Tag: ECOWAS
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ECOWAS Immersion Internship Program For African Graduates
ECOWAS Immersion Internship Program For African Graduates – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is happy to announce the commencement of the ECOWAS Immersion Internship Program, which will provide young graduates with professional experience in ECOWAS institutions. The program seeks to aid young graduates’ professional integration by providing them with the chance to…
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iNGOs Unveil Nominees For Global Peace, Humanitarian Awards 2023
iNGOs Unveil Nominees For Global Peace, Humanitarian Awards 2023 – A coalition of international non-governmental organisations (iNGOs), comprising of Excellence One UK, Global Forum for Peace, and others have announced the nominees for the Global Peace and Humanitarian Awards for 2023 as a tribute to those, who have sacrificed their time and risked their lives…
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Easy Steps To Verify Your Nigerian International Passport
Easy Steps To Verify Your Nigerian International Passport Easy Steps To Verify Your Nigerian International Passport – Nigerians have the freedom to travel freely using their international passport as proof of identity. However, it’s important to make sure your international passport is authentic if you are planning to travel out of Nigeria. But how can…
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Niger Junta leaders reportedly evacuate their Families to Dubai, Burkina Faso ahead of imminent ECOWAS intervention
Niger Junta leaders reportedly evacuate their Families to Dubai, Burkina Faso ahead of imminent ECOWAS intervention – Members of the Niger junta have reportedly begun to evacuate their families to Bukina Faso and Dubai over an imminent invasion by soldiers of the Economic Community of West African States. The exercise was reportedly carried out at…
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Tinubu to travel to Kenya for AU meeting
Tinubu to travel to Kenya for AU meeting – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Saturday, July 15, travel to Nairobi, Kenya, for the fifth Mid-Year Co-ordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU). The President is expected to join Heads of State and Government, Foreign Ministers of the AU Member-States, and high-level dignitaries at…
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ECOWAS Training Fund For Young Farmers In Bauchi State and FCT
ECOWAS Training Fund For Young Farmers In Bauchi State and FCT ECOWAS Training Fund For Young Farmers In Bauchi State and FCT – In order to improve Nigeria’s food security, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has granted a $77,942 training grant to 150 farmers in Bauchi State and the Federal Capital Territory…
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ECOWAS can’t justify intervention in Niger without UN’s approval – Falana
ECOWAS can’t justify intervention in Niger without UN’s approval Falana – Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that the Economic Community of West African States needs to be authorised by the United Nations before it can intervene in restoring democratic rule in the military-held Niger Republic.. Coup plotters led by the head of…
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Niger: UN, AU, ECOWAS meet on next move, NSCIA warns FG
Niger UN AU ECOWAS meet on next move NSCIA warns FG – Top diplomats from the United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States will Thursday (today) storm Abuja, the nation’s capital, to take major decisions at an Extraordinary Summit on the political development in the Niger Republic. The summit, which…
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Protesters Flood Streets of Kano Over ECOWAS Planned Military Invasion of Niger
Protesters Flood Streets of Kano Over ECOWAS Planned Military Invasion of Niger – Some residents of Kano state on Saturday morning, August 12, staged a protest against the proposed use of force by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to resolve the Niger coup crisis. Recall that at a meeting in Abuja on…
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Diplomacy is the ‘best way forward’ in Niger, military force still on table – ECOWAS chairperson, President Tinubu
Diplomacy is the ‘best way forward’ in Niger military force still on table ECOWAS chairperson, President Tinubu – Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has not ruled out military intervention in Niger, but believes diplomacy is the “best way forward” to resolve the crisis,…