INEC has announced the winners of the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council election, detailing the vote counts across all constituencies.
The federal government’s ICSS programme empowers youth and entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, and single-digit interest loans to start, grow, scale.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that Washington has "no currency targets" in its talks with Japan on tariffs, after repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a stronger yen. Bessent said Washington is looking at "tariffs, non-tariff trade barriers, currency manipulation and government subsidy of labor and fixed capital investment" in the negotiations with Japan.
South Korean chip giant SK hynix reported record quarterly profits Thursday thanks to soaring global demand for artificial intelligence, highlighting the firm's ability to weather mounting tariff threats.
Nintendo shares surged Thursday after the gaming giant boasted of higher than expected demand in Japan for pre-orders of its hotly anticipated Switch 2 console. An X post attributed to company president Shuntaro Furukawa published Wednesday said there had been 2.2 million pre-order applications for the new console in Japan.
A coalition of 12 American states filed a lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the Trump administration's tariffs, saying the president cannot institute the levies without the approval of Congress. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the states argue that the 1977 law invoked by Trump does not allow him to use emergency measures to impose tariffs, a power constitutionally reserved for Congress.
YouTube on Wednesday celebrated more than 20 billion videos being uploaded to the platform since the first clip debuted two decades ago. YouTube says that it now sees an average of some 20 million videos uploaded daily.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday played up prospects of a "fair deal" on trade with China, but his top officials offered few details of how Washington might de-escalate its damaging tariff war with Beijing. Trump told reporters his country would have a "fair deal with China," adding that "everything's active" when asked if Washington was talking to Beijing.
Enugu Air's launch date has been confirmed by the state government, just as plans to concession the Akanu Ibiam International Airport has neared completion.
US President Donald Trump's popularity has sunk since his riotous return to the White House, polls showed Wednesday, with Americans criticizing him on key issues of the economy and immigration. Results also show Americans losing confidence in Trump's ability to handle key issues such as the economy.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank "must be made fit for purpose again," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday, arguing the institutions should be promoting economic growth instead of social issues. "Economic stability and growth should be the markers of the IMF's success -- not how much money the institution lends out," he said.
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