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A $175,000 settlement has been reached in the lawsuit of a Vermont man who said he was arrested after giving an officer the middle finger, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
A nationwide strike in Nigeria brought air travel to a standstill and plunged the country into darkness on Monday as union workers forcibly removed operators at the national grid, the nation’s ...
Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education. [2] The local authorities take responsibility for implementing state-controlled policy regarding public education and state schools. [3] The education system is divided into Kindergarten, Primary education, Secondary education, and Tertiary education. [4]
In August 2021, the Recording Certification of Nigeria became inactive after awarding 92 music videos. On 19 February 2023, Ayomide Oriowo, and Similoluwa Adegoke announce the TurnTable Certification System of Nigeria, as a flagship of TurnTable charts, a music recording chart monitoring Nigeria Top 100 songs, and Top 50 albums.
The Islamic State's West Africa Province ( ISWAP ), officially Wilāyat Garb Ifrīqīyā (Arabic: ولاية غرب إفريقيا), meaning "West African Province", [1] is a militant group and administrative division of the Islamic State (IS), a Salafi jihadist militant group and unrecognised quasi-state. ISWAP is primarily active in the ...
Meanwhile, prices for gold—traditionally seen as another safe-haven asset—surged to a fresh record high above $2,400 an ounce before later reversing those gains late Friday.
May 8, 2024 at 12:25 PM. LAGOS (Reuters) - Microsoft is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent's most populous nation Nigeria, which will lead to job losses, a spokesperson ...
Political Kidnappings. This refers to the political kidnapping which started in the petroleum industry in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region in the early 2000s: In the Niger Delta, agitators took expatriates working with multinational oil giants hostage, to force oil companies operating there to carry out community development projects for ...