Former Super Eagles captain and midfield maestro, Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha, has credited his formative football years in Germany for shaping his discipline, character, and professional outlook. In the latest edition of The Exchange Podcast hosted by Femi Soneye, and monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday,...
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By JOHN MKPM, Jalingo – Former House of Representatives member for Bali/Gassol Federal Constituency in Taraba State, Hon. Abdulsalam Mubarak, has died at the age of 51. He passed away on Monday in a German hospital following a brief illness. Mubarak, who served as a federal lawmaker from 2015...
Berlin court has ruled in favor of German comedian Sebastian Hotz, known as “El Hotzo,” acquitting him of charges related to his social media posts about the assassination attempt on US President Donald Trump. According to the court, Hotz’s comments, which compared the attempt to missing the last bus...
Following a successful first phase that supported over 150,000 beneficiaries, including under-five children, pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, out-of-school children, and food-insecure households in Northeast Nigeria, the launch of a second phase of the resilience and peacebuilding project in the region has been announced. The programme is funded...
A disturbing incident unfolded on a German train traveling between Mannheim and Stuttgart, where a fight between two men escalated into a violent confrontation. According to police, an argument broke out after one man accused a 43-year-old passenger of looking at his partner. The situation quickly turned violent, with...
An inmate killed his wife as she visited him in a prison in eastern Germany, prosecutors said on Friday. The Thursday incident occurred at the Burg prison in Magdeburg, west of Berlin. The 37-year-old prisoner was reportedly alone with his 35-year-old wife in a room set up for visitors...
A first-time ballboy was an unlikely hero in Germany’s 3-3 draw with Italy as he played a major part in the team reaching the Nations League semi-finals on Sunday. Fifteen-year-old Noel Urbaniak was positioned near the corner flag when Germany were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has been nominated by the NGO Founders Global Network (NFGN) to receive the 2025 iconic award this coming April in Bayern, Germany. The NGO Founders Global Network is the official and largest umbrella body of non-governmental and non-profit...
Workers dismantling a collapsed bridge over the Elbe River in the eastern German city of Dresden have once again found what appears to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb. This is according to the authorities report on Tuesday. The area around the Carola Bridge has been cordoned off...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the attack on a Christmas market on Friday Dec. 20 in Magdeburg, Germany. The ministry disclosed this in a statement issued by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Acting Spokesperson of the Ministry on Sunday in Abuja. The statement expressed shock and sadness over the attack,...
Bayer Leverkusen and Super Eagles striker, Victor Boniface was involved in a car crash on Sunday, a day after the club’s 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Boniface, who scored a 72nd-minute winner in Saturday’s match, on Sunday shared pictures and video of a smashed car in since-deleted posts on...
Two-time runners-up, Nigeria’s under-20 women football team, the Falconets, on Thursday lost 1-3 to Germany in their second Group D match at the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match was played at the Estadio Metropolitano...
Some Football fans in Abuja have expressed optimism that Nigeria`s Women under 20 national football team, the Falconets will beat Germany in their second group D match at the 2024 FIFA Under 20 women’s World Cup in Bogota, Colombia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Falconets...
A Mikel Merino goal in extra time gave Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over Germany in an enthralling quarter-final clash on Friday between the two most successful European Championship nations. The game was into the 119th minute and looked set for a penalty shootout before substitute Merino rose...
Germany thrashed 10-man Scotland 5-1 as the Euro 2024 hosts kicked off the tournament in style in Munich on Friday, the start of a journey they hope culminates in a record fourth continental title. Florian Wirtz struck the opening goal 10 minutes in and Jamal Musiala...
Online streaming platform, Spotify, says Nigeria, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom and Germany are the top five countries that have streamed Amapiano music in the last 10 years. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music in Sub Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in commemoration...
Nigeria’s Under -20 female football team, the Falconets have been drawn in Group D of the 2024 FIFA under 20 women’s World Cup in Colombia alongside Germany, South Korea and Venezuela. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the draw held on Wednesday at the Hall...
Vice-President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima on Friday expressed readiness of the Federal Government to tap from the $130 billion global hydrogen market through partnership with the Republic of Germany. Shettima stated when he hosted a German delegation led by a member of the German Parliament and Hydrogen Commissioner,...
U.S. President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor and likely election opponent Donald Trump of using Nazi rhetoric following the publication of a video referencing a “unified Reich.’’ Trump is using “Hitler’s language’’. That’s not America’s, Biden said in a campaign video released. In the short clip, the...
A lightning strike has injured ten people in the eastern German city of Dresden with four of whom sustained severe injuries. According to a fire service spokesman, two men, aged 27 and 30, were successfully resuscitated after experiencing cardiac arrest. Amid severe weather conditions and a passing thunderstorm...