FG establishes centre for arms control
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to be domiciled at […]
ECOWAS
Minister calls for legal framework for management of IDPs, inter-agency collaboration
Abuja – The Minister of Special Duties, Dr George Akume, on Tuesday in Abuja called for a legal framework for the management of internally displaced […]
Nigeria Should Use Article 4 Of ECOWAS Laws To Combat Killer Herdsmen — Falana-led Coalition
— Says Art 4 of Protocol Allows the Member States To Restrict Entry of Transborder Criminals— Says ‘Ostensive Lack of Enforcement of Extant Laws’ And […]
Foreign herders holding Nigerians to ransom, says Ortom
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to push for a review of the ECOWAS […]
ACF, Afenifere disagree as Senate knocks govs negotiating with bandits
The upper chamber of the National Assembly also berated governors negotiating with bandits, saying such negotiations were fuelling banditry. The senators stated these on Wednesday […]
Fed Govt Moves For Full Implementation Of ECOWAS Brown Card
The Federal Government has moved for the full implementation of the ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme to guarantee prompt compensation to victims of road accident […]
ECOWAS nominates Senegal for AU chairman
Republic of Senegal has been nominated as Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) candidate to chair the African Union for 2022-2023. The Authority of the […]
Jonathan-led ECOWAS mediation team confident Mali will return to civilian rule in 18 months
BAMAKO, Mali (Sundiata Post) – After two days of meetings with Malian political and civil-society figures, the mediator for the Economic Community of West African […]
Nigeria Customs Service Generated N1.54tr in 2020
Nigeria Customs Service generated the sum of N1,562,115,419,216.32 for the year 2020. The amount generated is over the targetof N1,380,765,353,462.00 over the sum of N1,342,006,918,504.55 […]
‘Imported Vehicle Prices To Increase Next Year’
The prices of vehicles imported into Nigeria will increase significantly from next year once the Fuel Grade and Vehicle Emission Standards Regulations of the Economic […]
Anti-Piracy War: UN applauds Nigeria’s leadership role
· Celebrates SPOMO Act, Deep Blue Project · We’re Poised to Overcome Maritime Insecurity With Home-grown Solutions – Jamoh For the second time in about […]
Dabiri-Erewa: It’s not about border closure… Why didn’t Ghana ask the banks to leave?
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), says border closure has nothing to do with the situation being experienced by Nigerian […]
Gov Zulum hails UAE for Exposing Boko Haram sponsors
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno is glad that for the first time in 11 years, there appears to be headway on tracking some alleged […]
Jonathan leads AU election observer mission to Tanzania as Chairperson calls for peaceful polls
As Tanzania holds general elections on Wednesday, 28 October 2020, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for peaceful, inclusive […]
Ekweremadu gets new appointment
The International Parliamentary Congress, (IPC) has appointed former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as its Chief Coordinator for Africa. The appointment was […]
ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted the sanction imposed on Mali following the removal of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August. […]
Mali’s transitional govt should honour commitment to ECOWAS – U.S. Dept
By Busayo Onijala Lagos – The U.S. has urged the transitional government in Mali to honour its commitments to the Economic Community of West […]
Buhari receives Jonathan on Mali crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) might be meeting soon over […]
Mali’s interim President praises Jonathan as ECOWAS gives condition for lifting sanctions
The newly sworn in President of Mali’s transition government Mr. Bah N’daw has heaped encomiums on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator […]
Mali Transition President, Ndaw Sworn-in
By Chibuike Nwabuko Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Mali’s interim president, Bah Ndaw, chosen to head a transitional government following a coup last month, was sworn […]