A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Some West African nations that announced their departure from the Economic Community of West African States following recent ...

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said the community would keep its doors open to any state that chooses to ...

Two West African nations, after military takeovers, are reportedly taking steps to rejoin ECOWAS within the six-month ...

THE Presidency said yesterday that some West African countries that opted out of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, after the enthronement of military government were considering ...

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) withdraws from ECOWAS and continues initiatives for independence, regional integration, and defensive cooperation.

The Lake Chad Basin (LCB) region has undeniably been plagued by violence, insecurity, and human rights violations for decades ...

The Nigerian government has commenced multi-sectoral arrangements for the repatriation, settlement and empowerment of over 100,000 Nigerian refugees scattered ...

One of the most heart-warming stories in Nigeria last week was that seven governors, only three of them from Nigeria, met in Maiduguri to push forward with concerted efforts to salvage the Lake Chad ...

FEC has approved a N758 billion bond issuance to settle pension arrears under the Defined Benefit Scheme for federal retirees.

The party elected nine governors at that time. They were Mala Kachalla (Borno), Abubakar Abu Hasheed (Gombe), Ibrahin Samiru ...

Trump and Tinubu On another plank, Nigeria is also facing the likelihood of receiving thousands of deportees from the U.S. any moment this year. This is because one of President Trump’s Executive ...