By Mark Longyen African Leaders are determined to uproot terrorism and unconstitutional changes in government, ECOWAS and African Union ambassadors have said. The envoys made this known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the end of a consultation meeting between ECOWAS Mediation and Security CouncilContinue Reading

By Mark Longyen Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Amb. Musa Nuhu, has called on the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to harmonise strategies towards mitigating regional conflicts. Amb. Nuhu made this known at the maiden joint consultation meeting between the AU Peace andContinue Reading

  By Mark Longyen Amb. Bankole Adeoye, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, has said that mainstreaming human rights through compliance and accountability was crucial to tackling terrorism. Adeoye made this known at a high-level strategic AU-EU-UN-ECOWAS steering committee partnership project meeting, for the enhancement ofContinue Reading

  By Sarafina Christopher and Eletta Mercy Hon. James Sule, the Permanent Secretary of The Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy, has appealed to Nigerian stakeholders to emulate China’s efforts in language preservation to prevent indigenous languages form extinction. Sule made the appeal during an interview on theContinue Reading

By Maureen Okon The Director-General (DG), Nigeria Technical Aid Corps (NTAC), Dr Yusuf Yakub, on Friday urged anti-graft agencies to enhance awareness on the dangers of corruption on national development. The DG made the call in Abuja at the end of a two-day sensitisation workshop on corruption, organised by theContinue Reading