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The European Union's ambassador to Nigeria, Gautier Mignot, says the country probably has the world's largest number of people living below the poverty threshold, and announced nearly E45 million in humanitarian assistance for 2026 plus E20 million in defence support.

The Federal Government, the European Union and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development signed a €14 million grant in Abuja to fund preparation of a planned 90,000-kilometre national fibre-optic backbone, though the money covers design and capacity building, not deployment.