The bloc, anxious to curb immigration after some 1.4 million refugees and migrants arrived this year and last, is stepping up cooperation with key African countries of origin and transit to ensure fewer people get to European shores
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Edu said that the direct solar refrigerators would enhance immunisation and primary healthcare in the state, especially for storage of vaccines during power outage
The EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Arrion, gave the pledge during a visit to the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun in her office.
Arrion said the funds would be offered to the two States in the form of budget support
Ambassador Arrion made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, to pledge the support of the EU to the new leadership of the intervention agency
Most protestors were young adults and many were draped in EU flags
London and Scotland voted strongly to stay in the EU but the remain vote has been undermined by poor results in the north of England
Prime Minister David Cameron called the referendum under pressure from his ruling Conservative Party and an increasingly powerful anti-EU party, hoping to put to rest decades of debate over Britain’s place in Europe and its ties with Brussels
According to data from the US National Travel and Tourism Office, Europe is US travellers’ main overseas destination, with nearly 12 million undertaking trips in 2014.
Witnesses and local media said twin explosions were heard shortly before 8am local time (0700 GMT) at Brussels Zaventem airport, leaving the departure hall heavily damaged
Addressing a special session of the parliament, President Buhari said his government shared the European Union’s commitment to peace and security, respect for human rights, democracy and good governance, equality and tolerance, as ways of developing prosperous and strong societies
The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Michel Arrion, disclosed this at a Conference on National Migration Policy Thematic Areas, organised
by Arrion explained that EU welcomed migration as long as it was legal, adding: “It enhances the movement of factors of production,
particularly labour, especially in Europe
The Minister of National Planning Commission, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, signed on behalf of the Federal Government, while Michel Arrion, the Ambassador of EU to Nigeria, signed for the union
No fewer than 37 various water projects abandoned by previous administrations have been completed by the present administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, has disclosed.
Mishel Arrion, EU’s Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, announced this on Wednesday in Umuahia, Abia State when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Theodore Orji
The agreement was signed in Abuja on Thursday by the Supervising Minister of National Planning, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, on behalf of the Federal Government, and Michel Arrion, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, who signed on behalf of the EU
Addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja, Arrion said Nigerian officials and their EU counterparts met recently in Brussels to decide on programming priorities for the next seven years
This decision, the EU said, marks a major step forward in the process of West African regional integration and progress towards the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement between the two parties
Ambassador Arrion, who, on Monday, presented his letter of credence to President Goodluck Jonathan, replaces Ambassador David MacRae, who has since completed his duty tour in Nigeria
The programme, tagged: Support to Peace-Building and Conflict Prevention in Plateau State, Nigeria, is funded by the EU through its Instrument for Stability and seeks to contribute to the peace-building process in the state by rallying support to strengthen the framework for peace as well as promoting peace and stability through economic development in the state
Ambassador MacRae, in his remarks, said the signing “concretizes the pledge made during the donors conference and a demonstration of the EU commitment to supporting the long-term objective of assisting Mali fully restore state authority, law and order, in addition to providing necessary support to the stabilization process in the country at the political and military levels as well as contributing to its early recovery