Netherlands
22 Nov
European champions Spain will play the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of the Nations League, while Friday's draw pitted Germany against Italy in another last-eight clash. Spain won the last edition of the Nations League after beating Croatia on penalties in the final. They also finished runners-up in the 2020-21 tournament. In the other quarter-finals, France…
15 Nov
William Troost-Ekong has opened up on how a phone call from the late Stephen Keshi shaped his decision to choose Nigeria over the Netherlands. Troost-Ekong revealed that the allure of international football at the age of 21 was instrumental in this choice. Speaking on the Sports Afterparty Podcast, Troost-Ekong reminisced about the critical juncture in…
18 Sep
The Netherlands announced Wednesday that it had requested from Brussels an opt-out from the European Union's rules on asylum, days after the coalition government unveiled the country's toughest-ever immigration policy. "I have just informed the European Commission that I want a migration 'opt-out' on migration matters in Europe for the Netherlands," Asylum and Migration Minister…
11 Sep
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that Nigeria achieved a trade surplus of N6.94 trillion for the second quarter of 2024. According to the NBS’s foreign trade report, Nigeria’s exports totalled N19.41 trillion, while imports were N12.47 trillion. The trade surplus, an indicator of a positive trade balance, reflects that Nigeria’s exports exceeded…
11 Aug
Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three…
2 Jun
Dangote Refinery has exported about seven cargoes of aviation fuel as 45,000 metric tonnes of the shipment is currently heading to
15 May
The Netherlands has overtaken India to become Nigeria’s second-largest trade partner in 2023 behind China, revealing shifting dynamics within Nigeria’s foreign economic engagements, the latest foreign trade statistics reports of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown.
8 May
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after trips to the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia where he attended the World Economic Forum (WEF). Tinubu was also in the Netherlands on an official visit for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Later last month, he was in Riyadh for the WEF. The forum, themed "Global…
28 Apr
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf M. Tuggar, has charged Nigerian professionals in the Netherlands to contribute their quota in stimulating Nigeria’s economic growth.
22 Apr
President Bola Tinubu will, on Tuesday, April 23, depart Abuja for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit, according to presidential spokesperson Tinubu’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ngelale said the president will engage in high-level discussions with Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, as well as hold separate…
17 Apr
The Dutch Crown Princess Amalia fled to Spain to escape threats to her safety, local media reported, as she prepared to make her official debut at a state occasion later Wednesday. The 20-year-old lived and studied in Madrid for more than a year, reported public broadcaster NOS, citing royal sources. In October 2022, Amalia was…
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The Niger House of Assembly has passed the 2025 budget estimate of N1.5 trillion to the governor for assent. Zubairu Ismaila, Chairman, House Committee on Planning and Appropriation, who presented the report during plenary in Minna on Thursday, said the committee made some adjustments to the budget. Ismaila said that the adjustments did not affect…
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