Yakubu Gowon, the only surviving founding father of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), says he is ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed a notorious bandit kingpin, Kachalla Na Faranshi, and scores of his ...

Niger has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to cease operations, and for its foreign staff to leave ...

The senator said that Nigeria, as Head of ECOWAS, had insisted on the restoration of constitutional democracy in Niger ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, yesterday donated N100 million to the families of 70 victims of the oil tanker explosion that occurred at Dikko Junction near Suleja in Niger State on January ...

Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday visited General Babangida (rtd), and former Head of State, General Abubakar (rtd), at their ...

This is despite the official exit of these three countries from ECOWAS on January 29, to focus on their own bloc known as the ...

The Malian army said it has killed a local terrorist leader, operating in central Mali and several other terrorists, during ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...