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    EU doesn’t need the City of London, says chief Brexit negotiator – The Guardian

    The EU does not need the City of London and Theresa May’s “pleading” for a special deal for the UK’s financial services sector will not be rewarded, the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said. In his toughest rebuff yet to the demands made by the prime ministerin … Read more via...
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    Metro Nigerian govt. has to bring perpetrators of farmer-herder violence to justice – EU - Premium Times

    The European Union has charged the Federal Government of Nigeria to bring perpetrators of the recurrent clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country to justice. According to the EU in a statement on Tuesday by its Heads of Mission in Nigeria, this is the necessary first step towards...
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    Politics Lawmaker calls for probe of EU assisted water project in Adamawa – The Sun News

    Alhaji Abdulrahman Abubakar, member representing Mubi South Constituency in Adamawa House of Assembly, has called for the probe of the multi-million Naira European Union (EU) assisted Water Project in Mubi South Local Government. Abubakar made the call on Sunday in an interview with News Agency...
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    Politics FG Calls AU-EU To Make Declaration on Libya Slave Trade

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama has called for a joint declaration by the African Union and European Union on the issue of slave trade and other crimes against humanity in Libya. Onyeama, at the ministerial meeting of the 5th African Union- European Union Summit in Abidjan...
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    World UK, EU, Refuse To Recognise Catalonia Independence

    The United Kingdom said it “does not and will not” recognise the unilateral declaration of independence by the Catalan regional parliament on Friday. This was stated on Friday by a spokeswoman for Prime Minister, Theresa May. Catalan lawmakers in the Spanish parliament had on Friday voted to...
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    Business Google Gets $2.7Bn Record Fine In EU Antitrust Ruling

    The European Commission fined Google Inc. a record $2.7 billion on Tuesday for breaching antitrust rules in favoring its own search services over its competitors. Google has 90 days to end the conduct or face penalties of up to 5 percent of the average daily revenue of its parent company...
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    Business 24 Nigeria Exported Products Failed To Meet EU Standard In 2016 - NAFDAC

    The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says European Union (EU) rejected 24 exported food products from Nigeria in 2016 for failing to meet standards. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of...
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    Business Why EU Banned Medview Airline from Flying To London

    The European Commission has added Medview to its EU air safety list thereby banning the airline from its airspace. Medview began flying the Lagos-Garwick route on November 20, 2015, with a Boeing 767 aircraft which operated four times a week. A statement released by the commission on Tuesday...
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    World Emmanuel Macron: Meet New French President Whose Wife Is 24 Years Older Than Him

    Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has decisively won the French presidential election. Mr Macron defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen by about 65% to 35% to become, at 39, the country's youngest president. Here are things you need to know about the new French president: 1.) His real...
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    World Brexit: Theresa May Triggers Article 50, Officially Begin UK's Departure From EU

    Theresa May on Wednesday officially triggered Article 50 and begins Britain’s process of leaving the European Union. The Prime Minister has signed the letter that starts the formal exit process. The letter informing the European Council of Britain's intention to leave the European Union has...
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    World Britain Commences Historic EU Exit Process

    Britain formally launches the process for leaving the European Union on Wednesday, a historic step that has divided the country and thrown into question the future of the European project. Just days after the EU’s 60th birthday, Britain will become the first country ever to seek a divorce...
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    Business 42 Anti-Malaria Drugs Banned In EU, But Still Sold in Nigeria Markets [See LIST]

    Panic among medical circles in Nigeria, following a report that the European Union (EU) has banned 42 popular anti-malaria drugs which are still being sold in Nigeria. A renowned medical practitioner and proprietor of hospitals in Lagos anonymously told Tribune Newspaper that though there was...
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    World Brexit: Theresa May To Trigger UK's Exit From EU On March 29

    Prime Minister Theresa May will officially notify the European Union, EU of the United Kingdom's decision to leave Wednesday, 29th March. BBC reports that Downing Street said she would write a letter to the EU’s 27 other members. Talks on the terms of the departure and future relations are...
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    World EU Leaders Oppose Donald Trump's Comments

    EU leaders, led by French president Francois Hollande, today described comments made by US President Donald Trump about the European Union as "unacceptable". CNN reports that Hollande hit out at Trump as he arrived at an informal summit on the future of the EU in Malta. "There are threats...
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    World European Union Labels Trump a 'Threat'

    The European Union has listed the administration of Donald Trump as key threat to the organization. President of the European Union, Donald Tusk in a letter sent to European leaders on Tuesday, wrote that factors such as Trump's ban on immigration, increased friendliness with Vladmir Putin...
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    World Plane Carrying EU Officials Crashes in Malta

    A Plane believed to be carrying European Union officials crashed after takeoff from Malta International Airport, killing all five people on board. DAILY MAIL reports that the light aircraft crashed shortly after taking-off from the runway at Malta Airport in Luqa at around 5.30am on Monday...
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    Business Ben Bruce Faults EU's Call For Naira Devaluation

    A Nigerian Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east senatorial district, has faulted European Union's call for further devaluation of Nigeria's currency. A European Union (EU) had on Tuesday advised the federal government to devalue the naira as part of measures to tackle...
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    Business Nigeria Should Devalue Naira to Tackle Recession - EU

    A European Union (EU) has advised the federal government to devalue the naira as part of measures to tackle the economic recession. An official, Fillippo Amato, Counsellor, Head of Trade and Economics Section of EU, made this known in an interview with journalists yesterday. The naira...
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    Business Recession: EU Calls for Devaluation of Naira

    The European Union's Counsellor, Head of Trade and Economics Section, Mr. Fillippo Amato has called on the Nigerian government to devalue the naira. The measure would help the country get out of its current rough economic patch, the EU official said. “To come out of recession, the country has...
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    Metro How UK Exit from EU Will Affect Nigeria, Africa – Pat Utomi

    Renowned Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, has reacted to the exit of the United Kingdom from European Union saying decision will have a far reaching effect on Nigeria and Africa. The UK voted to leave EU in a close-margin referendum which saw 48 percent vote to stay and 52 prefer...
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