ECOWAS

November 08, (THEWILL) - The  Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed sanctions on the leaders of the military coup in Mali for shifting the date for the presidential and legislative elections earlier fixed for next February. The...

October 28, (THEWILL) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abidjan, Cote D`Ivoire has dismissed an application brought by the Federal Republic of Nigeria asking for a review of the Court’s judgment of 18th November 2020 in which...

July 10, (THEWILL) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja on Friday ordered the Federal Government to pay a journalist, Agba Jalingo, N30 million as compensation for  unlawful torture and maltreatment while in detention in Cross River State. The...

June 22, (THEWILL)- The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter. It also restricted the government from carrying out such actions against any other social media...

June 18, (THEWILL)- President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday, 19th June, leave for Accra, Ghana, to attend the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The President will join other Heads of State and...

June 14, (THEWILL)- The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has fixed June 22 for a hearing on a Motion in a suit challenging the Federal Government’s suspension of the operations of...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 30, (THEWILL) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday suspended Mali's membership of the regional bloc in response to last week's coup, Ghana's Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, said after a summit in...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 29, (THEWILL) – Mali’s junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, left the capital Bamako Saturday, his first full day as President, and headed for Ghana where West African leaders will decide on a response to the country’s...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 28, (THEWILL) – The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has condemned the military takeover in Mali. Speaking at the Opening of the ECOWAS Parliament 1st 2021 Ordinary Session in Abuja, both President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo,...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 27, (THEWILL) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday, kicked off the 2021 First Ordinary Session of the Parliament in Abuja. The session, holding at the headquarters of the Institution in Abuja, has President...