Pre-travel COVID-19 testing rate for travels within ECOWAS to be harmonised – Health Minister
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) says the rate for pre-travel COVID-19 testing for travels within the ECOWAS region will be harmonised. Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, who…
We’re dying here, Nigerian traders in Ghana cry out, seek evacuation to Nigeria
Nigerian traders in Ghana called on the Nigerian government to evacuate them from Ghana. The traders, in a Save-Our-Soul letter delivered to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),…
NIS has a role to play in resolving the plight of Nigerian traders in Ghana – NANTS
The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) the traders in Ghana were deemed as migrants and, therefore the Nigerian Immigration Service, as part of the Interior ministry, had a role…
Buhari meets ex-Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at Aso Villa
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala…
ECOWAS relaxes sanctions imposed on Mali after military coup, calls for release of arrested officials
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday lifted the sanctions imposed on Mali in the wake of an August 18, 2020, military coup, citing Mali’s “notable advances…
ECOWAS INSISTS ON CIVIL RULE IN MALI TO UPHOLD DEMOCRACY – OSINBAJO
As the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS continue to seek solutions to the political crisis in Mali, its insistence…
ECOWAS Hopeful of a Mali Civilian Transition ‘in days’
West African leaders said they hope to see a civilian-led transition government installed in Mali “in days” after holding talks on Tuesday with the military junta that seized power in…
Mali: Military junta must handover to civilian government immediately – ECOWAS insists
Mali’s military coup leaders must hand over power to a civilian transitional government immediately, the chairman of the West African regional bloc said on Tuesday, as a deadline expired for…
Osinbajo Attends ECOWAS Summit on Mali in Ghana
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Nigeria for Ghana to attend the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Osinbajo, who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari,…
Mali: Prospect of a 2-year military rule raised at talks Friday
Constitutional experts raised the prospect of two years of military-led rule in Mali following last month’s coup at talks on Friday, defying calls by the West African economic bloc ECOWAS…