France lived up to their billing as Euro 2020 favorites with a statement victory in Germany, as the home side left a lot to be desired in the final third. The Allianz Arena hosted the standout fixture of UEFA Euro 2020 so far, as France and Germany locked horns in a Group F fixture, EKO … Read more
”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
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
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
France’s public health agency reported nearly 30,000 new cases over the previous 24 hours and 174 fatalities France’s government said Sunday it plans to evacuate around 100 Covid-19 patients from intensive care units in the Paris region this week as hospitals struggle to keep up with a surge in cases. AFP reports that with the … Read more
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
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
France has confirmed the first case in the country of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK, according to the BBC. The French health ministry said the person was a French national in the central town of Tours who had arrived from London on 19 December. It was confirmed after the man … Read more
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 A French court, on Saturday, sentenced Jonathann Daval to 25 years in prison for killing his wife, Alexia and then burning her body in a case that shocked the country. The 36-year-old was impassive as the verdict was read out. Daval finally confessed to beating his wife to death and burning her … Read more
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’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 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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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