A German male nurse serving a life term for killing six hospital patients with lethal drugs out of “boredom” will face trial for another 97 murders, prosecutors said Monday. The third trial of Niels Hoegel, 41, accused of being the worst serial killer in German post-war history, is expected to start later this year, a […]
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Not less than five persons were killed and many wounded Thursday by Storm ‘Friederike’, Germany’s heaviest, in 11 years, the German Press Agency (DPA) reported in an update. The storm swept across Germany from the west. German Weather Service said it is the heaviest storm since 2007. It brought powerful winds, heavy rain and snowfall […]
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles remained at number 51 in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of January released on Thursday. The Gernot Rohr-led team are behind African teams, Tunisia, Senegal, Egypt, Congo DR, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Ghana. Germany maintain their number one spot with the top 10 unchanged while Iceland, grouped with Nigeria at […]
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The German government has committed 120 million euros to ensure total eradication of polio in Nigeria, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Tiwatope Elias-Fatile, has said. Mr. Elias-Fatile stated this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. “”The German government and Nigeria have signed three bilateral agreements which are Government Agreement on Technical Cooperation […]
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TheCable Nigeria has reported that the family of President Muhammadu Buhari is seriously considering flying their son abroad for advanced medical treatment. Yusuf Buhari, was involved in a bike accident at Gwarinmpa in Abuja on Tuesday night, and is currently at Cedacrest Hospital, Abuja. Yusuf sustained a head injury and broke a limb in the […]
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German Gynaecologist, Kristina Haenel, was fined $7,150 by a court in that country on Friday, after being found guilty of “advertising’’ abortion by providing information about the procedure on her website. Ms. Haenel, a 61-year-old medical doctor from the western city of Giessen, posted information on her website in April 2015 about the legal and […]
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Germany plans to bring the world’s first trains powered by hydrogen fuel cells into service with 14 emission-free trains to transport passengers in Lower Saxony from 2021. The trains will be built by France’s Alstom at its site in Salzgitter to replace diesel trains running between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde and Buxtehude. The trains, named Coradia iLint, […]
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Defending champions Germany and the Three Lions of England have qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The German side emphatically booked a place in Russia after beating runners up in Group C, Northern Ireland 3-1, making it a perfect nine in the qualifiers. They have 27 points to Northern Ireland’s 19 points. The Germans will […]
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FIFA has fined Nigeria $31,000 (N11.3 million) for crowd disorder during last month’s World Cup qualifier against Cameroon in Uyo, which the Super Eagles won 4-0. German football federation was fined 32,000 Swiss francs ($33,000) because fans chanted Nazi slogans at a World Cup qualifying game in the Czech Republic. “The range of charges against […]
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Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s election Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the entry into parliament of the hard right AfD, the best showing for a nationalist force since World War II. Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around […]
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