The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Michel Arrion, has foreclosed EU financial assistance to Nigeria. Arrion, who made this known in Abuja while delivering a Distinguished Lecture organised by the IBB Golf Club, with the theme, “40 Years of European Union in Nigeria: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward”, said that […]
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The European Union has denied reports that it rejected 24 Nigerian products. A report credited to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control two weeks ago had indicated that the EU rejected 24 Nigerian exported food products in 2016 for failing to meet the required standards. The union said that contrary to […]
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The European Union has announced a support package of nearly $160 million for recovery and reconstruction in Nigeria’s Borno state, which has been devastated by attacks from homegrown Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. The EU said Thursday the northeastern state is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis. The United Nations has called Nigeria one of four […]
Read More The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says European Union (EU) rejected 24 exported food products from Nigeria in 2016 for failing to meet standards. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to Jimoh, the […]
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Social media giant; Facebook Inc. is set to be penalised by EU antitrust regulators for allegedly providing misleading data related to its WhatsApp acquisition three years ago, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The move by the European Commission will come after a six-month investigation and is expected to be a stiff […]
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Nigeria and European Union (EU) are working to have an agreement that will facilitate the repatriation of Nigerians living illegally in EU countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Sunday in Abuja said that the EU also sought to engage with the government in providing vocational training for those who had been […]
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European Union finance ministers admitted on Saturday that the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) will miss their target of generating additional economic growth through reforms by 2018 and called for reflection on why they have failed. G20 economies agreed in 2014 to boost growth in their economies by at least an additional 2 percent over […]
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Britain filed for divorce from the European Union on Wednesday, with fond words and promises of friendship that could not disguise the historic nature of the schism – or the years of argument and hard-nosed bargaining ahead as the U.K. leaves the embrace of the bloc for an uncertain future as “global Britain.” Prime Minister […]
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The European Union’s statistical agency says more than 1.2 million people applied for asylum in the bloc last year, mostly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. In data released Thursday, Eurostat said first-time applications for international protection were slightly down on numbers from 2015. But the figure is almost double the 562,700 people who applied for asylum […]
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the EU will host a conference on Syria next month, following up on a meeting in London last year at which leaders pledged more than $10 billion to help fund schools, shelter and jobs for refugees. Federica Mogherini said Monday that the conference on “supporting the future of […]
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With the specter of populism looming over a critical election year in Europe, the European Parliament has taken an unusual step to crack down on racism and hate speech in its own house. In an unprecedented move, lawmakers have granted special powers to the president to pull the plug on live broadcasts of parliamentary debate […]
Read More France said on Saturday that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence would need to clarify his administration’s stance towards the European Union when he meets officials in Brussels next week, given President Donald Trump’s previous support for Britain’s exit. Pence is due in the BelgEUian capital on Monday. “I don’t want to prejudge Vice President Pence’s […]
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