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Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have lampooned the Presidency for rejecting the European Union (EU) final report on the February 25 presidential election. The EU Observer Mission in its report faulted the polls owing to “enduring systemic weaknesses.” The Presidential […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union Election Observation Mission’s Chief to Nigeria, Mr Barry Andrews, says the mission will only observe and not interfere in the February 25 and March 11 elections. Barry made this known at a press briefing held on Monday in Abuja on the purpose of the mission in Nigeria. He said the EU EOM […]
Continue ReadingUnited Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid travel to Nigeria in the latest security advisories issued on Thursday. Equally, the European Union warned that insecurity might prevent elections from holding in parts of the country, adding that “security climate” was very hostile. A few months ago, the United States, UK, Canada, Germany, […]
Continue ReadingGlobal oil benchmark, Brent crude, appreciated in price on Monday, moving up by 7.3 per cent or $7.88 to $115/barrel at 7.54pm Nigerian time as European Union nations considered joining the United States in a Russian oil embargo. Industry figures showed that the commodity has been gaining in price since about a week, as more […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union (EU) has warned that consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets and could fall prey to scams. Releasing a joint statement on Thursday, March 17, European Union’s securities, banking and insurance watchdogs revealed that crypto consumers have no protections or recourse to compensation under existing EU financial services law. It marks […]
Continue ReadingFreedom group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has called for the intervention of the international community to prevent an eruption of hostilities in Nigeria. Pointing to present challenges of instability, insecurity, lack of cohesion and mutual distrust in the country that was similar to the time before the Civil War between 1967 and 1970, NADECO warned […]
Continue ReadingAare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams on Wednesday wrote a strong letter to the international community over the insecurity in the protracted killings across the Southwest region of Nigeria, seeking intervention to put an end to the killings and carnage in the region. The letter titled, URGENT NEED TO STOP KILLINGS BY FULANI […]
Continue ReadingEnvoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria, on Monday, insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the West African nation is a violation of freedom of expression. The ambassadors stated this at a meeting with the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in […]
Continue ReadingThe Diplomatic Missions of Canada, the European Union, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America have issued a joint statement in reaction to the ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government. On Friday, June 4, two days after Twitter deleted a tweet from the president of Nigeria for violating its rules, the […]
Continue ReadingSome prominent leaders of thought on Friday asked the United Nations Security Council, African Union (AU), European Union, United States and the British governments to urgently convoke a sovereign national conference to discuss the constitutionality and essentiality of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria and the 1914 Amalgamation of Southern and Northern Nigeria within 90 days. […]
Continue ReadingThe fight against human rights violations received a boost Wednesday as the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court agreed to work together to bring violators of human rights to justice in their respective jurisdiction. After series of consultations, the three human rights courts in […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union Commission (EUC) at the weekend proposed a €40 billion package designed to create at least 10 million jobs in African countries signatory to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). As things are now, Nigeria might not benefit from the EU offer due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the agreement aimed […]
Continue ReadingGovernorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in Ogun State, Nigeria, Mr Adekunle Akinlade has said he is heading for the Election Petitions Tribunal to challenge the victory of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Dapo Abiodun. Mr Akinlade stated this in a statement issued by his media aide, […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, Tuesday, released an open petition he wrote to the Ambassadors of France, Germany, European Union, United States and the High Commissioner to United Kingdom. Atiku, in the petition, narrated what he described as constitutional beaches by President Muhammadu Buhari. See the petition below: Dear Your […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) missions that monitored the just-concluded Osun governorship elections have expressed concerns over “widespread incidents of interference and intimidation of voters, journalists, and civil society” during the exercise. In a joint statement issued in Abuja, these missions, stressed the need for neutrality of the security […]
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