THE Netherlands plans to invest another $250 million in Nigeria in the coming months. Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, disclosed this when President Bola Tinubu visited his official residence on Thursday. He said the Dutch investors were confident in Tinubu’s administration. The $250 investment includes a $100 million …
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Updated: Netherlands Apologises To Former Colonies Over Slavery
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologised on behalf of the Netherlands for the negative effects of its participation in the “slavery past” of its former colonies. Rutte made the apology on Monday during a speech at the country’s National Archives in The Hague. “For centuries under Dutch state authority, …
Read More »QATAR 2022: Argentina In Semi-final After Beating Netherlands In Penalty Shootout
Argentina beat the Netherlands in a penalty shootout in the early hours of Saturday after a dramatic 2-2 draw to reach the World Cup semi-finals. Dutch substitute Wout Weghorst scored two late goals, including a stoppage-time leveller, after Argentina had led 2-0 through Nahuel Molina and Lionel Messi’s penalty. Goalkeeper …
Read More »Qatar 2022: Argentina, Netherlands Moves Into Quarter-finals
Messi scored his first World Cup knockout goal to mark his 1000th career game as Argentina defeated Australia to qualify for the quarter-final of the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Nicolas Otamendi’s poor touch landed at the feet of the PSG star, and he curled the ball into the …
Read More »MH17 crash: Four charged with murder of 298 people
International investigators on Wednesday charged four people with murder over the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 above rebel-held eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed. The Dutch-led team said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko over …
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