By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Court of Justice, International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Criminal Court, (ICC), and Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), have pledged to deepen their cooperation to enhance global jurisprudence. They made the pledge during a working visit by a high-level ECOWAS Court delegation, led by itsContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) 50 years ago, in May 1975, 15 West African countries came together and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was birthed with the Treaty of Lagos. The vision was bold–to create a strong, integrated regional bloc that wouldContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has disbursed more than 2.5 billion dollars supporting about 300 projects across the subregion since its inception in 1999. EBID President, Dr George Donkor, made this known during an interactive session with heads of ECOWAS institutions and specialised agenciesContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The ECOWAS Parliament has adopted new Rules of Procedure, which prohibit members from making derogatory remarks about fellow members and West African Heads of State. The regional lawmakers adopted the revised Rules of Procedure during the First Ordinary Session of the Parliament held on Thursday in Abuja.Continue Reading
Participants at the First Ordinary Session of the 2025 ECOWAS Parliament on Tuesday in Abuja. (NAN) By Mark Longyen Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Memounatou Ibrahima has urged member states to deliberately embrace, cultivate, and reinvent the institution’s integration agenda as it marks its 50th anniversary in May.Continue Reading
By Mark Longyen Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament Mémounatou Ibrahima and other stakeholders have decried the high fares of traveling by air within West Africa, saying such was inimical to subregional economic growth. They made this known at the opening session of a Delocalised Meeting of ECOWAS Parliament’s Joint Committee onContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Chief Judge (CJ) of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has decried the difficulty of enforcing the judgments of ECOWAS Court in sovereign states with diverse political climates. Alogba made this known when ECOWAS Court President, Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos, aContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen President Adama Barrow of The Gambia has pledged his support for ECOWAS’ proposed Banjul-Barra Bridge initiative, describing it as a critical infrastructure that would engender massive development in the subregion. Barrow stated this when he received ECOWAS Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization, Sediko Douka, who ledContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Senegal has urged Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to step up measures that would promote and attract foreign investments to their respective countries. Ms Fama Fall from Senegal’s Directorate of Foreign Trade, Investment and Development, made the call in a presentationContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, President, ECOWAS Court of Justice, and others, have commended the court’s officials, who are mandatorily retiring this year, for their impactful career and bequeathing indelible legacies. Gonçalves stated this at a ceremony organised by the court in honour of four of its departing employees,Continue Reading
