Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hosts the first meeting of the Strategic Steering Committee of the Regional Program on Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA)

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hosts the first meeting of the Strategic Steering Committee of the Regional Program on Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA)

ABUJA, Nigeria, June 24, 2026/APO Group/ — The ECOWAS Commission successfully organized the first meeting of the Strategic Steering Committee (SSC) of the “ Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access ” (ATCMA) Program – ECOWAS component from June 17 to 19, 2026, in Banjul, The Gambia. Funded by the European Union under the Global Gateway…

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NDLEA bursts another multi-billion naira meth lab, drugs in Oyo forest, arrests Mexican, others

NDLEA bursts another multi-billion naira meth lab, drugs in Oyo forest, arrests Mexican, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have bursted another transnational drug syndicate following the discovery and dismantling of a fortified, industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian-Mexican cartel deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State. The breakthrough comes barely four weeks after the Agency…

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