Tinubu spoke at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday.
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The leaders would examine ways to address the pulling out of the bloc by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic.
Gowon gave the recommendation in an open letter to the Heads of State and the ECOWAS member states on Wednesday.
This was as the three countries deepened ties via an alliance that threatened broader West African integration.
President, ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, said this at a one-day Extraordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council at the Ministerial Level on Thursday in Abuja.
This is contained in a statement by Francisca Omayuli, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday.
The match in Bouake was all set to finish in a goalless stalemate until Issa Kabore went down in the box under a challenge from Mauritania defender Nouh El Abd four minutes into stoppage time.
Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.
The president was referring to the former colonial power’s interventions in the mid-2000s: Operations Serval and Barkhane.
The draft law was approved in a meeting of Burkina’s military-dominated government, according to a statement seen Thursday.
Sudan, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guniea have been plagued with coup d’etas and military governments over the last three years.
Military staff of the three countries met in the Nigerien capital Niamey to decide on “concrete measures” in case ECOWAS chooses to “escalate a war,” according to local media reports on Saturday.
It would be imprudent and unwise for Nigeria to attempt to clean up France’s mess in Niger Republic.
Mali and Burkina Faso will send a joint delegation to Niamey, the capital of Niger, Monday in a show of solidarity amidst a coup crisis, the Malian army said.
The border crossings to Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Libya and Chad were reopened, the junta’s spokesman said.
The spectators erupted with joy as Bebé opened the scoring in the seventh minute, expertly finishing off a play orchestrated by Cape Verde’s Patrick Andrade.
The two-time World Cup silver-medallists are determined to take the wind off the sails of the Burkina Faso dames.
This was after they edged out Mali 2-1 in the play-off in Annaba, Algeria on Thursday night to finish third.
It meant elimination from the tournament and end to a FIFA World Cup ticket ambition for the five-time world champions.
The Golden Eaglets and their officials arrived in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, on Monday.