China’s Food Import Bill Soars to $58.3b China’s total food imports amounted to 58.28 billion dollars last year, up 25 percent year-on-year, while the annual average growth rate over the previous five years was 5.7 percent, data from the administration showed. Chinese consumers’ demand for imported...

Tariffs: Canada drags US to WTO Canada has filed a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the United States(US) tariffs on steel and aluminum, hours after the European Union (EU) initiated a similar dispute. “These unilateral tariffs, imposed under a false pretext of safeguarding...

EU Plants 4.5 million Trees in Katsina About 4.54 million trees have been planted and maintained in Katsina State under the Improved Fuel Wood Balance project supported by the European Union (EU). The Project Manager, Dr Chris Udokang said the initial target was to plant 5.5...

Google, a unit of Alphabet, the world’s leading technology company, has been slammed a record $2.7 billion fine by Europe’s anti-trust agency. The fine signalled a tough stance by the agency in the first of three investigations into the company’s dominance in searches and smartphones. It...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has launched the start of a European Union-funded project to support maternal, newborn and child health, strengthen health systems and eradicate polio. Parties to the project in Abuja signed up to a grant of €70 million (around N23...

The European Union (EU) has pledged its support for the ongoing efforts of the Federal Government to rebuild some parts of the North East and Niger Delta regions by earmarking 20 million Euros for the reconstruction of markets and warehouses in Borno and Delta...