The private sector and development partners have so far committed $1.7billion for the development of agriculture in the country under the New Alliance and Grow Africa Partnerships. The partnership was an initiative of G8 Summit at L’Aquila, Italy, which was formed to support Africa’s effort...

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria would make the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project more efficient to stabilise the energy sector across the sub-region. This, he said, would be done, using modern information Technology, (IT) equipment Speaking at a joint media briefing with...

ECOWAS has said notable progress has been made in its plan to establish a single currency by 2020 and the adoption of a single biometric identity card for member states. The Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria, Prof. Al-Hassan Conteh, stated this in Abuja, while speaking on...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured of Nigeria’s continued commitment to meet all her obligations to the ECOWAS Commission. He made the pledge at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja while receiving the new president of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Marcel Alain de Souza. Presidential spokesman,...

The Federal Government has called on the Organization of Trade Union of West Africa (OTUWA) to be at the forefront on the campaign for the diversification of the economy of the ECOWAS sub-region, in view of the current global economic downturn. Labour and Employment Minister,...