Tag: BREXIT
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Beyond Brexit – Nigeria wants a new trade deal with Britain, Atiku Abubakar
Beyond Brexit – Nigeria wants a new trade deal with Britain In August this year, Prime Minister Theresa May visited Nigeria. She spoke about increasing investment opportunities, a new trade deal and economic partnership, tackling human trafficking, and assistance to bolster the rule of law and the fight against organized crime. By ATIKU ABUBAKAR, FORMER…
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Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22% in 2018
The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 per cent in 2018, Ireland’s foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the EU. Almost 100,000 eligible Britons sought to hang onto their EU citizenship via a passport from their nearest neighbour…
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I will be Prime Minister to take Britain out of EU – May
Theresa May said on Saturday she would be the Prime Minister to take Britain out of the European Union and that parliament should back her Brexit deal to ensure certainty for the future. May sealed a deal with EU leaders last Sunday that would see Britain leave the bloc on March 29 with continued close…
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Brexit deal: May expresses optimism following EU leaders’ approval [Video]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed optimism following the approval of her Brexit deal by twenty-seven leaders of the European Union (EU). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Brexit deal seeks to end free movement once and fall, with a new skills-based immigration system. The deal also seeks a free trade area with the EU for…
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Brexit: European Council President says EU, UK will remain friends
President of the European Council (EC), Donald Tusk, has said the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) will remain friends, following endorsement of the Brexit deal by EC. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Tusk stated this in his remarks after the special meeting of the EC that endorsed the deal on Sunday. The EC President,…
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Former Prime Minister says Theresa May’s Brexit deal is dodo
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the Brexit deal, approved by the European Council on Sunday, is a dodo. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the former Prime Minister stated this while speaking on Marr on Sunday morning. “The problem is, the deal’s a dodo,” Blair stated, while stressing that he has respect for Prime Minister…
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Brexit: Britain’s departure will diminish Europe’s weight – Tony Blair
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Tony Blair has said the departure of Britain will diminish the weight of Europe. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the former Prime Minister, who is also the Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, stated this in an article to EU leaders on Sunday. The…
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Brexit: I am going to see this through -Theresa May
Theresa May has dismissed speculation she could be ousted as prime minister over her Brexit agreement, saying: “I am going to see this through.” Despite a series of ministers resigning and talk of a no-confidence vote, she vowed to get the deal signed off in Brussels and to put it to MPs. “The course I…