Arewa Economic Forum Commends Tinubu, ECOWAS for Lifting Sanctions on Niger, Others The Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his role in the lifting of economic sanctions against Niger and other countries by the Economic Community of West African States...

ECOWAS Restoration Task For Gowon, by Salisu Na'inna Dambatta The first visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the State House by former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon on February 21, 2024, marks a watershed in the previously unstated desire by the Tinubu...

ECOWAS Exit: Mali, B’Faso, Niger Risk Exclusion from $702bn Market - Report Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic are set to be cut off from the $702bn strong Economic Community of West African States economy following their planned exits. This potential exit could further worsen widespread...

Nigeria @63: A Cause for Celebration or Not? By Leah Nickaf The Giant of Africa, as she is fondly called, has just clocked 63 years-old. Nigeria, our beloved fatherland and most populous black nation, joined the league of sovereign countries on 1st October 1960. Our beautiful...

Subsidy Removal: Petrol Consumption Declines 33% Post Deregulation – Minister Nigeria’s petrol consumption rate declined by 33 percent due to the subsidy removal. The minister of state for environment, Kunle Salako, disclosed this to newsmen at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, that the...

The military juntas, led were mostly trained by the U.S. In fact, Goita and Doumbouya attended a 2019 US military training exercise in Burkina Faso. Surprisingly after taking over, they also drove away French troops and allegedly invited Russian mercenary forces in as their replacement.