Buhari To Depart Nigeria For France Sunday

President Buhari, Buhari To Departs Nigeria For France Sunday

”Before returning to Nigeria, President Buhari will receive some key players in the oil and gas sector” President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave Abuja for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend the African Finance Summit, the presidency has disclosed According to NAN Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, made the disclosure in … Read more

Buhari To Depart Nigeria For France Saturday

FG Evasive On Buhari's Return From UK

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday depart Nigeria for an official trip to Paris, the France capital. It was gathered that Buhari would be in Paris for at least four days. President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday depart Nigeria for an official trip to Paris, the France capital, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. It was … Read more

How NDLEA Prevented Smuggling Of Drugs To US, Canada, France, Through International Airports

NDLEA Lagos

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have frustrated another attempt by drug dealers to smuggle out hard drugs through the international airports in Lagos, Kano and Abuja. According to Ahmadu Garba, the Commander, MMIA Command of the NDLEA, the drug was concealed in dry local pepper and herbal concoction popularly called ‘agbo’. … Read more

Former France President, Sarkozy, Sentenced To Prison Over Corruption

Texas prison inmates killed: US federal prisons on nationwide lockdown

A Paris court has sentenced Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former président, to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence. His conviction is sequel to him being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling. The 66-year-old politician, who served as president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted on Monday for having tried to illegally obtain … Read more

116-Year-old Survives COVID-19

Andre, a 116-year-old French nun, has wriggled free from the deadly pangs of the virulent COVID-19 disease. Born Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, Andre is said to be the oldest living person in Europe. She reported tested positive for coronavirus in her retirement home in southern France, on January 16. She recovered from the … Read more

Shi’ites Set Fire To French Flag Over Macron’s Remark On Prophet Muhammad

Some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have taken to the streets in the federal capital territory (FCT) to express their displeasure at President Emmanuel Macron’s comments on cartoons of Prophet Mohammed published in a magazine. Many Muslims have decribed the cartoons as “blasphemous.” In an interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday, Macron … Read more

France Shuts Down 22 Schools Over Rise In COVID-19 Cases

France Deploys Radar System In Saudi Arabia To ‘Reassure’ Kingdom

France’s education minister on Friday said 22 schools have had to shutdown on French territory due to the coronavirus since pupils returned to school this week, emphasising that over half of these were in the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was however pleased with … Read more

Manchester United Star, Paul Pogba Tests Positive For COVID-19

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus. France national team manager, Didier Deschamps, disclosed this on Thursday. The 27-year-old will have to self-isolate for 14 days. He will miss France’s Nations League game in Sweden on Saturday, 5 September and the home game against Croatia three days later. However, Pogba could be … Read more

Tottenham Player, Serge Aurier’s Brother Shot Dead In France

Tottenham defender, Serge Aurier’s younger brother was shot dead in Toulouse on Monday morning. This was confirmed by a police source. When emergency services arrived on the scene at 5:00 am local time (0300 GMT), the 26-year-old was injured in the abdomen and he later died in hospital, the fire service said. A source close … Read more

Bus Driver Beaten To Death By Passengers In France Over Face Mask Rules

Bus Driver Beaten To Death By Passengers In France Over Face Mask

A French bus driver who was badly beaten by passengers after asking them to wear face masks in line with coronavirus rules has died, his family said. His death has sparked tributes from political leaders who condemned his “cowardly” attackers. Philippe Monguillot, 59, was left brain dead by the attack in the south-western town of … Read more

The Plague Of Marseille: A Metaphor Of Impending Doom In The Fight Against COVID-19

In 1720, a ship was quarantined at the port in Marseille because a strange infection was killing people on the ship. Deputy Mayor of Marseille lifted the quarantine to “help economy”. 100,000 people died. More than half of Marseille died. This was the Great Plague of Marseille. The govt of Marseille felt they could not … Read more

Nation Branding And COVID19: Why Europe And It’s Media Is Africa’s Problem 

By Ikechi Uko Over 50% of all Covid19 Deaths globally are from 5 Nations in Europe. More People have Died from these 5 Nations of Europe than the Whole World Put together. The Media is focused on China as a Cause, Donald Trump as a Failure and Africa as the Victims. Not Much is heard … Read more

Coronavirus: 8,300 Masks, Sanitizers Stolen From French Hospital

Togo Confirms First Coronavirus Case

Individuals are using all possible means both honestly and dishonestly to protect themselves from the deadly coronavirus. About 8,300 masks and 1,200 bottles of sanitising health gel have been stolen from Paris hospitals. Health officials in France on Wednesday raised the alarm that another 2,000 surgical masks have disappeared from a hospital in Marseilles. The … Read more

France Deploys Radar System In Saudi Arabia To ‘Reassure’ Kingdom

France Deploys Radar System In Saudi Arabia To ‘Reassure’ Kingdom

France has deployed a radar system on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia to beef up its ally’s defences after missile attacks on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure in September, French officials said. Paris has blamed Iran for carrying out the drone and missile attack, which crippled the world’s biggest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia, … Read more

Euro 2020: Portugal, France And Germany In Group Of Death

Defending champions Portugal and the last two world champions, France and Germany, were thrown together following a lop-sided and complicated Euro 2020 draw on Saturday. And German coach Joachim Loew described it as the group of death. England were drawn against Croatia in a repeat of last year’s World Cup semi-final while other favourites were … Read more

Macron Accused Of Sponsoring Terrorism

Turkey’s foreign minister has accused French President Emmanuel Macron of being a “sponsor of terrorism”, dismissing the French leader’s criticism of Turkey’s Syria offensive. Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters that Mr Macron wanted to be the leader of Europe but was “wobbling”. Last month Mr Macron hosted a senior official from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces … Read more