Germany
30 Oct
The visiting German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has announced the latest financial and technical cooperation commitment of €80.75 million to boost to support ongoing programmes and projects under the ECOWAS-German Cooperation for the period 2023-2024.
30 Oct
German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who is on a working visit to Nigeria, on Sunday, expressed displeasure over mineral extraction from the country but end up abroad without the proceeds trickling down to benefit the citizens. Scholz, while having a roundtable business meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also underscored the importance…
8 Oct
Germany and France on Saturday moved to reinforce security around Jewish temples, schools and monuments after the surprise attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel. Germany tightened police protection of Jewish and Israeli institutions, as some supporters of the Palestinians took to the streets of Berlin to celebrate the attack. France focused on Jewish…
3 Oct
Fifty years ago, on September 18, 1973, by New York’s East River, two German states joined the United Nations. This event was the result of a brief General Assembly resolution – however, it was anything but routine business in the world of diplomacy.
27 Sep 2023
German investigators carried out raids across the country on Wednesday 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.
26 Sep 2023
German police said Tuesday they have arrested a teenager suspected of murdering a six-year-old boy who was found with stab wounds on his way home from a sports ground.
25 Sep 2023
Valeriy Shevchenko felt like he made the purchase of his lifetime when he beat a queue of prospective buyers to secure a two-bedroom apartment in one of Berlin's most popular districts.
11 Sep 2023
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday urged Berlin to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles during a surprise visit to Kyiv by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
3 Sep 2023
MULTIPLE sources in Ondo State, yesterday, dismissed the rumoured death of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, saying, he is bound to return to Nigeria this week on or before Friday from his medical trip to Germany. The reaction came on the heels of reports that the governor had passed on in Germany on Sunday, which triggered…
29 Aug 2023
A powerful German state leader ordered a probe Tuesday into an anti-Semitism scandal within his ruling coalition, just weeks ahead of a key regional election.
29 Aug 2023
Berlin prosecutors said Tuesday that they had closed an investigation against Till Lindemann, the frontman of German metal band Rammstein, following claims of women being drugged and sexually assaulted at concerts.
25 Aug 2023
Niger’s military administration on Friday gave the German and Nigerian ambassadors 48 hours to leave the country. This was disclosed according to a Foreign Ministry statement, which stated: "In reaction to German Ambassador Olivier Schnakenberg’s refusal to reply to an invitation by the ministry for a discussion on Friday August 25 at 11.00 a.m., and…