Tag: ECOWAS Summit
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President Tinubu arrives Guinea-Bissau for ECOWAS summit
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, to participate in the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This summit, which commences today, marks President Tinubu’s first international engagement within Africa since assuming…
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VP Osinbajo leaves for Accra ahead of ECOWAS summit
Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday departed Lagos for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the vice-president would stand-in for President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit which comes up…
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ECOWAS Summit: President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja to Accra
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday in Accra, Ghana, attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region. The Summit will hold at the Presidential Palace, Accra, also known as the Jubilee House. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s…
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Buhari joins other African leaders for ECOWAS summit in Ghana
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Accra, Ghana participating in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The Summit is chaired by Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo. President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina is also at the Summit. The Presidency earlier in a statement on Friday…
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COVID-19: Buhari, other West African leaders participate in ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja via teleconference participated in extraordinary summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was conveyed by the regional leaders to deliberate on the COVID-19 pandemic which has continued to…
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Buhari arrives Burkina Faso for ECOWAS Summit on Counter-Terrorism
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to attend the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Counter Terrorism. A statement from the Media office of the State House, Abuja, said the President was received on arrival at the Ouagadougou International Airport by President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso, on Saturday. ”Also at…
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Buhari departs Abuja for ECOWAS summit in Burkina Faso Saturday
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday to attend the one-day ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Given the growing threat of terrorism in the sub-region, the West African leaders had called for the Summit to review different initiatives taken so far, and redefine the priority intervention…