Crude Export Drop Pushes Trade Surplus Down to N1.7tn Nigeria’s merchandise trade surplus fell sharply to N1.71tn in the fourth quarter of 2025, down from N3.42tn recorded in the corresponding period of 2024, as declining crude oil exports and rising imports narrowed the country’s positive...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) authority of heads of state and government has asked its commission to urgently provide $2,850,000.

ECOWAS to Cut Airfare Costs from January 2026 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will abolish air ticket taxes across all airports in the subregion by January 1, 2026, in a major step aimed at reducing the notoriously high cost of...

ECOWAS Debt: Court Remands Ecobank Legal Head Over Perjury, Defamation of Judge Character The Head of Legal Department of the Ecobank in the Northern Region, Ridwan Abdulwahab has been remanded at Kuje prison in Abuja following his arraignment on perjury and defamation of character. He was...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to activate 260,000 counter-terrorism brigade in the subregion.

Nigeria exported a total of 663 million metric tonnes of products to 11 ECOWAS member states in the first half of 2025, according to the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC).