Primate Elijah Ayodele issues a new prophecy, highlighting certain state governors in relation to President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections.
The Nigerian government's YEIDEP Batch B offers grants up to ₦500,000 to empower youths, promoting entrepreneurship and economic inclusion with state oversight.
China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing's expense, promising countermeasures against those who "appease" Washington in the blistering tariff war. Trump said Thursday that the United States was in talks with China on tariffs, adding that he was confident the world's largest economies could make a deal to end the bitter trade war.
Josh Staph fears the fun-packed shelves of his toy warehouse might start looking joyless in the months ahead, with made-in-China flying discs and model gliders grounded -– like much of his product line –- by Donald Trump's tariffs. "Things have ground to a halt," said Staph, chief executive of Duncan Toys Company, which has a warehouse in Indiana.
Fuel prices in Nigeria have dropped significantly following the government's renewed naira-for-crude policy and global oil price declines. But it could go lower.
Global tax plans targeting billionaires and multinational companies are running aground, with the United States torpedoing reforms under President Donald Trump. The billionaire real estate tycoon has pulled the United States out of an international deal on taxing multinationals and threatened tariffs on countries that target US tech giants.
Commercial plane prices, already lifted in recent years due to pandemic supply chain shocks, are poised to climb further as Boeing and Airbus are buffeted by trade tariffs. To resolve a labor strike, Boeing late last year agreed to a new contract with its Seattle-based machinist union that lifted wages by 38 percent over four years.
Citing the US-China trade conflict, Ford said Friday it has "adjusted" its exports to the country, where the US auto giant operates manufacturing jointly with local partners. "We have adjusted exports from the US to China in light of the current tariffs," Ford told AFP without specifying the models affected.
Donald Trump's simmering discontent with the US Federal Reserve boiled over this week, with the president threatening to take the unprecedented step of ousting the head of the fiercely independent central bank. Powell has said he has no plans to step down early, adding this week that he considers the bank's independence over monetary policy to be a "matter of law."
The Aliko Dangote Foundation has extended its N16 billion food programme to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Kogi State to ease the standard of living.
The World Bank and the Nigerian government are planning another $17 billion loan for poverty reduction through various social investment programmes.
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