ECOWAS

September 12, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, said funding of elections remains the exclusive preserve of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, made the remarks in response to support...

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is committed to promoting peace and harmony among ECOWAS countries. Buhari made the declaration on Wednesday, at the State House, Abuja, when he received updates from former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on the face-off between...

June 30, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has demanded justification for Nigeria’s huge financial contribution to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which amounted to 1.177billion dollars in 16 years. The House mandated its committees on Inter-parliamentary...

March 24, (THEWILL) – The ECOWAS Court of Justice, sitting in Ghana, has restrained the Nigerian government or its component states or agents, from issuing any ban notice, disturbing or interfering with the rights of any person or group...

March 06, (THEWILL) - ECOWAS Parliament has called for more precautionary measures to check the possible emergence of yet another variant of COVID 19 in the region. This is even as the Community Parliament also said that it will build consensus...

February 16, (THEWILL) - The ECOWAS' Community Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, has dismissed an application by the federal government of Nigeria seeking to stop the court's  judgment in the Twitter ban case. The court said the application is...

February 04, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will send stabilisation force to Guinea-Bissau, following a failed coup early this week, the 15-nation-regional bloc announced on Thursday, following an extraordinary session in Accra, Ghana. Apart from the situation in Guinea Bissau, the...

January 11, (THEWILL) - Mali's ruling junta has  announced the recall of ambassadors and the closure of borders with West African nations after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced tough sanctions against the government on Sunday. In...

January 10, (THEWILL) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed fresh sanctions against Mali. The development, the regional bloc said, demostrates its tougher stance towards Mali, whose interim authorities proposed holding elections in December 2025 instead...

January 09, (THEWILL) - Nollywood actor-producer Charles Granville has been officially named IPGC’s Special Envoy to the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. The appointment which commences in January, 2022, confers on the entertainer and businessman, the powers and...