Yoruba movement warns Southwest, Kogi, and Kwara governors to prepare for fallout from possible US strike on terrorists following Trump’s latest threat.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released a statement slamming the Nigerian government's decision to impose a ban on 25 products.
The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zaach Adedeji, has hailed the role of the judiciary in inspiring investor confidence in Nigeria.
A civil society group, the Coalition for Equitable Development and Fiscal Justice (CEDFJ), has asked President Bola Tinubu to expedite action on the 2025 budget.
Sterling Bank and the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) have unveiled a N20 billion credit facility for women entrepreneurs to scale their craft.
Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalise a deal, averting an escalation in the world's biggest trade dispute. Futures for US copper surged on the trade deal optimism, bolstering the outlook for global demand.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday a trade deal with the United States could happen within days, possibly easing punitive tariffs after months of animosity. Lula met President Donald Trump at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit on Sunday, after urging the US leader earlier this month to lift punitive 50 percent trade tariffs.
The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady this week for its third straight meeting, with inflation under control and the long-struggling eurozone economy looking healthier. The eurozone economy has long been treading water, dragged down in particular by a poor performance in Germany, with growth rates lagging far behind those of China and the United States.
President Bola Tinubu-led federal government in the last one week announced three paid opportunities for Nigerian youths and entrepreneurs. Full list published.
Australia's competition watchdog accused Microsoft on Monday of misleading people into paying for its AI assistant Copilot. But there was a partly hidden third option -- visible only when people started to cancel -- of sticking to existing "Classic" plans without Copilot for the original price, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a statement.
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced Sunday it had agreed to buy Avidity Biosciences, with the San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company being valued at $12 billion. Novartis, based in Basel in northern Switzerland, announced in April that it planned to invest $23 billion in the United States over five years. rjm/jj
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