Nigeria-ECOWAS Court-Retreat July 03, 2021 to 19:56 107 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Friday, July 2, 2021 concluded its first non-judicial activity since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, which forced the Court to suspend such activities in compliance with the protocols for coping with the pandemic and deploy virtual technology in order to continue holding court sessions.
“Hopefully, this should constitute a milestone in the effort to restore the non-judicial activities of the Court, which was significantly affected by the pandemic mainly its stakeholder engagements, including sensitization, international conferences and external court sessions,” the President of the Court, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, said at the opening of the activity, its annual administration and budget retreat.
Nigerians warn of danger of undemocratic alternatives As the political crisis in Mali degenerates into a full military government, some stakeholders have warned of the danger of descending into undemocratic alternatives in Nigeria as a result of the rising state of anarchy and violence. As a way of expressing its displeasure over the development in Mali, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday announced its decision to expel the country from the regional body. While ECOWAS head of states and government were meeting in Ghana to decide the fate of Mali, the head of military junta, Col. Assimi Goita effectively assumed leadership of the country’s transition government. To rub salt on the injury, Mali’s Supreme Court the same day, affirmed Goita’s leadership, fueling criticisms across the region.
As the political crisis in Mali degenerates into a full military government, some stakeholders have warned of the danger of descending into undemocratic alternatives in Nigeria as a result of the rising state of anarchy and violence.
Lawan tasks ECOWAS on terrorism, cross-border crimes The Punch
Published 27 May 2021
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, asked the Economic Community of West African States parliament to address the prevalence of terrorism and irregular migration affecting member states.
Lawan also lamented the spate of insecurity and cross-border crimes such as banditry and kidnapping.
He described the criminal activities as severe threats to the stability and economic progress of most countries within the West African sub-region.
The Senate President said this, according to a statement by his media office, at the 2021 First Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States Parliament.