The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has re-elected President Bola Tinubu as its Chairman with a unanimous vote. Tinubu, who has been a key figure in West African politics, will serve another one-year term as Chairman of the regional body at the expiration of his first tenure on 9th July 2024. He was unanimously re-elected at the 65th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, held in Abuja,...

Governors of the five states in the Southeast region of Nigeria on Tuesday held a meeting at the Enugu State Government House to deliberate on issues on security, economy, and the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. At the end of the closed-door meeting, a communiqué was read by Senator Hope Uzodimma, Governor of Imo State. The Communiqué; The Forum commiserated with the Government and people of...

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has declared a 24-hour curfew on Ukum Local Government Area following protests that broke out in Sankera, the Ukum LGA headquarters of Benue State in the early hours of Wednesday. The protest was connected to killings of 11 people by armed outlaws. The protesters were alleged to have torched the council’s secretariat and vowed to burn it down as they laid dead bodies of victims on the parking...