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...
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A Moroccan has been accused of knifing a pensioner to death in a UK street apparently in “revenge” for the Israel-Palestine conflict was turned down for asylum in Germany, his housemate told investigators. Ahmed Alid, 45, attacked sleeping Christian convert Javed Nouri at their shared accommodation in Wharton...
Ten-man Germany beat France on penalties to win the Under-17 World Cup football final in Indonesia on Saturday, becoming the first team to win the world and European age titles in the same year. The match went to extra time when the teams were unable to break...
Nigeria and German have signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on the supply of gas from Nigeria to Germany and another $500 million worth of renewable energy projects in Nigeria. A statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said President Bola Tinubu witnessed the signing of the two MoU...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Berlin wooed international investors with the great asset of Nigeria being its highly educated, skilled and industrious citizens. According to a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President said this was an advantage to the Nation’s abundant natural resources in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu will, on Saturday, depart Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Germany beat Serbia 83-77 on Sunday to win the Basketball World Cup for the first time. The Germans, who went unbeaten through the tournament and were appearing in their first final, broke clear of Serbia in the third quarter in Manila. Serbia launched a furious fourth-quarter fightback...
A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
Israel on Tuesday commemorated the Jewish resistance and the millions of Jews murdered during the Holocaust as they prepared for their 80th remembrance. Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, has been marked in Israel since 1951. This year the Jewish resistance against German SS troops in the Warsaw Ghetto, which...
The AFOS Foundation, a Germany-based autonomous and charitable organisation, says it is investing about 5.5 million euros as Intervention in Nigeria’s agriculture sector. The Chief Executive Officer and Country Representative of the foundation, Mr Oladipupo Akoni, said this in a statement on Monday. According to Akoni, the foundation was...
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, says urgent action is needed to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels and harness Africa’s renewable energy sources. The AfDB president, in a statement, said this at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, hosted by the German Federal Government. While...
German explosive specialists successfully defused a 500-kilogramme World War II British aerial bomb in Hanau near Frankfurt on Sunday. Four homes for the elderly and residential homes were evacuated on Saturday after the bomb was discovered on Thursday during construction work. A total of 17,000 people in the north-west...
A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people of the Christian group’s congregation in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Friday. Eight other people were wounded, including four seriously, in Thursday evening’s attack, said Hamburg interior minister Andy Grote, calling...
Former German archdiocese of Munich and Freising has planned to bid farewell to the late Pope emeritus Benedict XVI with a requiem on Tuesday evening. As Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he was Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977 to 1982. The current incumbent, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, is expected to...
Late goals by Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano gave Japan an incredible 2-1 comeback victory over Germany in the World Cup on Wednesday. Germany who are four times champions had looked to be cruising to victory via an Ilkay Guendogan penalty but paid a fatal price for missing chances....
Teenager Youssoufa Moukoko and fellow striker Niclas Füllkrug were on Thursday named as uncapped players into Germany’s squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The squad also includes recalled 2014 World Cup hero Mario Götze. But there was no place for Marco Reus and Mats Hummels among...
Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed says Nigeria has signed an agreement with Germany for the repatriation of over 1,130 looted Benin Bronze artifacts back to the country. Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington DC on Tuesday, after three...
European champions Germany on Tuesday beat Nigeria’s under-17 women national team 2-1 in their opening match at the 2022 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Goa, India. Team top goalscorer Opeyemi Ajakaye struck the woodwork in the 18th minute as the Flamingos started brightly, but defender Miracle Usani headed...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been shortlisted for the Digital Communication Awards (DCA) for its campaign on Digital Innovation for Economic Prosperity. The NITDA campaign is shortlisted in the highly competitive Public Affairs category and will square up against campaigns from the likes of the Irish...
England defeated Germany 2-1 after extra-time on Sunday in the final match of Euro 2022 to become women’s European champions for the first time. Chloe Kelly grabbed the winning goal by forcing the ball home during a corner-kick to the delight of the majority of the crowd which approached...