The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to curb terrorism and other transborder crimes in the sub-region. Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru ...

Security analysts are praising ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, for activating its regional standby force but remain doubtful about its effectiveness following the recent ...

Speaking at the 43rd ordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, said the activation of this force ...

Cape Verde later joined in 1977. Nigeria’s Head of State at the time of ECOWAS founding was General Yakubu Gowon. President Bola Tinubu is the current ECOWAS Chairman. As ECOWAS marks its 50th ...

The Economic Community of Africa State (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to fight terrorism and other transborder criminal activities in the subregion. Nigeria’s Minister of Defence ...

Christopher Musa, has reaffirmed the military’s readiness and determination to ensure the full security of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, region. Musa, who serves as ...

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has activated its standby force to combat terrorism in the sub-region. The regional body had in October last year, hinted at the ...

The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, announced this during the 43rd edition of the ordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of the Chiefs of Defence, in Abuja on Tuesday.

Christopher Musa, has reassured the readiness and determination of the military to ensure that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is fully secured. Musa, who is the ...

Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has stated that to effectively address the security challenges in the West African sub-region, collective efforts from all affected countries are ...

Some U.S. car buyers say they expedited their vehicle shopping out of concern that President Donald Trump's tariff threats ...