•The junta Banks and gas stations that had gone on strike in Mali called off their action yesterday after reaching an agreement with the junta, the union and the government said. The National Union of Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, Retailers, and Gas Stations (Synabef) had stopped work on Thursday to demand the release of ...
•Mahama and Tinubu in Abuja Ghanaian President, John Mahama, yesterday visited his Nigerian counterpart, Bola Tinubu, at the State House in Abuja. The visit, the first since his inauguration on January 7 is to brief Tinubu – who also doubles as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government – on […]
•Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, says the recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from ECOWAS has placed more burden on the Nigerian military. Abubakar said this at the opening of the First Quarter Meeting with Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, and Commanders yesterday ...
•Flags of Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) countries West African regional bloc ECOWAS today officially recognised the exit of three of its former members Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic which became effective today, Wednesday, January 29, 2025, upon the expiration of a one-year notice period. However, in “t...
•(L-R ): The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) takes effect on Wednesday after a year of political tensions, fracturing the region and leaving the...
•Eric CHelle The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as Head Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles. This was reached at its “meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, 2nd January 2025, the NFF Technical and Development Sub-Committee had recommended the appointment of the former Coach of the senior men ...
(L-R ) The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger, General Abdourahmane Tchiani. The military junta of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic will end their membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January 2025, the regional bloc said yesterday. This is part of the [...
•President of the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) Assimi Goita (C) Mali’s junta chief yesterday sacked civilian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and the government, days after Maiga issued a rare criticism of the military rulers. “The duties of the prime minister and the members of the government are terminated,”...
•Terrorists The Senate has raised the alarm that terrorists from Mali and Burkina Faso known as Lakurawa have Invaded Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, other states in the North West and Niger State in the North Central. Noting that the trend now has an international dimension, the Senate urged the Nigerian Military to set up early warning […]
•ECOWAS defence chiefs meet in Abuja The Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West Africa States today called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the regional bloc. Speaking in Abuja while on a visit to the National Counter Terrorism Centre, the Chairman of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs […]
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