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EU splashes €260m on 14 states in Nigeria to boost clean water, sanitation

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2020 0

By Kingsley Chukwuka European Union said it has invested 260 million euro to 14 States in Nigeria with the target to reach 10 million people with improved access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, Daily Times gathered. EU said over 25 Civil Society Organisation (CSOs), have been

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FG, EU in closed door meeting over Air space restrictions

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

The European Union (EU) has urged the Nigerian government to have a rethink over restrictions placed on KLM, Lufthansa, and Air France. The EU made the request on Friday during a meeting between the Presidential TaskForce on COVID-19 and the European Union ambassadors. Daily Times recalls that the federal government had announced restrictions on some […]

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EU offers €33 million to support Lebanon after explosion

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

The European Union has mobilized over €33 million for Lebanon after Tuesday’s deadly explosion at Beirut’s port. The head of the EU Commission told Lebanon’s premier over the phone on Thursday, August 6, Anadolu reports. According to a readout of the phone call issued by the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen told Hassan Diab […]

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EU urges US to reconsider decisions to cut ties with WHO

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2020 0

The European Union on Saturday called on the United States to “reconsider” the decision to severe ties with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. READ ALSO: World oldest man Bob Weighton dies aged 112 “The WHO needs to continue being able to lead the international response to pandemics, current and […]

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EU executive warns Italy, Germany, others of economic imbalances

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2020 0

The European Commission, on Wednesday warned that Britain and Italy needed to press ahead with economic reforms, while Germany should further boost public investment. The warning comes against the backdrop of its latest economic health check of the 27 European Union (EU) member states. Italy, the eurozone’s third-largest economy, has long been a growth foot-dragger. […]

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EU, Britain due to square up over future trade talks

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2020 0

Britain and the European Union are due to outline competing visions, on Monday, of the trade deal they will seek to negotiate, following Britain’s formal departure from the bloc. On Friday, Britain ended its 47-year membership of the EU. Vietnam confirms its eighth case of the coronavirus The two sides now have until the end […]

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EU approves €3.2bn in public funds for battery research

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2019 0

Battery producers in seven European Union (EU) countries are set to receive up to 3.2 billion euros (3.5 billion dollars) of research funding by 2031 in a project given the green light by the European Commission on Monday. Seventeen companies involved in all parts of the battery production chain – from mining raw materials, to […]

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European Parliament declares ‘climate emergency’ in symbolic act

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2019 0

 A clear majority of lawmakers in the European Parliament voted to declare a “climate and environmental emergency” in Europe on Thursday, a symbolic act to put EU policymakers under pressure to meet environmental targets. The resolution passed with 429 votes in favour and 225 against in the EU legislature in the French city of Strasbourg, […]

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EU states postpone decision on Brexit delay as clock ticks down

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2019 0

European Union (EU) member states put off a decision on Friday on Britain’s request to delay its departure from the EU beyond Oct. 31, amid uncertainty on whether the British parliament would decide to hold a general election. European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva made this known following a two-hour meeting of ambassadors from the 27 […]

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Brexit is still possible “within 10 days“, French official

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2019 0

The UK on Monday said it could still leave the European Union (EU), within 10 days in spite lawmakers’ refusal to back a last-ditch Brexit deal. The French Junior Economic Minister, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, disclosed this while speaking with Sud Radio in Paris. Pannier-Runacher said the terms of the UK’s divorce from the European bloc remained […]

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UK will leave EU on October 31 says finance minister Javid

Ihesiulo Grace 30 September 2019 0

The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully with a deal, finance minister Sajid Javid said on Monday. “Hopefully we leave with a deal,” Javid told ITV. “If we cannot strike a deal, I think it is important to leave in any case and leave with no deal. It is not […]

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European Union plants 4.5 million trees in Katsina

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2018 0

About 4.54 million trees have been planted and maintained in Katsina State under the Improved Fuel Wood Balance project supported by the European Union (EU).   The Project Manager, Dr Chris Udokang said the initial target was to plant 5.5 million trees.       He said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

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EU Observers Submit Interim Report to Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

The European Union (EU) observers have submitted a preliminary report of their election monitoring exercise to President Goodluck Jonathan at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Santiago Fisas, EU chief observer mission for the 2015 election, who fielded questions from State House correspondents, after a closed door meeting with Jonathan, on Wednesday, however,

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EU Gave INEC N8bn to Ensure Credible Elections- Westcott

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2015 0

  The European Union (EU) has revealed that it has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) close to 8 billion Naira to aid the electoral umpire put in place necessary infrastructure and training that will ensure elections are credible, an official of the body said. Speaking to Channels Television on Saturday during a breakfast […]