President Bola Tinubu nominates 32 ambassadors for Senate approval, including high-profile non-career nominees like Reno Omokri and Femi Fani-Kayode.
Prices of foodstuffs have reportedly crashed in Benue, Borno, Adamawa, and Yola, to the joy of consumers but the displeasure of traders who are incurring losses.
Gaming giant Nintendo is set to unveil the successor to its phenomenally popular Switch console on Wednesday. But plans for the console were unveiled in 2015 to overwhelming indifference after the successor to Nintendo's popular Wii device, the Wii U, flopped commercially.
Japanese video game giant Nintendo is set to unveil the new version of its hugely popular Switch console on Wednesday, with the update eagerly awaited by both gamers and investors. "There is huge demand for a better version of the original Switch," he added.
The head of US aerospace giant Boeing will on Wednesday tell senators that the company has made "serious missteps in recent years" and commit to restoring consumer and investor confidence, according to an advance copy of his remarks.
Tesla sales kept falling in March in many European markets as it suffered from a double blow of boycotts against the policies of its founder Elon Musk and an ageing model line-up. Stephanie Valdez Streaty of Cox Automotive said that it was "undeniable that Elon Musk is an influential factor whose actions affect the brand's image and sales".
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday there will be no "eye for an eye" approach as the country braces for new US import tariffs kicking in this week. But Sheinbaum said Tuesday "we do not believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad situation."
US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday asked federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who allegedly gunned down an American health care CEO in a brazen attack. "After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case."
Donald Trump had the world's leading economies on edge Tuesday as the US president prepared to unveil a promised raft of tariffs that could trigger a cascading global trade war. - 'Tough' - Critics warn that the strategy risks a global trade war, provoking a chain reaction of retaliation by major trading partners like China, Canada and the European Union.
The UK government said Tuesday it had pledged £20 million ($25.8 million) to help commercial drone services and "flying taxis" take off in Britain. There have been several pilot schemes in the UK too -- from island postal services to rapid blood sample transport -- but commercial drone deliveries have been slower to get off the ground.
Auto giant Ford reported a slight drop in first quarter US sales Tuesday, while investors await details of President Donald Trump's upcoming tariffs this week and assess the effects of duties on major carmakers. But economists warn that Trump's sweeping tariffs on autos and parts, over time, could cause average auto prices to surge by thousands of dollars.
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