Senegal has nominated Birame Diop, a retired air force general and the country’s current minister of the armed forces, as its candidate for ECOWAS president.
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has called on member states to cooperate with the court to ensure the effective enforcement of its judgments, especially in human rights cases.
Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, president, ECOWAS Court of Justice, has expressed the court’s renewed commitment to enhancing access to justice and integration within the sub-region in the new legal year
Mr Gonçalve spoke at a meeting of ECOWAS ministers of justice aimed at validating two critical instruments of the community court.
The court declared that Ms Kone-Toure’s claims were unsubstantiated, adding that her non-selection was not in any way a violation of her rights.
The inauguration of ECMS’ innovative procedures would foster excellence and stakeholder confidence in judicial processes
The court says a 50 per cent affirmative action on gender parity will give women an equal playing field with the male folk.
The president repeated his government’s narrative that Twitter was national security and economic threat to Nigeria.
Citing Section 45 of the Nigerian Constitution, Mr Malami argued that Nigerians’ right to freedom of information may be limited as was done with the Twitter ban.
Abubakar Malami applied a set of laws drafted for a portion of the country over Nigeria’s multi-ethnic and multi-religious population of about 200 million people.
