Anambra government has declared Friday a work-free day and gave reason for the development. There will be a governorship election in the southeast state on Saturday.
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.
President Donald Trump acknowledged the shock brought by his tariffs onslaught Thursday, but said the US economy would emerge "far stronger," even as world markets tumbled. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also tried to reassure US markets, telling CNN: "To anyone on Wall Street this morning, I would say, 'Trust in President Trump.'
The historic Lutetia hotel in Paris, occupied by the Nazis during World War II and after liberation serving as a welcome centre for concentration camp survivors, was on Thursday taken over by luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental. Originally baptised with the Roman name for Paris, the hotel will be renamed Mandarin Oriental Lutetia from Thursday.
At a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City that exports T-shirts and underwear to the United States, staff were alarmed by "shocking" trade tariffs imposed on Vietnam that could severely impact their business. "It's truly shocking," said Tran Nhu Tung, board chair at Thanh Cong, a factory in Ho Chi Minh City that makes clothes for DKNY and Walmart, among others.
This is the second time the Lagos state government is partnering with the NaijaBrandChick to organise the tourism fair, with 220 vendors and over 75k buyers expected
Tesla sales plunged again in Germany last month even as the broader electric car market rebounded, data showed Thursday, the latest sign of a growing backlash against billionaire owner Elon Musk. Overall in March, the number of new vehicle registrations in Germany fell to 253,497, down 3.9 percent from a year earlier, the latest sign of weakness in the market.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as untrue the purported release of N5,000 and N10,000 banknotes, saying the report was not from the bank.
Local refineries like the Dangote and Edo Refineries will soon have more options of where to purchase crude oil, as Heirs Energies has shared plans to hit 100k bpd.
India reacted cautiously on Thursday to US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, with the government saying it was examining both "implications" and "opportunities" from the duty hikes. India's Department of Commerce said on Thursday it is "carefully examining the implications of the various measures".
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday slammed sweeping new US tariffs as "fundamentally wrong" as Berlin warned that the European Union could retaliate by targeting American tech titans. US duties of 25 percent on imported cars also took effect Thursday, a huge blow for German titans like Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW, for whom the United States is a major export market.
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