Tag: ECOWAS
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ECOWAS denies Nigeria’s allegation of lopsided recruitment
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has dismissed allegation of recruitment bias earlier made by some Nigerian lawmakers, insisting the union’s staffing process was competitive. Nigeria had threatened to withdraw its membership from ECOWAS over what it described as lopsided staff recruitments. Vice Chairman of the Parliament’s Recruitment Committee Edwin Snowe, said…
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ECOWAS recruitment: Reps alleges discrimination and lopsidedness
House of Representatives Members, who are also members of the Economic Community of West African States Parliament, has raised alarm over alleged discrimination of Nigerians and lopsidedness in the recruitment of workers at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja. The lawmakers also alleged that the ECOWAS Parliament had passed a resolution to suspend the recruitment exercise,…
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Buhari calls on ECOWAS to revisit Jonathan’s report on Mali
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on ECOWAS leaders to revisit the report presented by former President Goodluck Jonathan, the ECOWAS Mediator on Mali, on a transition timetable for the West African country. Buhari noted that Jonathan had recommended a 16- month transitional timeframe ‘‘as well as his further personal appeals and observations to us to…
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ECOWAS Don values NNPC at N50trn, wants listing on stock exchange
Chief Economic Strategist to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Prof Ken Ife, has valued the assets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at N50 trillion. The Professor of Economics stressed that the oil company can be listed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited.
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We’ll continue to support Cote D’Ivoire Day celebration in Nigeria – envoy
Kalilou Traoré, the ambassador of Cote D’ ivoire to Nigeria, in Abuja, said he would continue to support the celebration of ‘Cote D’ivoire Cultural Day in Nigeria. The ambassador said the event is an occasion to franchising with Ivorian community and Nigerian Attiéké to celebrate cultural patrimony of Côte D’ivoire Day. According to the ambassador,…
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Roch Marc Christian Kabore, not in total freedom – Party
The political party of Roch Marc Christian Kabore, Burkina Faso’s ex-president, ‘The People’s Movement for Progress (MPP)’, in a statement on Friday, has disclosed that Roch Marc Christian Kabore is not in total freedom, despite his authorisation to return home on Wednesday. Recall that on Wednesday, the transitional government announced that Kabore was authorised to…
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We donated $1m to vulnerable families in Nigeria in 2021- ECOWAS
The fund from ECOWAS was granted to the Government of Nigeria
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Moghalu expresses concerns over fate of Nigerians in Ukraine
Presidential hopeful, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has expressed concerns over Nigerians’ fate in Ukraine, as the Russia-Ukraine face-off and attacks worsen.
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Where’s the Coup next? – By Azu Ishiekwene
Barely a month after this audacious proclamation, Murtala was brutally assassinated in a bloody coup on the streets of Lagos on February 13, 1976. Not a few, including yours sincerely, were convinced that Dimka’s aimless coup was a western conspiracy to get another revolutionary African leader out of the way.
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No excuse for change of government by coup d’etat – Osinbajo
No excuse for change of government