Nigerian striker, Victor Boniface, has shared the details of a car crash he was involved in, emphasising his gratitude for surviving the ordeal. Boniface on 20 October survived a ghastly car crash in Germany. The striker, who plays for German club Bayer Leverkusen, posted a video of the damaged car on his Instagram Stories. Recounting the experience in an interview …

The Government of Switzerland has pledged to support flood victims across Nigeria with N1.9 billion. The Federal Government of Germany also announced an additional release of €24 million to Nigeria and other countries in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions impacted by the recent flooding. The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Nicolas Lang, who announced his country’s donation in Abuja, …

Nigeria’s D’Tigress put up a good fight but were ultimately beaten by Germany in a warm-up game ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The African champions, ranked 12th globally by FIBA, lost to the 19th-ranked Germany in the preparation game played at the UBER Arena in Berlin on Friday as the game finished 77-63 in favour of the Germans. D’Tigress, …

Nigeria’s women’s U-20 team, the Falconets, will face former champions, Germany, Venezuela and South Korea in Group D at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia from 31 August to 22 August. The draw ceremony took place in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday with 24 teams set to participate in the competition for the first time. The Nigerians beat …

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II has expressed delight over the return of two artefacts by the German government through the Director General, National Commission for Museum and Monument, Olugbile Holloway on Saturday. Oba Ewuare II, who was overjoyed thanked Holloway for the surprise, saying, “You don’t know what you have done but I am really grateful for this …

The German Consul General to Nigeria, Mr Weert Borner, has mulled possible collaborations with the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, towards bolstering agricultural innovations that will aid sustainable food production in the country. According to a statement on Saturday, the Consul General disclosed this during his visit to the university alongside his wife, Dr Imke Borner. The statement partly …

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called for the exploration of available partnership options between Germany and Ogun State in the area of food production. He said Ogun State was looking at ways of contributing to the food security agenda of President Bola Tinubu. Abiodun stated this on Thursday when he received the Consul General, German Embassy, Weert Borner, in …

The body of former Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has arrived in Nigeria. According to a post on the X handle of the late governor’s spokesperson, Mr. Richard Olatunde, the plane conveying the body arrived the private wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3:39 pm on Friday. Akeredolu died in Germany on 27th December 2023 …

President Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday evening in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, witnessed the signing of an accelerated performance agreement aimed at expediting the implementation of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) to improve electricity supply in Nigeria. The agreement, consummated on the sidelines of the COP28 world climate action summit, was signed by the Managing Director/CEO …

The Federal Government and a German geo-scientific technology company – GeoScan GmbH based in Berlin have signed a pact that will stimulate the exploration of Nigeria’s mineral deposits worth more than $700 billion. Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake, who broke the news, said the agreement is on the exploration and exploitation of mineral deposits in the country. Alake dropped the …