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ECOWAS, Democracy, and the Presidential Election Tribunal in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2023

By Hajiya Najatu Muhammad Recent events in the affairs of our nation, most especially the risk of destabilising the entire West African region by the ECOWAS leaders necessitates the need to once again speak out and to call on all Nigerians to stand united in calling the ECOWAS leaders to order

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NGF reacts to Tinubu’s emergence as ECOWAS Chairman

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2023

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has said that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) made the right choice in picking the President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as its chairman.A statement today, July 10, on behalf of the Forum, it’s chairman and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak, said that the unanimous […]

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ECOWAS, international community will not accept unconstitutional takeovers of government- Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is a strong resolve by the ECOWAS and the international community not to accept coups d’etat or any other form of unconstitutional change of government. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Accra after participating at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. […]

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ECOWAS, Mali Junta talks deadlocked, Keita not keen on reclaiming office

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2020

Ousted Malian President Boubacar Keita is no longer interested in returning to office, as demanded by leaders of the Economic Community of West African States. Keita’s position was one of the highlights of the deadlocked talks between the military junta now in control of the country and the ECOWAS delegation, led by Nigeria’s former President […]

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Independent Candidacy: ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2020

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday, dismissed a suit by Obinna Umeh and three others, challenging the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which bars independent candidacy in election contests. A three-member panel of justices presided by the court’s President, Justice Edward Asante, held that Nigeria did not breach any convention or charter. […]