ECOWAS: Free Movement, Labour Mobility are Drivers For Regional Integration

NewsPoliticsWest AfricaECOWAS: Free Movement, Labour Mobility are Drivers For Regional Integration

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 25, 2026

Mr Albert Siaw-Boateng, ECOWAS Director of Free Movement of Persons and Migration, on Tuesday canvassed for free movement of persons and labour mobility as catalyst for regional integration and the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA). In his paper, titled “Free Movement of Persons and Labour Mobility as Catalysts for Regional Integration and AFCFTA Success”, at the ongoing First Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, Siaw-Boateng, highlighted the link between...

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ECOWAS Declares State Of Emergency In West Africa

AfricaNewsPoliticsWest AfricaECOWAS Declares State Of Emergency In West Africa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 9, 2025

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has announced a state of emergency across the region. The state of emergency was in response to a series of coups and failed mutinies affecting countries in the sub-region. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, made the declaration on Tuesday during the 55th session of the Mediation and Security Council at the ministerial level in Abuja. Touray said the developments highlight the “imperative of serious introspection...

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Julius Maada Bio Takes Over as ECOWAS Chairman

AfricaNewsNigeriaWest AfricaJulius Maada Bio Takes Over as ECOWAS Chairman

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 22, 20252

…Tinubu Bows Out with Call for Unity and Democracy West African leaders have chosen President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone as the new Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, bringing Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s two-term tenure to a close. The announcement was made during the 67th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the symbolic handover of the community’s emblem marked the transition of...

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We’re Stronger, Better As Community, ECOWAS, President Says

NewsWest AfricaWe’re Stronger, Better As Community, ECOWAS, President Says

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)May 29, 2025

…Seeks Recommitment Of Member States The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),  Omar Alieu Touray has said that the regional body is stronger together as a community. He also urged member states to recommit themselves to strengthening the regional body. Touray, in his welcome address during the celebration of the 50 years anniversary of the Commission in Lagos on Wednesday, outlined the various achievements recorded as a body. He said, “In...

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Libya’s Education Minister Jailed Over Textbook Shortage in Schools

AfricaNewsWest AfricaLibya’s Education Minister Jailed Over Textbook Shortage in Schools

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 18, 2025

Libya’s Education Minister, Moussa al-Megarief, has been handed a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence due to a textbook shortage dating back to 2021, according to the attorney general’s office on Sunday. The Tripoli court of appeal also imposed a fine of 1,000 dinars (approximately ₦320,000) and stripped him of his civil rights for the duration of his sentence and an additional year thereafter. Megarief, a member of the national unity government, faced accusations of favouritism in managing...

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ECOWAS Court Declares Kudirat Abiola’s Assassination Case Inadmissible

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaWest AfricaECOWAS Court Declares Kudirat Abiola’s Assassination Case Inadmissible

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 1, 2025

The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, on Friday, declared the case concerning Khalifa Abiola and two others and the Federal Government of Nigeria over alleged claims of human rights violations involving late Mrs Kudirat Abiola as inadmissible. The case filed under suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/62/22 was brought before the Court by the applicants, Khalifa Abiola, Moriam Abiola and Hadi Abiola suing on behalf of themselves and the estate of late Kudirat whom they alleged to have...

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5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWest Africa5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum Meeting Kicks Off In Bornov

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 29, 2025

The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum meeting holding in Maiduguri, Borno state that would discuss the multi-faceted challenges facing Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger had so far received 800 delegates. Baba Malam-Wali, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the forum, who is also the Secretary to the Yobe State Government (SSG), disclosed this at a pre-forum joint press briefing in Maiduguri. He said challenges of security; climate resilience, food security, socioeconomic recovery,...

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Tinubu Vows to work with Ghana’s New President on Poverty Alleviation

AfricaNewsPoliticsWest AfricaTinubu Vows to work with Ghana’s New President on Poverty Alleviation

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 7, 2025

…Expresses Confidence Mahama’s Govt Will Work With Nigeria To Strengthen Bond President Bola Tinubu has said that his government and that of John Mahama, newly inaugurated president of Ghana will join hands to lift Nigeria and Ghana out of poverty. Tinubu also expressed confidence that the new government under the leadership of President John Mahama, will work with Nigeria to strengthen a powerful bond, leading to greater shared prosperity for both nations. The President made...

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France Withdraws Combatants From Chad After Breaking Ties with Regime

AfricaNewsNigeriaWest AfricaFrance Withdraws Combatants From Chad After Breaking Ties with Regime

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 21, 2024

The French Defence Ministry said on Friday that it has begun the withdrawal of its soldiers from Chad after N’djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial power. The ministry said in a statement on Facebook that a contingent of 120 soldiers had already left the African country and returned to France, which marked 10 days after French fighter aircraft left the Sahel country. “At midday, 120 French soldiers took off from...

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Nigeria Settles ₦84 Billion, $54 Million ECOWAS Levy After 19 Years

AfricaNewsPoliticsWest AfricaNigeria Settles ₦84 Billion, $54 Million ECOWAS Levy After 19 Years

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 16, 2024

For the first time in 19 years, Nigeria has fully met its financial obligations to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by paying 100 per cent of its community levy. The payment, totalling ₦84 billion and $54 million, covers Nigeria’s contributions for 2023 and extends through July 2024. The announcement was made by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, during the 66th Ordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads...

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