It was a lamentation day in Kano when two lawmakers from the state house of assembly died within minutes to each other. Details about their death have been unveiled.
In October 2025, the Nigerian government launched a 12-month paid internship programme to provide training for the youth, with a N150,000 monthly stipend.
In a corner of his mother’s backyard, 30-year-old Thabang Moshoke runs a clipper through a client's hair at a makeshift barbershop that has only a rough roof to shield it from the skies. Not far from the backyard barbershop, Nhlanhla Vilakazi, 31, washes shoes for around 90 rand a pair to earn her living.
British designer Jonathan Anderson has left Spanish brand Loewe after more than a decade at the helm, owner LVMH announced Monday, with the 40-year-old tipped to take over at Dior. One scenario is that Anderson might take over both sides of the business, with its growth of crucial financial and dynastic importance to LVMH owner Bernard Arnault.
China's economy charted an uneven trajectory in the first two months of the year, a slew of key indicators showed Monday, muddying Beijing's drive to boost flagging consumption.
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? This cast doubt on the long-established view that life was made possible when organisms started producing oxygen via photosynthesis, which requires sunlight, about 2.7 billion years ago.
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science. There are "huge numbers of rare species", said Horton, adding that much of the diversity was among the creatures living in the mud.
Asian markets rose on Monday as investors welcomed Chinese plans to kickstart consumption in the world's number two economy, though worries about Donald Trump's tariffs war continue to cast a shadow over trading floors. However, observers warned that leaders had a tough job ahead of them amid Trump's trade war.
A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to Canada and using less fuel to help reduce emissions. It harnesses the wind that hits its surface to propel the ship.
Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal's vegetables are grown. In the meantime, the dredger continues to swallow up the dunes of Lompoul, Africa's smallest and one of its most scenic deserts. lp/mrb/els/fg/yad
According to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria spent about $5.47 billion in 14 months repaying debt to China, IMF, the World Bank, and others.
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