Nigeria’s quest to achieve energy transition targets in the nearest future has received the full backing of the German government. The Country Director of GIZ Nigeria and ECOWAS, Dr Markus Wagner gave the commitment at Third German-Nigerian Energy Transition Dialogue held in Abuja recently. The Symposium on Green Hydrogen, was financed by the Federal Foreign […]
Nigerian government and the German government during the 2nd German-Nigeria Symposium on Green Hydrogen, explored ways the two countries can utilise the opportunities in the low-carbon hydrogen sector. The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo while presenting his address at the Symposium, said harnessing the country’s resource potential will provide alternative sources of […]
The German economy shrank at its fastest rate on record amid the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new official figures. The total production of goods and services declined by 10.1% during the April-to-June period. It was the sharpest decline since German began producing quarterly growth figures in 1970. The contraction followed a smaller […]
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, on Monday raised a rare laugh when he refused to shake the hand of his boss, Chancellor Angela Merkel, at a meeting in Berlin. This happened amidst Germany’s efforts to contain an outbreak of coronavirus that has infected 150 people. READ ALSO: Supreme leader Khamenei dies from coronavirus A short […]
Frankfurt prosecutors have laid charges against a gang of 11 from across Europe for large-scale trading in drugs over the dark net using Bitcoin as the means of payment, Germany’s agency for fighting internet crime (ZIT) reported on Thursday. The charges, laid before the regional court in the city of Giessen, relate to the organised […]
Investigators from the State Criminal Police Office and the Hanover Customs Investigation Office prevented the smuggling of over 700 kilogrammes of cocaine into Germany, the customs office said on Friday. READ ALSO: Tesla gets court approval to clear forest for German Gigafactory “The seized drugs had a street sale value of over 50 million Euros […]
The coronavirus outbreak in China poses a risk for the German economy, Germany’s central bank said on Monday, pointing to a drop in demand from China. “A temporary decline in the aggregate demand in China may dampen German export activity,’’ its experts wrote in the Bundesbank’s monthly report for February. READ ALSO: Pakistan to vaccinate […]
An Istanbul prosecutor on Thursday demanded a jail term of up to 16 years for German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel for allegedly disseminating terror propaganda, his lawyer told dpa. “Yucel is accused of spreading propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as well as provoking hatred and hostility among the people,’’ lawyer Veysel Ok said. […]
Asian stocks and the pound gained on Tuesday as investors held out hope that Britain still had a chance of avoiding a messy exit from the European Union (Brexit) at key negotiations this week. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1 per cent. Australian shares were up 0.17 per cent, while […]
Fortuna Düsseldorf goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is eagerly looking forward to donning the green and white jersey of Nigeria against Sudan in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture in June. Okoye, 19, who is born to a Nigerian father and a German mother took to the social media to announce his intention and desire […]
Kaizer Chiefs’ head coach Ernst Middendorp has heaped plaudits on Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi following his performance for the club in last weekend’s Soweto Derby against Orlando Pirates. Akpeyi, 31, completed a one-and-a-half year move to the Amakhosi from fellow ABSA Premier League club, Chippa United during the winter transfer window. He put up a […]
Roma have been charged by Uefa after some of their fans were heard making “monkey chants” towards Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger. The German international came on as a 77th-minute substitute during Wednesday’s Champions’ League Group C tie which ended 3-3 at Stamford Bridge. Rudiger, 24, moved to Chelsea from Roma in the summer. The case […]
On this day in 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland. The 61-year-old deposed former dictator of Italy was established by his German allies as the figurehead of a puppet government in northern Italy during […]