The federal government scrapped the policy on indigenous language instruction and declared English the medium of instruction across all education levels.
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.
A strike by pilots and crew demanding salary increases in inflation-hit Argentina affected more than 30,000 passengers on Friday, according to the Aerolineas Argentinas airline and unions. Aerolineas Argentinas said the strike was "untimely, abusive and out of context, promoted by union leaders in an irresponsible manner."
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has exceeded its first-quarter 2024 revenue target as analyst credits the achievement to Chairman Dr. Zacch Adedeji.
The US government said Friday it will work to curb the "overuse and abuse" of a mechanism allowing lower-value imports to enter the country duty-free, as concerns grow over Chinese shipments.
The Dutch city of The Hague has become the first in the world to pass local laws banning advertisements for fossil fuels, petrol cars and long-distance air travel, officials said Friday.
It's the end of an era: after 74 years the blast furnace at Chile's biggest steelmaker will be turned off on Monday, snuffed out by competition from China with the loss of thousands of jobs.
Pressure mounted on the European Union on Friday to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, after Germany added became the latest country to request the rules be postponed. Outside the EU, Brazil became the latest country to call for a reassessment this week.
Russia's central bank on Friday raised interest rates to 19 percent amid the country's ongoing Ukraine offensive, warning inflation was running too high and it needed to cool the economy. Inflation was running at an annual rate of 9.05 percent in August, the country's statistics agency said earlier this week.
The United States locked in tariff hikes on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods Friday, with a 100 percent duty on electric vehicles and 25 percent on EV batteries taking effect in two weeks.
In an industrial underground space in central London, models in contrasting period dresses and playful streetwear strutted down a brightly lit London Fashion Week (LFW) runway. - Textile waste - There are a number of solutions to make fashion "greener", some of which will be on display at London Fashion Week.
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