Some of the winter’s coldest weather so far hit travel in Britain, France, and the Netherlands yesterday, closing roads, grounding flights, and forcing train cancellations, including on Eurostar, just days after a power outage caused major disruption. Eurostar, which links the UK to the European mainland, told passengers travelling between Lon...
•Tijjani Babangida lifted high by teammate Sunday Oliseh in celebration of a goal Preparations are in full swing for the grand unveiling of one of Africa’s most anticipated football autobiographies, Between Sun and the Shadow: The Story of Tijjani Babangida MON. The official launch is set for November 18, 2025, in The Netherlands — the [&helli...
•The recovered vehicles The Nigeria Police Force has announced that operatives of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, in a coordinated operation with INTERPOL NCB The Hague, traced and recovered a Toyota C-HR (2020 model) and a Toyota RAV4 (2019 model) from separate locations in Lagos and Akwa Ibom States. A statement by the [&h...
The Netherlands said today it was returning more than 100 “Benin Bronzes” to Nigeria that British troops looted in the late 19th century and ended up in a Dutch museum. British soldiers stole the ancient sculptures, including depictions of royal figures and animals, in 1897 from the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria, reports Vanguard. [&h...
•Netherlands’ forward Cody Gakpo celebrates scoring his team’s second goal with his teammates during the match with Turkey yesterday The Netherlands struck two second-half goals in seven minutes to come from behind to beat Turkey 2-1 on Saturday and set up a Euro 2024 semi-final clash with England. Samet Akaydin sent Turkey ahead in the [&hell...
•Spain’s midfielder Mikel Merino (CR) heads the ball and scores his team’s second goal during the match against Germany Turkey face the Netherlands in a Euro 2024 quarter-final today whose lead-up has been dominated by a diplomatic row between the Turks and Germany. In the other quarter-final, England aim to move a step closer to [...
•England’s forward Harry Kane celebrates scoring his team’s first goal England, France, and Netherlands progressed to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 yesterday after Albania lost 1-0 to Group B winners Spain thanks to an early Ferran Torres goal in Duesseldorf. England have qualified from Group C and France and Netherlands from Group D as [&h...
•Netherlands’ forward Xavi Simons (C) fights for the ball with France’s midfielder N’Golo Kante (R) and France’s defender Jules Kounde (L) during match France, with Kylian Mbappe on the bench, and the Netherlands drew 0-0 in a Euro 2024 Group D match yesterday after the Dutch had a second-half goal controversially disallowed. The draw me...
•France versus Netherlands Netherlands and France will play their second UEFA Euro 2024 game in Group D today, Friday, June 21, by 8 pm. The last time these two teams played was in the Euro qualifications in October 2023, when France defeated Netherlands 2-1, reports Daily Sun. Both Netherlands and France have made promising, if […]
•Tinubu on a trip President Bola Tinubu will today, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 depart Abuja for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on an official visit. The president will also attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting scheduled for April 28-29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement yesterday, said, “On the...

