FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has hailed President Bola Tinubu for his new appointment. The reason for the jubilation of the former governor is contained in this report.
The Nigerian government has announced that individuals earning N100,000 and below are exempted from paying the newly introduced Personal Income Tax (PIT).
The Debt Management Office announces December subscription for two Savings Bonds offering quarterly interest and full principal repayment guarantee on maturity.
Microsoft is facing a complaint in the European Union filed by a non-profit organisation alleging it illegally stored data on Palestinians used for Israeli military surveillance. "Microsoft unlawfully processed personal data belonging to Palestinians and EU citizens, enabling surveillance, targeting, and occupation by the Israeli military," it said a statement.
Under the shade of a large mango tree in her sandy courtyard in a village in northwest Senegal, Khady Sene rhythmically threads together reeds, the beginning of a new basket. A speciality of a constellation of Wolof villages in the country's northwest, the baskets consist of coiled reeds bound by colourful plastic strips, which in the olden days were palm fibres.
The EU said Thursday it has opened an antitrust probe to determine if the way Meta is rolling out AI features in WhatsApp breaches the bloc's competition rules. The EU probe covers the European Economic Area, made up of the bloc's 27 states, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway -- with the exception of Italy, which opened a separate investigation into Meta in July.
South Africa's biggest mobile operator Vodacom said Thursday it had agreed to take control of East Africa's largest telecoms firm, Safaricom, in a deal worth $2.1 billion. Safaricom, one of East Africa's largest companies, was awarded a licence in 2021 to operate in Ethiopia, becoming the first private telecommunications provider in the tightly controlled nation of more than 110 million people.
The fallout from the shutdown of Serbia's only oil refinery could last years, experts told AFP, putting thousands of jobs and the state's budget at risk -- as well as exposing the country to further sanctions.
Nigeria is losing an estimated $362.5 million to $363 million every year in foreign exchange earnings due to a ban on its dried beans by the European Union (EU).
The Nigerian currency, the naira, faced renewed volatility in the forex market, leading to a massive gap in the official and parallel markets recently.
South Africa said Thursday it was prepared to wait out next year's G20 after being barred by the United States and did not expect other countries to lobby for its inclusion. President Cyril Ramaphosa's spokesman said South Africa did not expect other G20 nations to boycott the US presidency or lobby for its inclusion.
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