The European Union (EU) has added Nigeria to countries on its "dirty money blacklist".According to Reuters, the EU said the nations in this category pose a threat because of tax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering.Also added to the list which was initially 16, are Saudi Arabia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Libya, Botswana, Ghana, Samoa, the Bahamas and four [...]
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Ahead of the 2019 general election, the International Press Centre (IPC), in collaboration with the European Union (EU), held a training for about 40 journalists on professional reporting of the electoral process.The two-day workshop took place between December 20 and 21 in Osun state.Facilitators at the workshop were Muyiwa Popoola, professor of journalism at Ajayi Crowther University; Taiwo Obe, founder [...]

The European Union, in partnership with the International Press Centre (IPC), organised 2-day capacity building media workshop to train Nigerian journalists ahead of the 2019 elections.The workshop, which held in Abeokuta, Ogun state, saw 25 participants drawn from the six geo-political zones.Taiwo Obe, founder and director of the Journalism Clinic, Jide Ojo, writer and development consultant, and Bolaji Adebiyi, Editor [...]

The missions of the US, UK and EU have given their take on the conduct of the Osun governorship rerun election.Observers from the missions who were on the ground to monitor the electoral process said they witnessed "incidents of interference and intimidation of voters".John Bray, US consul general, told journalists in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, that the missions were [...]

The European Union says Boko Haram insurgency remains a major threat to peace and security in the north-east.Stefania Marrone, head of regional cooperation, European Union delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said this in Abuja on Monday at the opening of a three-day workshop organised for journalists by the ECOWAS Commission.Marrone also said acts [...]

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Friday that he believed that a breakthrough had been achieved in terms of the Brexit deal with the UK.“I believe we made the breakthrough we needed,” Juncker said after meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May.He added that May told him that the new text had the backing of the UK government.The European Commission [...]

The European Union (EU) says trade volume between Nigeria and the region fell to £19.6 billion within the year from over £25 billion in 2015.The EU therefore added that it is ready to disburse more money into private sector to boost the economic environment as the union is set to focus on information communication technology (ICT) and agribusiness.Fillipo Amato, head [...]

The European Union election observer mission in Kenya says there are no signs of “centralised or localised manipulation” of the voting process in the country's general elections.Marietje Schaake, leader of the mission, who said this on Thursday, promised that the EU mission’s final report would evaluate the conduct of the tallying process, which Raila Odinga, opposition leader, said had been [...]

The European Commission (EU) on Thursday announced a €143m support package for the “early recovery and reconstruction needs” in north-east due to its worsening humanitarian crisis.Neven Mimica, commissioner for international cooperation and development, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja by Modestus Chukwulaka, the EU communication officer in Nigeria.Mimica noted that Nigeria was one of four countries across the [...]

The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says the European Union (EU) rejected 24 exported food products from Nigeria in 2016.Abubakar Jimoh, NAFDAC spokesperson, who made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday, said the rejected products fell below standards.According to Jimoh, who is also the NAFDAC director special duties, five major products illegally exported to the [...]