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5 Mar
Stakeholders in Nigeria, including the government, have resolved to ensure the dispensation of justice for victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and related crimes in the country ahead of this year’s International Women Day (IWD).
28 Feb
A consortium working to implement the European Union, (EU)-funded project, 'A community Centered Approach to Transforming Criminality and Violence in the Niger Delta,' has identified oil bunkering, youth marginalization socioeconomic agitation and environmental degradation among others are key drivers of conflict in the region. Country Director, Search for Common Group, Fatima Abubakar, made this known…
26 Feb
Bank customers will soon be able to transfer money across Europe within seconds after the EU adopted a law on Monday forcing banks to offer bloc-wide instant payments.
16 Feb
The EU's milestone legislation known as the Digital Services Act demands that digital companies crack down on illegal and problematic content.
16 Feb
Digital companies will have nowhere to hide after the EU's landmark content law enters into full force from Saturday, with the risk of heavy fines for any violations.
8 Feb
TikTok said on Thursday it is challenging an EU fee to enforce a content moderation law, a day after Facebook owner Meta announced a similar move.
25 Jan
The EU needs to overcome "polarisation" in its agri-food sector through dialogue, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged Thursday, as farmers in several countries stage protests over rising costs. "We all have the same sense of urgency that things have to improve," von der Leyen said as she opened an EU strategic dialogue…
18 Jan
The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution paving the way for possible legal action against the EU's executive arm over the release of 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in frozen funds to Hungary. The European Commission unlocked the money for Budapest last month as Brussels looked to win Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's backing…
11 Jan
Google suffered a legal blow at the European Court of Justice on Thursday when the body's adviser recommended that a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.6-billion) fine levied on it for anti-competitive practices be upheld.
21 Dec
The Court of Justice of the European Union called into question on Thursday the legitimacy of a chamber of Poland's supreme court that was introduced by the former right-wing government. The EU judiciary has repeatedly been critical of the judicial reforms undertaken by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which was in power since…
15 Dec
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has emphasized the urgency of accelerating climate action plans through national financing strategies and Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFFs), highlighting their critical role in climate action financing. Orelope-Adefulire made these remarks at a pivotal Climate Finance Side Event hosted by…
14 Dec
European Union (EU) delegation, yesterday, visited Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, to strengthen its inter-faith project and support the social cohesion to end herder/farmers crisis.

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