By Mark Longyen The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has urged Nigerian citizens residing in the country to remain law-abiding and unite against division, xenophobia, and social instability. Chief Ike Anyene, NUSA Grand Patron, made the appeal at the official inauguration of the Springs Chapter of the union, a statementContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Dr Omar Touray, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says the commission has trained no fewer than 500 regional journalists in recent years. Touray announced this while delivering his routine Community Work Programme speech, an account of the commission’s activities, at the ongoingContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Nigeria has urged member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to adopt innovative measures to address the multi-dimensional challenges confronting the sub-region. Nigeria’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, led by Sen. Jibrin Barau, Deputy President of the Senate, made the call in Nigeria’sContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Abhishek Singh, says the forthcoming India-Africa Forum Summit will strengthen economic and technological partnerships between India and Africa. Singh disclosed this during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, noting that the Summit, scheduled to hold in New Delhi on May 31,Continue Reading
By Fortune Abang Abuja, May 7, 2026 (NAN) Amb. Dunoma Ahmed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening bilateral and cooperation with India. Ahmed stated this during a meeting with the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, Abhishek Singh, at the Ministry’s Headquarters on Thursday in Abuja. AContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has disclosed that he personally requested for his redeployment to South Africa as high commissioner-designate, two days after the initial announcement of his posting to Germany. Fani-Kayode made this known in a statement he personally signed, and issued on Thursday inContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Senegal says it is committed to boosting its economic growth and development by transforming its agricultural sector from subsistence to modernised agriculture. The country’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament disclosed this while presenting their Country Report at the ongoing 2026 First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS ParliamentContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Government of Ghana has paid about $82.5 million as its Community Levy contribution to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2025, reaffirming its commitment to regional integration and economic cooperation. MP Dominic Napare, a member of the Ghanaian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament,Continue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Parliament has ordered an investigation into the escalating terror attacks across the sub-region, as well as the current wave of xenophobic violence against African migrants in South Africa. The regional parliamentarians took the decision during plenary at the First 2026 ECOWAS Parliament Ordinary Session onContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Parliament has called on regional leaders to urgently confront the sub-region’s multifaceted challenges of rising insecurity, fragile democracy and economic stagnation toward deepening integration and economic growth. The Speaker of the Parliament, Memounatou Ibrahima, made the appeal, while declaring open the two-week 2026 First OrdinaryContinue Reading
