BAUCHI/KADUNA, Nigeria: An armed gang abducted students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday, police and state government officials said. Armed groups carrying out kidnapping for ransom are blamed for a series of raids on schools and universities in northern Nigeria in recent months, abducting more than 700 students for ransom since
Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 74 points, or 0.48 per cent, lower at 15,418.5 signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a negative start on Monday.
KUALA LUMPUR: American tire manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is facing accusations of unpaid wages, unlawful overtime and threats to foreign workers at its Malaysian factory, according to court documents and complaints filed by workers. In interviews with Reuters, six current and former foreign workers, and officials with Malaysia’s labor department, say Goodyear made
Iran said Monday it had no details about a consignment of Iranian crude oil imported into the United States, after US authorities seized an oil tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.