Tag: ECOWAS
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Osinbajo welcomes new ECOWAS chair, pledges Nigeria’s support
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday received Mr Faure Gnassingbe, Togolese President and newly-elected Chairman of ECOWAS at the Presidential Villa, and assured him of Nigeria’s support to the regional body. Osinbajo told the visiting leader that “Nigeria will support you in every way and we are very happy with your election. “I know that…
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EU opens more educational opportunities to Nigerians
The European Union (EU) on Saturday said that Nigeria was among the countries it had opened more educational opportunities to, under its Erasmus+ Programme. The EU’s Head of Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Michel Arrion, who made the announcement at a Study in Europe Fair in Lagos, said that Nigeria was one priority country…
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Jammeh’s defiance, ECOWAS mistake and Buhari’s bad example
By Jude Ndukwe As it is now, The Gambia is under emergency rule as declared by its president of 22 years, Yahya Jammeh. The emergency rule has become necessary in the estimation of Jammeh, following his decision to challenge the outcome of the country’s December 1, 2016 election in which Adama Barrow was declared winner.…
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‘ECOWAS to take all necessary actions in The Gambia’
UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) says ECOWAS has decided to take all necessary actions to enforce the results of the Dec. 1, 2016 presidential election in the Gambia. Mohamed Chambas Head of UNOWAS, disclosed this while briefing the UN Security Council on the political and security situation in the region. Chambas…
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Buhari heads to Gambia for ECOWAS Mission, attends Bamako Summit in Mali
President Muhammadu Buhari is to visit Banjul, the capital of The Gambia and Bamako, the Malian capital between Jan. 13 and 14, on official engagements. This is contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, in Banjul, the President,…
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Don’t come to Gambia today – Jammeh warns Buhari, other ECOWAS delegates
Embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia has warned the high Level ECOWAS mediation mission led by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari against coming to Banjul, the Gambian capital on Wednesday for peace talks. He asked them to instead come on Friday. President Buhari, who is leading the mediating team alongside Mr. John Mahama, the…
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President Buhari’s speech at ECOWAS 50th Session
President Muhammadu Buhari is presently at the 50th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS Summit of Heads of State and Government. His speech at the summit is as presented below: 50TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ECOWAS SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT, 17 DECEMBER 2016, ABUJA, NIGERIA. WELCOME STATEMENT BY…
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Buhari lauds ECOWAS’s adoption of Single Biometric Identity Card
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended member countries of the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS for adopting single biometric identity card meant to facilitate free movement of persons within the sub-region. The president gave the commendation at the ongoing 50th Ordinary Session of the Authority and Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, in Abuja…
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In-photos: Buhari, other African leaders hold talks with Jammeh to step down
President Muhammadu Buhari and other West African leaders, which includes presidents from Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma; Ghana, John Mahama on Tuesday had a meeting with Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh at Gambia’s State House on the need to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow
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Gambia shuts down borders to ECOWAS delegations over election dispute
Gambian authorities have refused entry to the chair of regional body ECOWAS, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Such move is dampening hopes for a political solution after President Yahya Jammeh rejected the results of elections that he lost on Dec. 1. Jammeh on Friday called for another election in the tiny…