Notorious bandit leader Fidelis Gayama has been arrested in Benue State. Photographs of the arrest have also emerged, confirming the development.
The Nigerian government has announced that individuals earning N100,000 and below are exempted from paying the newly introduced Personal Income Tax (PIT).
The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the Pacific nation's seabed mineral riches. The Cook Islands has licensed three companies to explore the seabed for nodules rich in metals such as nickel and cobalt, which are used in electric car batteries.
With a monthly salary of $15, a teacher in Venezuela earns nowhere near enough to cover their basic food necessities, never mind rent or medicine. A basket of food essentials for a family of four in Venezuela costs about $500 a month, 33 times the salary of a teacher -- a profession that has historically been underpaid, but never as little as now.
For a film about sex work to win an Oscar is rare. "The sex work industry as a whole is really skeptical of any film having to do with sex work," says Calvert.
The Associated Press filed a lawsuit against three White House officials on Friday after the news agency was barred from some of US President Donald Trump's events. The White House Correspondents' Association has called AP's exclusion from Trump events "outrageous."
The French cognac industry said Friday it was losing 50 million euros ($50 million) per month since the imposition of antidumping duties by China and appealed for government help. An executive of one cognac producer said they had been received by French government leaders but "we have the impression of being sacrificed".
The prices of food items in the market have changed in different directions, as the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that food inflation has dropped to 26%.
A German flying taxi start-up said on Friday it would halt operations after a deal to rescue it fell through, the latest turbulence to hit the sector. In December another German flying taxi start-up, Volocopter, filed for insolvency after struggling to overcome hurdles in developing a two-seater electric air taxi. sr/jsk/sbk
China recently announced the removal of trade tariffs for 33 African countries, but Nigeria was not on the list. The federal government has listed reasons why it ...
After steel and aluminium, US President Donald Trump has set his sights on slapping 25 percent tariffs on semiconductors, cars and pharmaceuticals. Here's a look who would be hit the hardest if US import tariffs on semiconductors, cars and pharmaceuticals go into force.
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