By Mark Longyen ECOWAS Court President Justice Ricardo Gonçalves has appealed to the governments of ECOWAS member states to fully recognise the court’s authority and cooperate with it in enforcing the court’s judgments. He made the appeal while declaring open ECOWAS Court‘s 2025/2026 Legal Year celebration, with the theme: “ECOWASContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja called for reforms in the ECOWAS Court of Justice to enhance community citizens’ access to justice, and address other contemporary challenges. The Attorney-General of the Federation , Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, stated this during the ECOWAS Court’s 2025/2026 Legal Year celebration, with themeContinue Reading
By Anthony Alabi A new Network of Photojournalists of African Press Agencies (NPJ-FAAPA) was inaugurated on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco. This is on the sidelines of the ongoing seminar on mastering photojournalism techniques, organised by the Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports thatContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has called on Nigerians living in South Africa to obey the country’s laws and carry themselves with dignity as true ambassadors of Nigeria. President General of the Union, Smart Nwobi, made the appeal in a statement issued by his aide, GeorgeContinue Reading
By Anthony Alabi African news agencies have been urged to strengthen their photojournalism services to meet the demands of the digital era. Mr Fouad Arif, President of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) and Director-General of Agence Macrocaine De Presse (MAP), said this on Monday in Rabat. TheContinue Reading
By Nana Hauwa Musa The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Monday, donated 69 metric tonnes of dates to vulnerable populations in Nigeria through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). During the handover of the dates in Abuja, the Country Director, WFP, Mr David Stevenson, commended the Kingdom of SaudiContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon The Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC), has commended President Bola Tinubu’s 4-D foreign policy initiative aimed at rendering technical aid to the countries in need of professionals. The Director-General of NTAC, Dr Yusuf Yakub, said this at a media parley on Saturday in Abuja while markingContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Experts have urged the ECOWAS Parliament to create a strategic agency that would curb the current surge in Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated fake news in West Africa. The media and Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts made the appeal at the end of ECOWAS Parliament’s week-long 2025 SecondContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang The Regional Working Group on Tax Policy Alternatives (RWOGTAPA) has underscored the need for policy alternatives to bolster more meaningful growth in tax regime. The group at a two-day regional meeting in Abuja, said that the meeting had become imperative as the tax systems in Ghana andContinue Reading
By Tiamiyu Prudence Arobani President Bola Tinubu has called for total elimination of nuclear weapons all over the world. Tinubu made the call while delivering Nigeria’s statement at the high-level meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the UN headquarters in New York.Continue Reading
