Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano, has raised a fresh controversy on the Emirship tussle between Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero in the state.
The federal government, through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has announced a plan to disburse N50,000 to small businesses.
The NDE has commenced the second phase of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative (RHEI), training 41,307 Nigerians across 8,809 electoral wards...
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, blamed for helping to fuel a deadly opioid crisis, said Friday that a US bankruptcy judge will sign off on a deal to settle thousands of lawsuits against the company, which will cease to exist. "Soon, Purdue will cease to exist."
Threats, intimidation, harassment -- the tactics deployed by US negotiators to stall a global deal on shipping pollution last month sent chills through climate diplomats ahead of the COP30 summit.
President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to lower US tariffs on agriculture imports such as beef, bananas, coffee and tomatoes, as his government comes under pressure from voters grappling with the escalating cost of living. Democrats swept all three of those races, with an intense focus on cost of living issues.
Venezuelans are grappling with political and economic chaos, a mass population exodus and fears of a US military attack. Maduro blames Venezuela's economic woes squarely on US sanctions.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday that US air travel is recovering after the disruptions caused by the more than month-long government funding shutdown. Flight traffic limits had been set in place as a consequence of the record-long US budget shutdown, which began on October 1 and ended on Wednesday.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, one of only a handful of senior US political leaders attending this year's UN climate summit, told AFP Friday that President Donald Trump's America is "deliberately losing" the clean tech race to China.
Lobbyists tied to the fossil fuel industry have turned up in strength at the UN climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon, an NGO coalition said Friday, warning that their presence undermines the process. "Yet three decades and 30 COPs later, more than 1,500 fossil fuel lobbyists are roaming the climate talks as if they belong here," Bonbon said in a statement.
Global stock markets struggled for momentum Friday as doubts built over whether the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates next month and amid persistent fears of a tech bubble. Traders trimmed bets on a December rate cut after several Federal Reserve officials voiced concerns about cutting borrowing costs while inflation remained high.
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