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EU Commission Takes AstraZeneca To Court For Vaccine Contract Breach

Tolani Giwa 26/04/2021

The European Commission has started legal action against British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca due to breaches of its COVID-19 vaccine supply contract. The EU executive branch began the process on Friday because some terms of the contract have not been respected, commission spokesperson Stefan De Keersmaecker said on Monday. Furthermore, “the company has not been in a […]Read More

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Maduro Orders EU Envoy To Leave Caracas In Response To

Tolani Giwa 30/06/2020

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the European Union ambassador to Caracas to leave the country after the EU slapped sanctions on supporters of the embattled leader. “Enough with European colonialism against Venezuela. ”The European Union ambassador (has) 72 hours to leave the country, enough with supremacist interventionism and racism,” Maduro said at the Miraflores Palace […]Read More

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Next British PM to be announced July 23

Ayomide Oyewole 25/06/2019

The winner of the contest to replace Theresa May as leader of Britain’s ruling Conservatives and prime minister will be announced on July 23, the ruling party said on Tuesday. Former foreign minister Boris Johnson is the favourite in the race, battling Britain’s current top diplomat, Jeremy Hunt. The two candidates were chosen from a […]Read More

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EU Funds SWAIMS, PESCAO To End Maritime Insecurity In Gulf

Ayomide Oyewole 09/05/2019

The Economic Commission of West African ECOWAS, Monday, disclosed that it loses an average of 2 billion dollars annually to theft of maritime resources and illegal fishing. European Union, EU Head of Cooperation of the European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS Mr. Kurt Cornelis said “in spite of Increased security effort, privacy, armed robbery […]Read More

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Ukraine Comic Leads Presidential Poll First Round.

Ayomide Oyewole 01/04/2019

A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections, according to exit polls Volodymyr Zelenskiy who plays the president on TV received 30.4% of the vote, while current leader Petro Poroshenko received only 17.8%. The two who have mainly expressed pro-EU opinions are set to […]Read More

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Brexit: UK Will Not Be ‘Trapped’ In Backstop, May To

Ayomide Oyewole 07/02/2019

Theresa May will return to Brussels later to press EU leaders for legally binding changes to the Brexit deal. The PM will insist the UK will not be “trapped” in the backstop – the plan to avoid the return of Irish border checks should no UK-EU trade deal be in place. She will say the […]Read More

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FG Welcome US, UK Statements on Nigeria Election.

Ayomide Oyewole 25/01/2019

FG WELCOMES US, UK STATEMENTS ON NIGERIA ELECTION The Federal Government has welcomed the statements from the United States and the United Kingdom demanding credible and peaceful election in Nigeria and threatening punitive measures against election riggers and perpetrators of electoral violence. In a statement issued in Ilorin on Friday, the Minister of Information and […]Read More

We are Good to Go, INEC tells EU, UK, US

Ayomide Oyewole 17/01/2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it is “good to go,” as far as the 2019 general elections are concerned. The commission also reassured the global community and Nigerians that the 2019 general elections would be free, fair, credible and transparent, adding that it would jealously guard the processes. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood […]Read More

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EU regrets after British MPs reject Brexit deal

Ayomide Oyewole 16/01/2019

The risk of a disorderly Brexit has increased since the Withdrawal Agreement was turned down by British MPs, arousing dismay and regret by European Union (EU) leaders, local media said on Wednesday. German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz described as “a bitter day for Europe.’’ Scholz said, “a hard Brexit would be the least attractive choice […]Read More

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EU, UK In Talks To Extend Brexit Deadline

Ayomide Oyewole 08/01/2019

British and European officials are reportedly discussing a possible extension of the March 29 deadline for Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU). This is amid growing fears that a Brexit agreement clinched by Prime Minister Theresa May will be voted down in the UK parliament. Despite the EU’s repeated warnings that a renegotiation of […]Read More