Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the 15 Economic Community of West African States have advanced plans to launch the single currency initiative, known as the ECO.This initiative envisioned to propel economic growth and development throughout the West African sub-region, received Nigeria’s endorsement.The single currency is part of the features in the three-in-one Identity cards planned by the National Identity Management Commission and set for roll-o...

A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to consider military intervention in Niger Republic.The chairperson of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, had said the bloc had resolved to use force as a last resort if the Niger coup leaders do not relinquish power to the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.After a meeting of the bloc’s defence chiefs in Accra, Ghana’s capital city, ECOWAS said on Thur...

The Niger Republic is waiting for a response from the West African regional bloc, the Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS, after coup leaders in Niamey ignored a deadline to reinstate the ousted president—a move the bloc has warned could lead it to authorize military intervention.ECOWAS has said it will issue a statement on its next steps in response to the junta’s refusal to cave in to external pressure to stand down by Sunday following the July 26 po...