Goddy Ikeh
The upcoming Mining in Motion (MIM) 2025 Summit – taking place from June 2-4 in Accra, Ghana – will feature the participation of Adama Soro, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Federation of Chambers of Mines (EFEDCOM).
Martin Kwaku Ayisi, CEO of the Minerals Commission of Ghana, will speak at the upcoming Mining in Motion 2025 Summit. As the head of the government agency responsible for developing, coordinating and monitoring mineral sector policies, Ayisi’s participation will be instrumental in presenting Ghana’s vision for sustainable mining sector growth.
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has announced that Ghana will offer 1,000 scholarships to university students from across the ECOWAS sub-region, as part of the efforts to strengthen regional ties through education and shared experiences.
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray says that the achievements of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 50 years of its existence should be celebrated.
President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has urged West African nations to embrace dialogue and cooperation since the region’s future lies in unity and not isolation.
The Nigerian Government has taken a step towards strengthening its gas sector regulatory framework through partnership with the United Kingdom’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.
A global player in the production of closures for the spirits, wine, water, beer, non-alcoholic beverage, and edible oil markets, Guala Closures, has inaugurated its new greenfield manufacturing facility in the Lagos Free Zone.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Senegalese authorities to stop the legal harassment of journalists and to deliver on President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye’s promise to decriminalize press offenses.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says that Nigeria’s trade surplus reached $2.2 billion in January 2025, rising by 107.5 per cent month-on-month (MoM) from $1.06 billion in December 2024.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Malian authorities to immediately release journalist Alfousseini Togo after he was arrested and detained on April 9 on charges of undermining the state.