Senator Iroegbu Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, departed Abuja for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall, following his re-election for a second term. On the invitation of his host, President Buhari, who is ECOWAS Chairman, will be Special Guest of Honour at the ceremonies to be
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ECOWAS urges Buhari, Atiku, others to accept results in good faith
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission has called on candidates who contested in the presidential and National Assembly elections to accept the results in good faith. The mission gave the advice in its preliminary report signed by its Head, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Monday. She said “In
African Soldiers with political ambitions should resign says Buhari
Godsgift Onyedinefu President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the era of military regime was over in Africa and any military officer harbouring political ambitions should resign. Buhari who was reacting to the failed military coup in Gabon maintained that democracy had come to stay while urging soldiers to face their constitutional role
Buhari charges west African leaders to strengthen fight against terrorism, climate change
Godsgift Onyedinefu President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called for stronger solidarity among West African leaders to solve the problems of crime, terrorism, and climate change. Buhari made the fall while addressing the 54th ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government, in Abuja. Buhari
2019: WANEP, AU launches Online National Early Warning System Platform
Senator Iroegbu The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP), as part of measures to prevent violence and other threats to the 2019 General Elections, has launched the Online National Early Warning System (NEWS) Platform and the ArcGIS 360 mobile application. This was done with the support of the African Union (AU) and Economic
2019: ECOWAS, AU develops 42 checklists on election violence hotspots in Nigeria
•Trains 80 election monitors on violence mitigation Godsgift Onyedinefu The West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have developed about 42 checklist to monitor potential election violence hotspots Nigeria. They have also trained trained 80 election monitors,
Judge Orders Dasuki’s Trial in Absentia
Justice Ahmed Rahmat Mohammed has ordered the former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki be prosecuted in absentia by the Federal Government following his resolve not to appear in court for further proceedings. The judge invoked section 352 (4) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) to issue the order
Again, IMF urges Nigeria to review tax policies
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday urged Nigeria to urgently review the country's tax policies by widening the tax base and increasing compliance on Value Added Tax, VAT. Speaking at a panel session on 'Leveraging Dom Amine Mati estic Resource Mobilisation for Sustainable Development,' at the 2018 Nigerian Economic Summit, NES,
Terrorism: UN, AU advise Nigeria, Sahel region on unified security strategy
Jude Johnson The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have advised Nigeria and other countries of the Sahel region on the need for a unified approach in the counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency and counter-radicalisation efforts. This was
Buhari leaves for China friday
President Muhammadu Buhari will Friday depart for China to participate in the 7th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled to hold September 3 – 4, 2018 in Beijing. His spokesman, Garba Shehu, made the announcement on Thursday. He said the President’s first engagement in Beijing will be an interactive