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The Presidents of these three West African States have officially  engaged their nations in the creation of the Confederation of Sahel States called “AES”. Treaties Adopted The president of the transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi GOÏTA will assume the presidency for a mandate of one year.  Burkina Faso will host the first parliamentary session of the alliance. Creation of an AES investment bank and a stabilization fund for immediate launch and use of a single currency.  The alliance's stated goal is to protect against possible threats of armed rebellion or external aggression by emphasizing that "any attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of one or more contracted parties will be considered an aggression against the other parties." The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have hailed a newly signed treaty as a step “towards greater integration” between the three countries, in the latest showing of their shift away from traditional regional and West...

Dele Momodu, a prominent figure, has spoken out against the actions of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, who publicly insulted Ireti Kingibe, a senator, and suggested she harm herself on national television. Momodu expressed his disappointment and shame at the National Assembly's failure to denounce Wike's behavior, stating, "Power drunkenness, a 56-year-old man insulting a 70-year-old woman, a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria telling her to go and hug a transformer and die on national television, and the National Assembly has not called the bluff off this man who acts like Nigeria now has two presidents. He also questioned President Tinubu's inaction, asking, "How many votes and how much money did this Wike man give Tinubu that he is allowing him to go rampage in Rivers, FCT, and some other parts of Nigeria? Momodu's criticism was aimed at the weakness of Nigeria's democratic institutions and the enabling of Wike's ...

President Bola Tinubu has been reelected as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu was re-elected at the 65th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government which was held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday. Speaking at the event, Tinubu reiterated that to counter insecurity and stabilise the region, recommendations set forth by ministers of defence must be met. “As we move to operationalise the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) in combating terrorism, I must emphasise that the success of this plan requires not only strong political will but also substantial financial resources,” he told the gathering. “We must therefore ensure that we meet the expectations and recommendations set forth by our ministers of defence and finance in order to counter the insecurity and stabilise our region. “Member states must make extra commitments to providing resources for stabilising the region,” he added.

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Saturday said his administration would not be distracted from delivering good governance to the people of the state. Fubara disclosed this to journalists after being conducted around the entire premises and structures of the Zonal Hospital, Degema Town in the Degema Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, Fubara assured that his administration would pay close attention to healthcare, education, and agriculture. He noted that people of the state can access quality services from those key sectors. According to Fubara: “We are here this afternoon, just like what happened yesterday (Friday), and if you could remember, I said part of our areas of concern, going forward, will be healthcare services. “We are here in Degema today to assess the level of work ongoing. As you can see, we don’t have a befitting and standard healthcare facility here. And that is why we need to put this place to make it ...

The Kogi State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of the Local Government Transition Committee Chairmen by another six months. This was part of the resolution of the state legislature during the house plenary on Friday. The extension of the tenure of the Transition Committee Chairmen is sequel to a letter to the House by the state Governor, Usman Ododo. Ododo said in the letter that paucity of funds, high wage bill are some of the reasons why Local Government election cannot be conducted in the state. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Umar Yusuf, who read the letter, charged the transition committee chairmen to be good ambassadors of their respective local governments. “In the next six months, it will be interesting at the local government level as there will be mostly submission of reports to the Assembly. The Chairmen henceforth should take note of this,” he stated. It was gathered that the tenure of the 21 Transition Committee Chairmen in Kogi State is expected to expire on the ...