A statement issued by the Office of the Former President on Thursday, November 12, said Akufo-Addo will lead the deployment of election observers to monitor the electoral process during the two major national elections.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unveiled a $25 billion regional rice development programme aimed at achieving 100 per cent self-sufficiency in rice production across West Africa by 2035, as the regional bloc moves to reduce dependence on imports and strengthen food security.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, gave the assurance on Thursday, October 29, 2026, while receiving the ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact-Finding Mission to Nigeria, led by former Vice-President of Sierra Leone, Victor Bockarie Foh, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja.
In suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/42/26, filed last week before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja, SERAP is seeking a declaration that the Federal Government’s failure to account for more than ₦78.8 billion allocated to cash-transfer and social-protection programmes is unlawful and violates Nigeria’s international human rights obligations.
Nigerian lawmakers, Senators Ali Ndume and Awaji N. Abiante, have called for stronger legislative powers for the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), warning that its largely advisory status limits its capacity to influence implementation and hold regional institutions accountable.
The Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Senator Barau Jibrin, has urged the regional body to learn from Nigeria’s experience with farmer-herder conflicts and the humanitarian crisis they have generated.
The Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Rt. Hon. Hajia Memounatou Ibrahima, has said Ghana’s decision to entrust its vice presidency to a woman has raised the bar for women’s political leadership in West Africa.
The worsening climate crisis is fuelling population displacement, threatening livelihoods and creating conditions that could deepen insecurity across West Africa, experts have warned.
The initiative was unveiled during a three-day working visit by the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hon. Hadja Memounatou Ibrahima, to the headquarters of the East African Community (EAC) in Arusha, Tanzania.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
