France today counted its heat-related deaths, as a funeral business representative said Paris morgues have been overwhelmed by a spike in fatalities during a record-breaking heatwave. The government defended its response to the heatwave, which eased yesterday after days of punishing temperatures that disrupted daily life and forced the closure...
Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has reaffirmed the commitment of the state government and its partners to the realisation of the Ibom Deep Sea Port Project following a high-level technical engagement and working session with Africa Global Logistics (AGL)Group in Paris, France, yesterday, Friday, June 5, 2026. The session reviewed the...
•Elon Musk Elon Musk did not appear yesterday for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over a probe into his social media platform X and AI chatbot Grok. Prosecutors told our correspondent they had “taken note of the absence of the first people summoned”, without mentioning Musk’s name, [...
•Kylian Mbappe France captain Kylian Mbappe was in Paris yesterday for treatment on a knee injury, but no surgery is planned, the Real Madrid superstar’s entourage told our correspondent. Real Madrid later said the forward has been diagnosed with a knee sprain in the French capital and will follow a “conservative” treatment plan, reports AFP. ...
•Farmers in their tractor to Paris as part of the protest French farmers rolled into Paris on tractors this morning in a show of dissent against a free trade deal they fear will create unfair competition. Dozens of tractors arrived before dawn and cruised through Paris, with some reaching the Eiffel Tower and others at […]
•Tourists look at the reinstallation of the Olympic cauldron at the Tuileries Garden in Paris A giant balloon that became a popular landmark over the skies of Paris during the 2024 Olympics is set to rise again, with organisers hoping it will once again attract crowds of tourists. During the Games, the Olympic cauldron tethered […]
•Manchester City midfielder Rodri receives the Ballon d’Or award in 2024 The Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on September 22 this year and the number of awards for women and men will be equal for the first time, organisers said today. Awards for best women’s goalkeeper, best young women’s player and the top […]
•Tinubu travels President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja today for a short working visit to Paris, France, where he is set to evaluate the administration’s progress and outline strategies for the second half of his tenure. This was announced in a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. [&he...
•Buhari and Obasanjo The panel of arbitrators must have been embarrassed for Nigeria; because, it is quite possible that they have never had testifying before them one former president on account of a nation’s alleged breach of contract. Here was Nigeria dragging in two old men, former Presidents, who got their poor country into $2.3 […...
•Tinubu and some top government officials before his departure to the UK Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga has been criticised by Nigerians over his post on President Tinubu’s annual vacation. This was after the senior special assistant to the president on political and other matters, Ibrahim Masari today said Tinubu had left the United ...

