An outspoken cleric, in a video, claims the US and its ally Israel will lose in the Iran conflict, garnering attention amid ongoing war tensions.
Naira weakens by N25 in the parallel market as demand for US dollars rises, widening the gap with official rates amid Central Bank interventions.
Among the latest beneficiaries are the University of Abuja where a 3.3MW solar farm has been set up with 6,000 panels to provide round-the-clock electricity supply.
Shares in Google parent Alphabet plunged more than eight percent on Wednesday after Apple executive Eddy Cue testified in federal court that Google's search traffic on Apple devices declined last month for the first time in over two decades.
Regional French authorities ordered Nestle on Wednesday to remove a system that filters Perrier and to renew its authorisation to call it natural mineral water, marking the latest turn in a saga that has ensnared the government. But having to remove the filtering system within two months and obtain reauthorisation to call Perrier natural mineral water was another blow for its owner Nestle Waters.
Regulators said Wednesday they have been slowing arrivals and departures at one of the United States' busiest airports following a 90-second traffic control system outage last week that has industry experts sounding alarm bells.
The Nigerian currency, the naira, has continued its downward spiral against the dollar, depreciating to N1,612 as of Wednesday, May 7, 2025, amid slow FX inflows,
Shares in Google parent Alphabet plunged more than seven percent on Wednesday after an Apple executive told a federal court that the search engine's traffic fell on Apple products last month. Cue told the court this would have a significant impact on Apple's ability to invest in new products and services. arp/dw
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.
The European Union is accelerating free trade talks with Asia following hefty tariffs by US President Donald Trump, the bloc's trade chief said Wednesday. He was speaking in Singapore after signing a digital trade agreement between the EU and the city-state on Wednesday.
Mexico will fight to keep its free trade agreement with the United States and Canada in the face of President Donald Trump's trade war, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) replaced the previous NAFTA accord in July 2020, after Trump successfully pushed for a renegotiation during his first term in office.
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