Abuja, 7th August 2017. The ECOWAS Heads of Immigration Services have endorsed the proposal by the Nigerian government for the establishment a Migration Training Academy as part of measures to effectively manage migration and emerging trends associated with movement of … Continue reading →

ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT URGES SETTING UP OF REGIONAL DATA SHARING MECHANISM FOR MIGRATION AND IRREGULAR MIGRATION MANAGEMENT   Abuja, 3rd August 2017. As part of the trans-national holistic approach aimed at dealing with the problems associated with migration, irregular migration … Continue reading →

Abuja 1st August 2017. ECOWAS in collaboration with her partners, is stepping up efforts at curbing irregular migration as well as the management of the internal and external borders of West Africa. To this end, the Migration Dialogue for West … Continue reading →

 Abuja 31 July 2017 . The 3rd Steering Committee Meeting for the regional plan of monitoring and controlling Fruit Flies has recommended a strong private sector participation in the project embarked upon to rid the region of the menace Fruit … Continue reading →

Abuja 31st July 2017. The modules for the training of personnel on skills enhancement and capacity building for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between ECOWAS and the European Union (EU) have been validated at the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria. … Continue reading →

Abuja, 30th July 2017. The AU, UN, and ECOWAS unequivocally condemn and deplore the Boko Haram terrorists ambush in Maiduguri, on the 25th July 2017, against a convoy of Personnel of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company accompanied by geologists, under … Continue reading →

Abuja, 28th  July 2017. The Core Planning Team (CPT) for the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) Command Post Exercise (CPX) – code named JIGUI IV, have developed a scenario narrative which will take into account contemporary security challenges such as terrorism, … Continue reading →