(JollofNews) – West African leaders will take a “major decision” on the political impasse in Gambia at a meeting in Ghana on Saturday, a spokesman for the Nigerian presidency said on Friday. The West African ECOWAS bloc said last month it would take all necessary steps to uphold the result[Read More…]
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Nigeria Pledges To Ensure Gambia’s Jammeh Hands Over Peacefully
(JollofNews) – Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says his country will do everything possible to help The Gambia have a peaceful resolution to its political crisis. Mr. Onyeama stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. The minister expressed optimism that the Gambian President[Read More…]
Guinea Against Military Intervention, Buhari’s Envoy Meets Macky Sall
(JollofNews) – Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffery Onyeama, on Friday met with the Senegalese president, Macky Sall, on what the Senegal presidency described as ‘‘a mediation for a return to constitutional order in the Gambia.’‘ The Minister’s trip to Dakar is because of the lead mediator role by his boss, Muhammadu[Read More…]