World

Paris goes into lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2021 0

France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President Emmanuel Macron to shift course. Since late January, when he defied the calls of scientists and some in his government to

Foreign World

Paris police ban protests at U.S. Embassy, citing health restrictions

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2020 0

Paris – Paris police have banned two protests they said were planned for outside the U.S. Embassy on Saturday. Police cited coronavirus restrictions that ban gatherings of more than 10 people, as well as the risk of disorder. They gave no further details about the banned protests. Several thousand Facebook users have said they are […]

Business

COVID-19: Air France evacuates 260 nationals to Paris from Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2020 0

Air France yesterday airlifted 260 of its nationals to Paris via Lagos airport with the permission granted it by the Federal Government to operate essential flights to evacuate different nationals out of the country to Paris. The aircraft which came in via Cotonou came in at 2.05pm and with the pre-boarding formalities completed, the nationals […]

News

Sahara Group backs gender equality at OECD summit in Paris

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2020 0

Ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, is essential for promoting sustainable development across the globe, Pearl Uzokwe, Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group has said. Uzokwe who spoke in Paris at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Private Finance for Sustainable Development

Aviation Business

Cabo Verde Airlines announces direct Lagos – Cape Verde flights

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

National carrier of the Cape Verde Islands, Cabo Verde Airlines has indicated its plans to commence direct flights from Lagos, Nigeria to Cape Verde on 9th December 2019. This was made known at a media briefing to officially launch the airline to the Nigerian public. The airline’s Boeing 757-200 will fly five times a week […]

News

Anti-terrorism officials take over probe into Paris police HQ attack

Ihesiulo Grace 4 October 2019 0

Paris – Anti-terrorism officials have taken over investigations into the deadly knife attack at the police headquarters in Paris, state prosecutors in the French capital confirmed to dpa on Friday. The decision was made based on investigators’ previous findings. On Thursday, a Paris police employee killed four colleagues at the city’s police headquarters with a knife

Banking Business

Afreximbank appoints Idrissa Diop compliance director

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2019 0

Motolani Oseni The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has appointed Idrissa Diop, formerly of Ecobank Transnational Inc., as its new Director of Compliance. Mr Diop, who, until his appointment, was Ecobank’s Group Head of Compliance, replaces Maureen Mba, who retired from Afreximbank in May after a long meritorious service. In a statement by Afreximbank’s spokesman,

Business

Boeing may have to rebrand MAX, says Al Baker

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2019 0

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Boeing may have to rebrand the 737 MAX in the light of its two fatal crashes and possible passenger resistance to flying on the type when it is restored to commercial service, Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker believes. Speaking at a roundtable on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show, Al […]

News

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal threaten Novak Djokovic bid for historic Slam

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2019

Novak Djokovic can become only the second man in history to have twice held all four Grand Slam titles at the same time with victory at the French Open. However, a returning Roger Federer and rejuvenated Rafael Nadal will once again stand in his way. World number one Djokovic completed his first private stranglehold of […]

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Buhari departs for Paris to participate in peace forum

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday departed Abuja for Paris, France, to participate in the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum which opens on Sunday and ends on Tuesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available in Abuja on Friday. The Peace […]

World

President Trump Not Invited to Paris Climate Change Summit

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

President Donald Trump, who pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, is reportedly “for the time being” not invited to the climate change summit that will be held later this year in France. More than a hundred countries, as well as non-governmental organizations, have been invited to the December 12 summit in […]

News Politics

LP to FG, Investigate utilization of refund to Govs

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

The Labour Party (LP) has urged the federal government to launch an investigation into the utilization of the budget support fund as well as Paris Club Refund given to state governors’ aside federal allocation. The party also took a swipe at the federal government for the circumstances surrounding the return, reinstatement and consequent disappearance of […]

Entertainment

5th Edition of the Nollywood Week Festival Kicks off in Paris

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2017 0

The Nollywood Week Festival returns to the cinema L’Arlequin in Paris for its 5th edition from Thursday May 11 to Sunday May 14, 2017. Since 2013, the Nollywood Week Festival, an initiative of the Okada Media Association, has offered the Parisian public the opportunity to view the gems of Nollywood cinema (the world’s second largest […]

Football

Dani Alves drops Barca and signs for PSG

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2015 0

 Brazilian and Barcelona full-back has reached an agreement with PSG, which will see him spend three years at the club on a gross salary of about €9m per season, according to reports from Radio Marca. The Brazilian veteran signed the contract on Tuesday 10th of March, 2015. Dani Alves took the opportunity available to him, […]