Tag: EU
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Illegal immigrants: Nigeria, EU to develop collective agreement on repatriation
The Federal Government and European Union (EU) are working to have a collective agreement that will facilitate the repatriation of Nigerians living illegally in EU countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made the disclosure on Sunday at a forum in Abuja. Onyeama said that the EU also sought to engage with the…
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EU pledges $80 million aid to Barrow’s govt. after 2-year suspension
The European Union, EU on Thursday pledged 75 million euros (80 million dollars) to Gambia’s new government, two years after suspending aid due to human rights abuses by former President Yahya Jammeh. The EU froze 33 million euros in aid to Gambia, one of the world’s poorest countries, after Jammeh’s government introduced a tough law…
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We appreciate your commitment to deepening our democracy, Dogara tells EU
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara has commended the European Union (EU)’s decision to include Nigeria among the seven countries that makes up its new commission. The Speaker spoke on Monday when he received the delegation from the EU parliament at the National Assembly on Monday. According to the…
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We’ll implement 2015 EU reports to achieve better electoral process in 2019 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said it is studying recommendations from the European Union (EU) 2015 Elections Observation Report that require INEC’s administrative action and was working with the National Assembly to ensure those that needed legal and constitutional amendments were addressed well ahead of the 2019 general elections. This was revealed by…
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WhatsApp, Gmail into tougher EU Privacy Proposal
Online messaging and email services such as WhatsApp, iMessage and Gmail will face tough new rules on how they can track users under a proposal presented by the European Union executive on Tuesday. The web players will have to guarantee the confidentiality of their customers’ conversations and ask for their consent before tracking them online…
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16 EU Parliamentarians demand release of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, others
Concerned group of European Parliamentarians have called on the European Union and other allied human interest groups to intervene in the quest for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and others detained along with him; Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, describing their continuous detention despite several…
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EU files charges against Facebook for cunningly taking over WhatsApp
The European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have filed charges against Facebook Inc for providing misleading information during its takeover of WhatsApp, opening the company to a possible fine of 1 percent of its turnover, according to a Reuters report. According to the report, the statement of objections sent to Facebook will not have an impact…
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Apple challenges EU tax ruling
U.S. tech firm Apple launched on Monday a legal challenge against the European Union (EU)’s decision that it should pay billions of unpaid taxes to Ireland. The EU accused Ireland of giving the U.S. multinational illegal state aid with tax arrangements in the country, and ruled in August that it should pay back 13 billion…
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EU to extend sanctions against Russia by six months
The leaders of the European Union (EU) on Thursday decided to extend economic sanctions against Russia until July 2017, two EU diplomats have said. The sanctions, which ban Russian imports into the EU and Russian banks’ access to European markets, were expected to expire on Jan. 31. The sanctions were adopted in response to Russia’s…
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UN Security Council, countries denounce terror attacks in Istanbul
The United Nations (UN) Security Council and many countries in the world have condemned the latest terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, which killed at least 39 people and injured 155 others. The UN Security Council on Sunday “condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks” in a press statement, reaffirming that “terrorism…