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FG launches ECOWAS biometric ID card to boost regional security

Through the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Federal Government has launched the National Biometric Card (ENBIC). The move will help bolster "regional mobility and integration, improve identity management, and strengthen border...

HenrisCounty December 14, 2025Africa, ECOWAS, Immigration, NigeriaNo Comments

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Photos: Sierra Leone President, Bio, arrives Abuja for ECOWAS Meeting

5th President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, has landed in Abuja, Capital of Nigeria, to preside over an Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads...

HenrisCounty December 13, 2025Abuja, ECOWAS, PresidentNo Comments

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ECOWAS expresses ‘deep concern’ over ‘political crisis’ in Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has come out to "condemn" and express its "deep concern" over the "unfolding political crisis" in Guinea-Bissau. The West African Bloc made...

HenrisCounty November 29, 2025ECOWAS, government, Guinea-Bissau, PoliticalNo Comments

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Soldiers seize power in Guinea-Bissau and detain President Embaló

A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested. Shortly after gunshots were heard in the...

HenrisCounty November 28, 2025AU, ECOWAS, Guinea-BissauNo Comments

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SERAP sues Tinubu Administration at ECOWAS Court of Justice over NDDC missing ₦6 trillion

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has made known, it sued the Tinubu administration at the ECOWAS Court of Justice over failure to release the Niger Delta Development Commission...

HenrisCounty July 20, 2025administration, ECOWAS, justice, NDDC, SERAP, TinubuNo Comments

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‘Escalating Insecurity’ – President Tinubu worried about ‘slow pace’ of activation of ECOWAS Standby Force

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria, has expressed his frets at the "slow pace" of activation of the ECOWAS Standby Force. The Nigerian Leader charged West African Leaders to...

HenrisCounty June 22, 2025Abuja, ECOWAS, Force, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, TinubuNo Comments

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‘A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go’ – Femi Otedola hails Tinubu after the President visited Dangote Refinery

Femi Otedola, Chairman of Geregu Power, has praised President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after the Nigerian Leader visited the Dangote Refinery in Lekki, Lagos State. President Tinubu who has been...

HenrisCounty June 7, 2025Dangote, ECOWAS, President Tinubu, RefineryNo Comments

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ECOWAS AT 50: Let’s sustain the legacies of the Bloc’s founding fathers – President Tinubu

Nigeria's President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called on West African Leaders to "uphold and pass on" the legacies of the founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African...

HenrisCounty May 29, 2025Burkina Faso, ECOWAS, Gowon, Niger, President TinubuNo Comments

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ECOWAS At 50: President Tinubu, Gowon, Presidents of Togo, Liberia at Bloc golden jubilee in Lagos

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marked fifty (50) yearsof its existence on Wednesday 28 May, 2025 in Lagos State, Nigeria. The Bloc's golden jubilee anniversary was marked...

HenrisCounty May 28, 2025anniversary, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Guinea Bissau, Lagos State, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Yakubu GowonNo Comments

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ECOWAS At 50: President Tinubu departs for Lagos to mark anniversary, commission projects

President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Lagos State to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with other Leaders. The event...

HenrisCounty May 26, 2025Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Lagos State, Lekki Deep Sea Port, President Tinubu, Special AdviserNo Comments

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ECOWAS At 50: President Tinubu hails Bloc as it launches Golden Jubilee celebration

Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, has hailed the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as it launches its Golden Jubilee celebration. ECOWAS was established on 28 May, 1975 with its...

HenrisCounty April 23, 2025ECOWAS, President TinubuNo Comments

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ECOWAS At 50: Bloc to hold Extraordinary Session on the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced, it will hold an Extraordinary Session on the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in Accra, Capital of Ghana. This is...

HenrisCounty April 23, 2025Abuja, Accra, anniversary, Burkina Faso, ECOWAS, Ghana, Mali, Niger, NigeriaNo Comments