Several prominent Nigerians, including Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have spoken notably on the prolonged crisis in Iran. Legit.ng highlights these figures.
Startups can access up to $10,000 in funding as the Sola and Ibukun Adeyinka Foundation opens applications for Cohort 3 of its SIA Startup Foundry programme.
France is still trying to assemble a "blocking minority" within the European Union to prevent a trade deal with four South American countries from coming into force, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. "Neither an adjustment tool for purchasing power ... nor an adjustment tool for trade agreements," Macron said.
Ukraine's soils hold some five percent of the world's mineral resources, which is what US President Donald Trump is anxious to secure, but not all of them are yet exploited -- or maybe even exploitable, according to experts. Trump has particularly declared he wants rare earths and demanded an accord on getting minerals in return for US aid for Ukraine to fight its war with Russia.
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
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