Tag: EU
Basketmouth dropped as EU ambassador over rape joke
Comedian, Basketmouth, has been dropped as an ambassador of the European Union (EU) in its campaign against sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria.
Some years...
Oil prices edge higher as OPEC hints at deeper output cuts
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, tracking gains inequities, as investors pinned hopes on a potential Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union and...
Tony Elumelu Foundation hosts European Commission in Brussels
Tony
Elumelu Foundation has brought together leading stakeholders in the development
finance sector, at a case study session in the European Union (EU) capital,
Belgium.
The session
was...
Commonwealth, AU, EU, ECOWAS hold secret meeting in Abuja over election...
International and local observers have met on Saturday inside the Plateau Ballroom of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, following the change of dates for elections...
Theresa May faces confidence vote after Brexit humiliation
Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday
face a confidence vote after MPs overwhelmingly rejected her deal to leave the
European Union, leaving Britain with no...
11 pregnant women, 130 others return from Libya
No fewer than 141 Nigerians including 11 pregnant women have voluntarily returned from Libya with the assistance of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)...
EU fines Google $5bn for breaching competition rules
The European Commission on Wednesday fined Google a record 4.3 billion euros (five billion dollars) for breaching EU competition rules with its Android operating...
Facebook’s response to data scandal has diminished trust – EU
Facebook must do more to address allegations of large-scale data mining, the EU has said, warning that the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal threatens democracy...
Facebook under pressure as U.S., EU call for probes into data...
British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, following reports that the company may have...
Get out now, EU leaders tell UK
Furious EU leaders have insisted that the UK must move swiftly to negotiate leaving the organisation, saying any delay would prolong uncertainty.
European Commission head...