Lamborghini set a new sales record in 2024, the Italian sportscar maker said on Thursday, defying the gloom that has hit mass-market car companies. Lamborghini sold 10,687 cars last year, a rise of six percent on 2023, which was itself a record year. Deliveries were up six percent in Europe and the Middle East, Lamborghini's…

Athletic Bilbao tightened their hold on fourth place in La Liga with a 2-0 victory over Villarreal, fifth, on Sunday. Aitor Paredes and Inaki Williams struck to help the Basques move six points clear of their opponents, who have played two fewer games. Bilbao have won four consecutive games in the top flight, including beating…

One of the sons of Edo music legend, Kelvin Alaska, has revealed that his music upgraded since he toured Europe. Kelvin is one of the sons of the late Bini highlife kingpin  Alaska Agho whose passing in 2022 left his numerous fans in deep mourning. In an exclusive chat at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on…

France on Tuesday called for a collective response to "one of the worst explosions of anti-Semitism" in Europe's recent history, as EU ministers gathered to discuss the issue. French European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad said he organised the gathering in Brussels with his Dutch counterpart to tackle a resurgence in anti-Semitic violence since the start of…

World leaders from various countries have expressed congratulations to Donald Trump on his stunning victory in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, signalling hopes for stronger international relations and partnerships under his leadership. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu extended his congratulations, emphasizing the potential for a renewed U.S.-Nigeria relationship. In a statement from his Special Adviser on…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that it welcomes mergers between European banks to better finance innovative companies, although it declined to comment on talks of a tie-up between Commerzbank and Italy's UniCredit. "That has been our recommendation, that these mergers should take place," said Alfred Kammer, director of the International Monetary Fund's European…

The death toll from the severe flooding in Central Europe has risen to at least 23, according to the latest tally after another victim was confirmed. In the Czech Republic, a fifth death was announced by Interior Minister Vit Rakušan on Thursday. At least a further eight people remain missing, including the occupants of a…

Police revealed Tuesday they had infiltrated and taken down an encrypted chat app called Ghost used by criminals across the world. The operation, coordinated by the European Union's police agency Europol, is the latest in a string of takedowns of chat apps that have led to hundreds of criminal prosecutions. - What is Ghost? -…

One person was killed and seven were reported missing in the Czech Republic after flooding provoked by Storm Boris, Czech police said on Monday. One person drowned in a stream close to Bruntal in the northeast, while authorities "recorded seven people missing", police chief Martin Vondrasek told a radio station. READ ALSO: Gambling in the Czech…

Minister of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim, has expressed concern over records of needless and avoidable deaths of irregular migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe. Bio Ibrahim voiced this concern during a 2-day Awareness Programme on the Effects of Irregular Migration of Young People, organised…

Multinational auto giant Stellantis announced on Wednesday plans to invest over $400 million in three Michigan plants related to the company's transition to electric vehicle and battery production. The investments in the northern US state would support Stellantis's "multi-energy strategy" that aims to prepare for "a wide variety of electrification adoption scenarios," the Amsterdam-headquartered company…

  The European Union health agency on Friday urged its member states to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, a day after Sweden announced the first case outside Africa. READ ALSO:6 major symptoms of Mpox you shouldn’t ignore In a risk assessment, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control…