Energy

ECOWAS to invest $35bn in Nigeria’s power

Ihesiulo Grace 10 October 2017 0

President of the Economic Community Of West African States’( ECOWAS) Commission, Marcel de Souza, has urged international communities, investors and experts in the energy sector to give priority to investing in Nigeria’s power sector, as this would certainly contribute to improving access to

World

Togo main opposition calls for president’s resignation amid hightened protests

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2017 0

Togo’s opposition chief called for the immediate resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe, the current head of a half century-old political dynasty Wednesday, rejecting a government move to introduce term limits as protests gained momentum, according to Reuters’ report. Tens of thousands of protesters clad in red, orange and pink – the colours of Togo’s

Headlines News Nigeria Politics

Arewa ultimatum was hate speech – UN

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2017 0

Two UN bodies, the UN Office of Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), have denounced an ultimatum issued by members of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum for demanding that Igbo resident in all parts of northern Nigeria vacate the area by October 1, 2017. The two UN bodies […]

News

Senate lauds enhancement of powers of ECOWAS parliament

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2017 0

The Senate has commended the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for enhancing the powers of the regional ECOWAS parliament. It also resolved to congratulate the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government as well as well as the ECOWAS Parliament on the milestone, and pressed for the amendment of the Electoral Act […]

Tech

ECOWAS to set up technology hubs in Nigeria, others

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2017 0

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared that it is developing an information technology “innovation hubs” in member states to address unemployment in the region. ECOWAS Commissioner for Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Dr Isaias Barreto da Rosa, who made this known in Abuja, recently added that the regional bloc was concerned with

Opinion

UN, Regional Forces and the Need to Save Humanity

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

Terrorism is man’s new evil with the capability for self-extinction to mankind. It is crude, barbaric, cruel and inhuman. God Almighty frowns at it. Humanity has cursed it. Nations and countries of the world are fighting it to a standstill. The United Nations (UN), that world assemblage of civilized nations, is bitter and enraged with […]

Opinion

UN: WHO WILL RESCUE NIGERIA FROM EVIL NEIGHBORS?

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2017 0

By now it should be clear to us that our neighbours to the north-east may not necessarily be our brothers so should worry less about them playing the role of our keepers at least where the Boko Haram insurgency is concerned. Save for the existence of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF)- a combined multinational […]

News

ECOWAS fellows cry out over abandonment by sponsors

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2016 0

A plea has gone out from students under the ECOWAS Nnamdi Azikiwe Academic Mobility Scheme (ENAAMS) to the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) and the Association of African Universities (AAU), to come to their aid and release funds meant for their programme to enable them continue with their studies. The students who said […]

Business

Foundation Announces Partnerships with African Development Bank, ECOWAS, Coca-Cola, Nigerian Ministry of Information.

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2016 0

At the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, held in Lagos, Nigeria, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) hosted almost 1,000 women and men from 54 African countries, for the 2nd TEF Entrepreneurship Forum.   The Forum celebrates the 2016 cohort of Elumelu Entrepreneurs, selected from over 45,000 applicants. It is the annual highlight of the Tony

Africa News

Jonathan Attends ECOWAS Summit in Accra

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2015 0

President Goodluck Jonathan will jet out of Abuja on Tuesday for the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government holding in Accra, Ghana. The summit, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), would receive reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso […]

Africa News

Togo Elections: President Gnassingbe in Early Lead

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe took an early lead in the first results from Saturday’s presidential vote released on Monday. Results from six of 42 voting districts showed Gnassingbe with 64 percent, ahead of 33 percent for his nearest rival, Jean-Pierre Fabre, the head of the election commission said. The rest of the votes were shared […]

News

Buhari Lobbies for Adesina as ADB President

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

The President-elect of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, has requested the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to support the candidacy of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina as the next President of the African Development Bank (ADB). Buhari communicated his backing of Adesina’s candidacy to the Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, Chairman of the ECOWAS. In a […]

Headlines News

Ghanaian Leader Commends Jonathan over Peaceful Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

Ghanaian President, John Mahama has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan over the conduct of the just concluded general election in the country. The Ghanaian leader, who addressed State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with the President at the State House, Abuja, described Jonathan’s decision to quickly accept defeat as a show of maturity which

Politics

Gowon Wants Single Government for West Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

Former Head of State and one of the major founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), General Yakubu Gowon, has advocated the creation of a common government for West Africa States. According to him, this will work for the common good of the 15-nation Community estimated at 300 million people as […]

Africa News

Togo Presidential Hopefuls Agree on Voter List, Ahead April 25 Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

All of Togo’s presidential candidates have agreed on an updated but still “imperfect” voter roll, removing an obstacle that had forced a delay in the election that will now take place on April 25, election officials said on Wednesday. “The current state of the election list is good enough for the 2015 vote,” said Siaka […]

News

International Observers Laud Polls

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2015 0

  Foreign Observers who monitored last Saturday’s Pres­idential and National Assembly elections have lauded the exer­cise. The ECOWAS Observer Mis­sion (EOM) described it is ac­ceptable meeting the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration was made by the mission’s head and former President of Ghana, John Kuf­four, in Abuja. Kuffour expressed

News

GLOWAY Calls for Violence-Free Elections

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

As the rescheduled 2015 general elections draw nearer, Global Association of WestAfrican Youths (GLOWAY) has harped on the need for Nigerian to eschew violence so that the nation can have a peaceful and credible elections poll. The group stated this on Friday in a press statement signed by its President, Baruga Abdullahi Ibrahim and made […]

News Politics

AU Rep. Pledges Support for Peaceful Election in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 24 March 2015 0

The Head of AU’s Liaison Office to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Amb. Abdou Abarry, on Tuesday said that his office would support Nigeria in ensuring peaceful, non-violent and credible elections. Abarry spoke with a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that the African Union, given […]

Federation Watch

ECOWAS Cycling Tour: Team Nigeria hit camp in May

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2015 0

Team Nigeria cyclists are expected to commence camping in May immediately after the National Sports Festival in Calabar, for the 3rd edition of ECOWAS Cycling Tour. Team Nigeria’s Technical Director, Moham­med Bashiru, told Extra Time that they will go into camping in May immediately after the National Sports Festival to start preparation for the biannual […]