The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State gubernatorial election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, on Tuesday, played host to the European Union Pre-Election Diplomatic Watch delegation to Nigeria and Ecowas in his campaign office in Benin City, Edo State. The meeting which was at the request of the EU according to a letter by the EU Ambassador, Samuela Isopi, …

The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria have hosted a world premiere of the feature film, Deafening Silence which is a result of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative that advocates for gender equality and women empowerment in Nigeria. The Spotlight Initiative aligns strongly with the Nigerian government’s gender priorities as well as EU’s and the …

The European Union (EU) is set to invest €37million in Nigeria’s power sector, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi, has said, according to a statement by the power ministry on Friday. Isopi disclosed this during a visit to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu. The ministry said the proposed €37 million investment was different from grants of about €200 …

No fewer than 40 journalists in southwest states have been trained by the International Press Centre (IPC) about information disorder and how to deploy tools to fact-check. The journalists were drawn from several media organisations in Lagos, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo, and Ogun states to participate in a 2-day training tagged “Credible Elections and Democratic Governance: Capacity Building on Combatting …

In a bid to address violence in the Niger Delta region, the European Union (EU) has rolled out plans to invest in 60 communities in three Niger Delta states. The Country Director of Search for Common Ground, Fatima Abubakar stated this at the official launch of the European Union-funded project titled: ‘A Community-Centered Approach to Transforming Criminality and Violence in …

A total of 1.2 million students, 5,000 teachers,150 education officials and 5,400 community members are to benefit from the new European Union’s funded education and empowerment intervention programme in three states. The states are Kano, Sokoto and Jigawa. The programme is aimed at increasing the number of girls and boys benefiting from safe, inclusive, relevant learning and skills development opportunities …

The European Union has released €1,000,000 (N847 million) as humanitarian funding to fight the spread of diphtheria and assist the most affected communities. According to a press statement released on Tuesday by the EU, the €1million came in addition to €150,000 which the EU allocated to the Disaster Response Emergency Fund of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red …

The Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to  ECOWAS, Enobong Moma, said, on Thursday, that her organisation had budgeted a total of €24.4 million to fight against the proliferation and illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons in Nigeria and other West African countries. She noted that reducing the availability of small arms and light weapons would help …

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced that it had secured a grant of €1 million from the European Union (EU) to execute the instrument for nuclear safety projects in Nigeria. It announced this in Abuja through the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), after EU nuclear safety experts visited the NNRA and held discussions with the agency for three days. In …

The European Union (EU) and the Dutch government have pledged to support Nigeria’s job creation push towards tackling poverty and irregular migration, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation said yesterday. It was learnt that that the commitment followed a meeting at The Hague, The Netherlands, between top representatives of Federal Government and EU officials. Present were the Minister …