Tag: EU

EU launches programme to end criminality in Niger-Delta

Aminu Imam

The European Union (EU) Deputy Head of Mission to Nigeria, Zissimos Vergos, has called for the elimination of factors contributing to criminality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. Vergos called for a paradigm shift in addressing the scourge. He spoke during the launch of a peace promotion project, tagged: A Community centred approach to transforming criminality and violence in the Niger Delta, by a consortium of partners led by the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in Niger Delta (PIND); Search for Common Ground (SFCG); Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and Academic Associates…

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EU pushes Israel to accept 2-States solution after war in Gaza

Aminu Imam

The European Union (EU) foreign ministers, yesterday, pressed Israel for an eventual two-States solution with the Palestinians after the war in Gaza, at meetings with the top diplomats from the two sides and key Arab States in Brussels. The surprise Hamas attack on October 7 on Israel and the subsequent devastating military response from Israel has plunged the Middle East into fresh turmoil and sparked fears of a broader conflict. But while the bloodshed appears to have driven a long-term solution further out of sight, EU officials insist the time…

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EU halts advertising on X over hate speech

Aminu Imam

The European Union (EU)s executive arm says it had informed its services to stop advertising on Elon Musks social media platform X, (formerly Twitter), after a surge in disinformation and hate speech. The Commission spokesman, Johannes Bahrke, who stated this yesterday, said: We have seen an alarming increase in disinformation and hate speech on several social media platforms in recent weeks and X is certainly quite effected, European. We have therefore advised services to refrain from advertising, at this stage, on the concerned social media platforms, where we have concerns…

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Brussel says it is worried by disinformation ahead of EU election

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The European Commission on Tuesday expressed concerns about online disinformation campaigns potentially targeting next years European elections. Vice-President V?ra Jourov called on social media platforms to take action and singled out the Kremlin as one of the main drivers behind misleading online content, targeted at users in the European Union. EU citizens are to vote in a new European Parliament next June. The Russian state has engaged in the war of ideas to pollute our information space with half-truths and lies to create a false image that democracy is no…

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2023 Polls: EU’s report an imperialist agenda – MURIC

Aminu Imam

Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has faulted the final report of the European Union observer team on Nigerias 2023 general election. The group, which spoke yesterday, through its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the report as an imperialist agenda. The statement read in part: The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM), Barry Andrews, at a news conference in Abuja last week presented its final report on the 2023 general election in Nigeria. The report was an undisguised indictment of Nigerias…

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FG rejects EUs verdict on 2023 general elections

Aminu Imam

The Bola Tinubu-led federal government has rejected the European Union (EU)s verdict on the recently concluded 2023 General Elections. The announcement came through a press release by the Special Adviser to the President, Dele Alake, yesterday evening. The Federal Government said it had previously alerted the nation to the intentions of a continental multi-lateral institution to discredit the 2023 general elections. Although not explicitly named in the earlier statement, the government said it was made clear that the foreign institution had persistently attacked the credibility of the electoral process and…

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2023 Polls: EU debunks call for INEC Chairmans sacking

Aminu Imam

The European Union (EU) in Nigeria has debunked a report that the Commission, in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) are calling for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. In a letter, which is currently circulating on social media, the EU was said to have noted that the Saturdays election were marred by numerous cases of electoral malpractice, lack of transparency and constitutional operational failures in a clear violation of democratic principles . However, the…

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EU Observation Mission condemns violence hours to elections

Aminu Imam

The European Union Observation Mission (EU-EOM) to the 2023 General Elections has condemned the recent act of violence in the country. In an issued statement in Abuja yesterday, the EU EOM singled out the recent politically-linked assassination in some parts of the country leading up to election day. The EU EOM Chief Observer, Barry Andrews, urged all electoral stakeholders to engage in a manner that reflects the spirit of the Peace Accord signed on Feb. 22. Andrews urged the candidates, political parties, their supporters and all Nigerians to act responsibly…

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2023 Election: “We wont violate our oath of neutrality during polls” – EU mission

Aminu Imam

The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) says election observers will not violate their oath to remain neutral in Nigeria. On Sunday, the EU-EOM led by Robert Hall and Diana Ferrari visited Olumba-Olumba Obu, the founder of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, (BCS), in Calabar, Cross-River State capital. Speaking during the visit, Hall said the team would observe the polls in Cross-River and Akwa-Ibom States. He said the mission would maintain neutrality while observing the elections. On his part, Obu assured the EU delegates of safety throughout…

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2023: ‘Exclusion of youths from power recipe for radicalisation, criminalisation’ EU chief warns

Aminu Imam

Following a decline in youth candidacy for the 2023 general elections, the European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi has warned against the dire consequences of excluding youths from political participation and decision-making. Isope, who spoke on Wednesday, in Abuja at a two-day conference for 150 young legislative candidates across the country, organised by Yiaga Africa regretted that young people were being excluded from power worldwide despite having a population of about 1.2 billion, aged between 15 and 24. She said: The world today is very young, the world…

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