Tag: ECOWAS
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ECOWAS court orders FG to pay N30m as compensation for torturing journalist, Agba Jalingo
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja on Friday, ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist, Agba Jalingo the sum of N30 million as compensation for ill-treating and torturing him while in detention in Cross River State. Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed a fundamental human rights enforcement action on behalf of Agba Jalingo…
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Twitter ban: ECOWAS to consolidate suits against Nigerian Govt Friday
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed Friday, July 9, 2021, to consolidate suits against the Federal Government on the suspension of the microblogging platform, Twitter. The court fixed the date on Tuesday during a virtual sitting via zoom. The Federal Government had in June, suspended Twitter operation in Nigeria over alleged contents threatening the…
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Buhari begs ECOWAS leaders to mount pressure on Mali for return to civilian rule
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called on West African leaders to exert pressure on the military leadership in Mali to ensure that the transition process in the country is not aborted. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Buhari’s position is contained in his statement delivered…
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Buhari billed for ECOWAS mid-year summit in Ghana tomorrow
President Muhammadu Buhari will participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, June 19. The President, who will depart Abuja on Saturday, will join other Heads of State of Government of ECOWAS for the mid-year statutory meeting of the regional bloc, with…
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ECOWAS suspends Mali over second coup in nine months
West African leaders suspended Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at an extraordinary summit Sunday, but stopped short of reimposing sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The 15-nation bloc had warned of reimposing sanctions on the country, as have the United States and former colonial power France. “The…
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Insecurity: Take issue to ECOWAS, Obasanjo, Gumi advise Buhari
…insist 14m children out of school in the north must be re-integrated …Obj to continue discourse with Gumi in Kaduna soon By Emman Ovuakporie Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheik Ahmad Gumi on Sunday advised President Muhammad Buhari to urgently take the issue of insecurity in Nigeria to ECOWAS to help solve it. To this…
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ECOWAS recommends compensation for side effects, injury from Covid-19 vaccine
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Vaccine Task Force has recommended compensation for citizens who suffer side effects or injury from the COVID-19 vaccination. Prof. Stanley Okolo, Director-General of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), made the announcement on Saturday in Abuja. He spoke at the 5th Regional Steering Committee meeting of the…
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NUTAG urges ECOWAS to prioritise COVID-19 vaccines in sub region
The Nigerian Union of Traders in Ghana (NUTAG) has underscored the need for ECOWAS to prioritise provision of Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) vaccines in the sub region to revive business operations. The President of the union, Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, said this on Thursday during a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.…
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Buhari canvasses restructuring of ECOWAS, orders release of $20m to counter terrorism
President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for the restructuring of ECOWAS, saying that the organization needed to streamline its management to adjust to current realities. ”A situation where ECOWAS has 23 statutory appointees, of which 13 are Commissioners for this Commission is totally unsustainable”, the president said in his presentation to the virtual 58th Ordinary Session…
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ECOWAS lifts sanctions imposed on Mali after military coup
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday lifted the sanctions imposed on Mali in the wake of an August 18, 2020, military coup, citing Mali’s “notable advances towards constitutional normalisation” as the reason for the relaxation of the sanctions. The regional bloc said, in a statement, that The lifting of the sanctions…