By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Nigeria, General Christopher Musa, and his Nigerien counterpart, General Moussa Barmou, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing security cooperation between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. This development was disclosed in a statement issued...
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The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, is currently in Niger Republic for a meeting with the Nigerien Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Mousa Barmo. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, made this known to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The photographs released...
It is often said that the worst democracy is far better than the best dictatorship. One does not have to look farther than the northern border of Nigeria to a country with which it shares its longest land border to confirm this truism. Since the government of President Mohammed...
The Chiefs of Defence Staff in West Africa on Friday, called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, made the call when he led other ECOWAS defence chiefs...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the West African Chiefs of Defence have agreed to activate the standby force of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Musa said the decision was taken at the end of the 42nd Ordinary Meeting of...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said the change of government through coups in West African countries has had unintended consequences and threatened democratic values in the region. Musa made the call at the opening of the 42nd Ordinary Meeting of the Economic Community...
President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, July 20, depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana to participate in the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. In his capacity as the Chairman...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar has stated that economic interests, not faith or tribal ties, are the primary drivers of insecurity in the Sahel region of Africa. The countries in the Sahel region include; Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea Mauritania, Mali, Niger,...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has nullified the dismissal of Mr Momodu Cham, a former staff of the Commission, saying it breached Article 69 of the ECOWAS staff regulations. Cham had filed the suit following his dismissal from his position as a Procurement Officer with the Inter-Governmental Action...
ECOWAS has held countless high-level meetings, including regular and extraordinary summits by regional leaders on peace and security issues since the renewed military incursions in politics in the politically restive West African region in 2020. The Abuja summit on Sunday 7th July is no exception. On Saturday 6th July, ahead...
The Nigeria Army on Wednesday, announced the deployment of 177 personnel for a peace keeping mission in Guinea-Bissau. The Chief of Operations, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Boniface Sinjen, made the announcement at the graduation ceremony of troops of Nigerian Company 3 ECOWAS Stabilization Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau, at Martin...
GIABA, an inter-governmental action group against money laundering in West Africa, has said Nigeria recorded significant achievements in its war against money laundering and terrorism financing in 2023. GIABA said this in its 2023 annual report unveiled for ambassadors of member states, technical and financial partners on Thursday...
By JOEL OLADELE, Abuja – A three-day cross-border surveillance meeting opened in Abuja on Wednesday with participants expressing concerns about the porous border between Nigeria and Niger, which facilitates the movement of people, goods, and contaminants. Participants at the meeting noted that the Republic of Niger and...
JOEL OLADELE, Abuja As part of efforts to strengthen public health systems and combat disease outbreaks, Nigeria and Niger Republic organized a 3-Day Cross-Border Surveillance meeting, initiated by the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO). The meeting, which kicked off in Abuja, on Tuesday brought together health experts and officials...
Senegal will host a conference on Saturday, 1 June under the theme “The Alliance of Sahel States, a new platform for Senegal’s regional integration,” a development that could have potential implications on the unity and cohesion among ECOWAS member States, according to diplomatic sources. In an ironic but provocative...
Months after exiting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have finalised plans to form a new confederation, the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES ), marking a geopolitical shift in the region. This move showed their departure from their former...
Nigeria’s late Professor Adebayo Adedeji and Togo’s Edem (Kodjovi) Kodjo would likely be turning in their graves in disappointment if not utter shock at what has become of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which they laboured with others to establish in 1975. After its civil war...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is working to set up a counter terrorism force to tackle security threats within the sub-region. The Commissioner Political Affairs, Peace and Security of ECOWAS, Amb. Abdel-Fatau Musah, stated this at the opening of a three-day consultative meeting of...
By PAUL EJIME – The international community, particularly ECOWAS and the African Union have been passive or at best non-committal towards events leading up to Togo’s 29 April 2024 Parliamentary and Regional elections, which were overshadowed by controversial constitutional and electoral reforms, with potentially far-reaching consequences. Parliamentary elections are...
By PAUL EJIME – Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, who was instrumental in the formation of ECOMOG, the regional Ceasefire Monitoring Group set up by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to end the civil war in Liberia, has made a strong case for...