’s coup was “contagious”
Feb. 3, 2022 The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday said the coup in Mali was “contagious” and had led to subsequent…
OSINBAJO DEPARTS FOR ACCRA TO ATTEND ECOWAS EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON POLITICAL SITUATION IN BURKINA FASO, MALI, GUINEA
Feb. 3, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbaja has departed for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating…
Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade
Feb. 2, 2022 Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy…
ECOWAS condemns ‘attempted coup’ in Guinea-Bissau
Feb. 1, 2022 The African Union and the West African bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned an ‘attempted coup’ in Guinea-Bissau after heavy gunfire was heard near a government compound where…
EU to blacklist five members of Mali’s junta – Diplomats
Feb. 1, 2022 The European Union has agreed to impose travel bans and asset freezes on five members of Mali’s junta after the military rulers went back on an agreement…
African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup
Jan 31, 2022 The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week’s military coup, effective until constitutional order is restored, the AU said…
Burkina Faso will return to constitutional order when conditions are right – Military leader
Jan. 28, 2022 Burkina Faso’s new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on Thursday that the West African country return to constitutional order when conditions are right. Damiba spoke…