Police firing tear gas and water cannons clashed in Paris on Saturday with thousands of protesters angry over rising car fuel costs and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, the second weekend of “yellow vest” protests across France. As night fell,…
There are too many people talking lazily about restructuring – Buhari (Vanguard)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Paris, France, has told Nigerians outside the shores of the country that ‘there are too many people talking lazily about restructuring’ and that they will not participate in the 2019 general elections. Buhari, who…
Buhari’s Paris comments an insult to Nigeria, says Fani-Kayode (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari delivers an address on “Illicit Financial Flows & Corruption: The Challenge of Global Governance”, at the opening ceremony of the Paris Peace Forum held at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris on Sunday, November 11, 2018.…
Trump ditched cemetery visit to avoid causing Paris traffic jams, says Sanders (Guardian)
Donald Trump didn’t attend an event honouring US military dead because he didn’t want to disrupt the traffic in Paris, the White House said on Sunday, as the fallout for his no-show on Saturday continued. The US president had been…
Paris Peace Forum: Full text of President Buhari’s speech in France (DailyPost)
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Paris, France for the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum. The Nigerian leader spoke yesterday on “Illicit financial flows (IFFs) and corruption: the challenge of global governance.” Here is the full text of…
Nadal pulls out of Paris, Djokovic number one (Punch)
Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters on Wednesday guaranteeing Novak Djokovic’s return to world number one spot. Announcing his withdrawal Nadal said: “My abdominal muscles haven’t felt good for the past few days, especially on service, doctors recommended…
Why this High Rate of Marital Infidelity and Suicides In Nigeria? – Magnus Onyibe
Anything that pushes a human being to take his/her own life by taking a plunge into the ocean with the sole intention of dying or stabbing/shooting/poisoning a fellow human being to death must be very tense and grave. That’s simply…
Paris knife attacker was known to counter-terrorism police (Guardian)
A knife-wielding attacker who killed a passerby and injured four others in Paris on Saturday evening had been flagged as a security risk and interviewed by counter-terrorist police. French police took the man’s parents into custody on Sunday for questioning about his…
