Tag: ECOWAS

ECOWAS sanction Burkina Faso, Mali over role in Niger coup

The Economic Community of West African States has imposed heavier financial sanctions…

Alade Abayomi Adeleke

JUST IN: Tinubu schedules another ECOWAS meeting over Niger coup

The Economic Community of West Africa States has scheduled another meeting for…

Alade Abayomi Adeleke

Niger: Why there’re coups in West Africa – Moghalu 

A former deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and former…

Kazeem Owoseni

Niger coup: Doyin Okupe backs Tinubu on military intervention

  A former Director-General of the Obi-Datti presidential campaign council and former…

Kazeem Owoseni

Coup: Don’t send troops to Niger, lawyer warns Tinubu

  A legal practitioner and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Jibrin Samuel Okutepa,…

Kazeem Owoseni

Niger Junta to cut more ties as ECOWAS negotiation fails

The military junta in Niger, led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, is considering…

Alade Abayomi Adeleke

PHOTOS: ECOWAS delegation meets Niger coup leaders

  In its bid to put an end to the ongoing political…

Kazeem Owoseni

Troops will join any ECOWAS intervention in Niger – Senegal

Senegal declared on Thursday that it will take part in any military…

Marcus Amudipe

Niger coup: ECOWAS yet to give order, says Nigerian Army

The Defence Headquarters has said that the Armed Forces of Nigeria cannot…

Alade Abayomi Adeleke

Niger: Five countries shun ECOWAS Defence Chiefs meeting in Nigeria

Five countries have shunned the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS,…

Marcus Amudipe

ECOWAS defence chiefs meet in Nigeria over Niger coup 

  Defence chiefs from West Africa’s regional bloc will meet on Wednesday,…

Kazeem Owoseni

Niger coup: Burkinafaso, Mali join forces against ECOWAS 

      The recent coup in Niger Republic has taken another…

Kazeem Owoseni

Tinubu to attend Benin Republic’s 63rd independence anniversary on Tuesday

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, will depart…

Kazeem Owoseni

Niger coup: Plotters shun ECOWAS threat

  Coup plotters in Niger Republic has dismissed the directives given by…

Marcus Amudipe

Blinken commends Tinubu’s ‘bold leadership’ in Niger crisis talks

The Secretary of State to United States President Joe Biden, Anthony Blinken,…

Alade Abayomi Adeleke