Spain
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A Madrid court said Wednesday it had opened a preliminary investigation into the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on suspicion of influence peddling and corruption. In a brief statement, the court said it had "opened an investigation into the alleged offence of influence peddling and corruption in business against Begona Gomez." It said…
9 Apr
Nigeria’s U-15 boys, nicknamed Future Eagles, will fly into Spain today to feature in a UEFA U-16 Development Tournament.
8 Apr
Spain is to axe its so-called "golden visa" scheme under which foreign investors get residency for a 500,000-euro-investment in property, to curb the speculation blighting many Spanish cities, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.
7 Apr
Spain on Sunday condemned the raid carried out by Ecuadoran security forces at Mexico's embassy in Quito to arrest graft-accused former vice president Jorge Glas and called for "respect for international law".
19 Mar
P Six people were killed, two of them police officers, when an articulated lorry accidentally ploughed into a police checkpoint in southern Spain early on Tuesday, the regional government said. Three other Guardia Civil police officers were also hurt in the incident, which took place around 4:30 am (0330 GMT) on a highway south of…
4 Mar
A fire that broke out in a building near Alicante in Spain's southeast has killed three people, including a child, authorities said on Monday.
29 Feb
Inflation in Germany, France and Spain eased further in February, data showed Thursday, a development likely to be welcomed by the European Central Bank as it weighs when to begin cutting interest rates.
23 Feb
At least four people have died in a vast fire that ripped through a 14-storey apartment block in Valencia in eastern Spain, but officials warned Friday that the death toll could rise sharply.
30 Jan
Spanish economic growth was slightly stronger than expected in 2023 as gross domestic product picked up pace at the end of last year, official data showed Tuesday.
25 Jan
A Spanish judge on Thursday proposed that disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales be tried over the kiss he forced on Women's World Cup star Jenni Hermoso.
9 Jan
At least 6,618 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migrants rights group said on Tuesday. This "shameful" figure is almost three times the number recorded in the previous year -- 2,390 -- and the highest since charity Caminando Fronteras,…
9 Jan
A Spanish court said Tuesday it had closed a probe into three people close to Equatorial Guinea's veteran president, including one of his sons, on suspicion of kidnapping and torturing opponents. Campaign groups have long accused President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo's government of arbitrary detentions and torture during his four decades in power in Spain's…
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Jeffrey Donaldson, former leader of Northern Ireland's main pro-UK unionist party, had his bail extended Wednesday in his first court appearance on sex offence charges. Donaldson, 61, one of the province's best-known politicians, has previously said he will be "strenuously contesting" the allegations. In Wednesday's court hearing, he did not enter a plea. He is…
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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday ordered that a 35-year-old cattle rearer, Adamu Idris, be held in the Kuje correctional centre for allegedly kidnapping a Bolt driver. The police charged Idris, with two counts of kidnapping. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Aliyu Shafa ordered that…
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The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the appointment of 12 Consuls General to some Nigerian Missions abroad the appointment also includes five new five new Chargé D'affaires. The Consuls General are, Auwalu Jega Namadina, Atlanta, USA; Nnamdi Okechukwu Nne, Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Francis Ntui Enya, Douala, Cameroon; Gbadebo Afolabi, Shanghai, China and Oludare Ezekiel Folowosele,…
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German police said Wednesday they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. The Black Axe gang was involved internationally in "multiple areas of criminal activity," with a focus in Germany on romance scams and money-laundering, Bavarian police said in a statement. The dating trick was a "modern…
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The Federal Government said it has recovered N57 billion from the N5.2 trillion liabilities owed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and other bodies by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government. Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Federal Ministry of Finance Okokon Udo revealed this on Tuesday in Enugu State during a Sensitisation Workshop on Federal…
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The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates sat for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. He added that at the end of…