By Abdullah Bello Nigeria and Germany have signed a 500 million dollar Renewable Energy Pack and Gas Export Agreement from Nigeria. Riverside LNG of Nigeria and Johannes Schuetze Energy Import AG of Germany signed the agreement on gas exportation, while that on renewable energy was signed by the Union Bank of Nigeria and DWS Group. CEO of GasInvest, Mr. David Ige, who signed the MoU on gas supply, said […]
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference President Tinubu will join other Heads of State governments of CwA-member countries, bilateral partners, as well as Heads of international organisations to deliberate on the immediate enhancement of economic and business cooperation to outline measures to boost investments in critical areas. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the […]
German investigators have carried out raids across the country as Berlin banned a far-right group it described as a “cult-like, deeply racist and anti-Semitic association” that sought to indoctrinate children with Nazi ideology. Police on Wednesday stormed 26 apartments belonging to 39 members of the Artgemeinschaft network in 12 states, including Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg and Brandenburg. The association counts about 150 members and has links to several far-right groups, said the […]
England captain Harry Kane is set to have a medical at Bayern Munich after being given permission to travel to Germany by Tottenham. Bayern and Spurs agreed a deal worth more than 100m euros (£86.4m) for the 30-year-old on Thursday. The decision to move was then left up to Kane, who is Tottenham's all-time top scorer with 280 goals in 435 appearances. Kane had one year left on his contract […]
Nottingham Forest have signed Sweden forward Anthony Elanga from Manchester United on a five-year deal. The 21-year-old moves on from Old Trafford, with Forest believed to have paid United a fee of £15m. Elanga had been with United since he was 12 and achieved a first-team breakthrough in 2021, making 55 appearances for the club in all. "It's a pleasure to be here. It's a proud moment, not only for […]
Two time FIFA women world cup winners Germany began their 2023 campaign in style as they put debutants the Atlas Lioness of Morocco to the sword with a 6-0 bashing in Melbourne. It was a comfortable victory for world number two side who squared up against world number seventy two Morocco in group H. German striker Alexandra Popp, who was ruled out of the Euro 2022 final through injury, made her […]
The FIFA women's world cup had it's maiden edition in China 1991 and has since been a quadrennial tournament, seeing five countries lifting the trophy in eight different occasions. The ninth FIFA women's world cup kicked off earlier today which saw co-host New Zealand secure a one nil victory over 1995 champions Norway, while co-host Australia also saw of Republic of Ireland with the same goal margin. As the FIFA […]
World number one Iga Swiatek has reached the semi-finals of a WTA Tour grass-court event for the first time. The Polish 22-year-old beat Russia's Anna Blinkova 6-3 6-2 at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany. Swiatek will play unseeded Italian Lucia Bronzetti, ranked 65th, in the semi-finals. Elsewhere, Cameron Norrie and Novak Djokovic both gained victories in their singles exhibition matches at the Hurlingham Classic in London. British number one […]
World number two Aryna Sabalenka's Wimbledon preparations suffered a blow as she was beaten by Veronika Kudermetova at the German Open. The top-seeded Belarusian lost 6-2 7-6 (7-2) to the Russian wildcard in the second round in Berlin. Sabalenka is the latest leading player to fall short at the grass-court event after defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina lost on Wednesday. American fifth seed Coco Gauff is also out after a […]
