The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has described as complex the reason for the exit of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States.

President Bola Tinubu has paid a moving tribute to Chief Bisi Akande, an elder statesman, seasoned administrator, and the first National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress ...

ECOWAS' threat of military intervention in Niger in August 2023 marked a breaking point for the Sahel countries, who view the body as subservient to former colonial power France. The trio have ...

Ikemesit Effiong, Partner at SBM Intelligence joins CNBC Africa for more on the relevance of ECOWAS and its capacity to curtail security concerns and any further breakaway following the formation of ...

Mali’s exit is part of a broader withdrawal that includes Burkina Faso and Niger, which together form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The three nations have rejected ECOWAS’s six-month ...

African leaders have “forgotten to thank France” for its military intervention in the Sahel, Emmanuel Macron said in his speech ... leading the northern charge against President Tinubu The governor of ...

Until it was officially renamed Fort Liberty in a ceremony just off the 172,000-acre Army post’s main parade grounds on June 2, 2023, that base had carried the name of Confederate Gen.

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named among the 400 Presidential Early Career Award recipients for Scientists and Engineers in the United States.

President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to comprehensively reform Nigeria’s tax system got a major boost on Thursday when the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) declared “strong support” for it.

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – who have formed their own Alliance of Sahel States – from West African bloc Ecowas is set to take effect on 29 January, with security experts ...

How should the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deal with the Sahel juntas, as they plan to break away from the community and form a separate group, the Confederacy of the Sahel ...

The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian Government has told the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, that it does not need his help regarding the country's economic reforms. Sanusi, a former Governor of ...